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Residents urge Woodbury council to adopt binding restriction on federal immigration-enforcement use of city property
Summary
Multiple residents asked the Woodbury City Council to place a binding resolution on a future agenda that would prohibit use of city parks and public buildings for federal immigration-enforcement operations, arguing that a mayoral proclamation is symbolic and not enforceable; council members acknowledged community fear but cited legal and policy limits and said staff will advise next steps.
Dozens of residents urged the Woodbury City Council on April 22 to replace a mayoral proclamation opposing a federal immigration detention center with a formal, enforceable resolution restricting use of city-owned property by federal immigration-enforcement agencies.
"A proclamation is not policy," said Justin Rapela, who asked the council to place the full draft resolution on an upcoming agenda so the body can record a formal vote and direct staff to update facility-use agreements. "When people know that public property that they visit and the parks where their children play can’t be used as staging areas for raids, they feel more…
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