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Residents ask Woodbury to formally oppose ICE detention facility; council says staff will review submitted resolution
Summary
Speakers at Woodbury’s open forum urged the council to adopt a resolution stating the city does not support an ICE detention facility; council members said a resolution not on the agenda could not be voted on tonight and staff will review the submitted document.
At an open-forum segment of the Woodbury City Council meeting, residents pressed the council to adopt a formal resolution opposing the siting or use of city-controlled property for an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility.
John Sebastian told the council he was presenting a residents’ resolution and said that “hundreds of Woodbury residents filled this chamber” in January to oppose a proposed detention warehouse, citing local enforcement actions, closures of area businesses and the detention of residents. He urged the council to “pass this resolution, stand with the residents you represent, and make clear that our city does not welcome [a] detention facility here.”
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