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Council adopts resolution barring civil immigration enforcement on city property after city attorney pauses related ordinance
Summary
On March 3 the Milwaukee Common Council adopted a resolution prohibiting the use of city property for civil immigration enforcement and debated a separate ordinance that was held after the city attorney requested more time to review its legality.
The Milwaukee Common Council voted to adopt a resolution prohibiting the use of city property for civil immigration enforcement activities, then spent significant floor time reacting to a separate ordinance that the city attorney said required additional legal review.
Alderman Samaripa sponsored the resolution (part of the ICE Out MKE legislative package) and successfully moved amendments that expand the measure to apply to future leases entered by the city (unless the council waives the requirement) and to exclude federal property held by the federal government.…
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