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Residents demand ban on police cooperation with ICE; Trenton police director denies routine collaboration
Summary
A large delegation of rapid responders and residents told council they had lists of people handed to ICE after Trenton Police involvement; Police Director Steve Wilson denied routine cooperation, said the county workhouse processes detainers and that police respond to calls for service, and councilors pledged to continue drafting an ordinance limiting collaboration absent judicial warrants.
Scores of Trenton residents and immigrant‑rights organizers used the public‑comment period on April 21 to press the City Council for clear rules preventing Trenton Police Department assistance to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) absent a judicial warrant.
Ana Paola Pazmino, executive director of Resistencia, and several rapid responders read names, birth years and dates of detainers that organizers said showed people taken to ICE custody after Trenton Police involvement. “We are here to say, please … do not assist them in attacking us,”…
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