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Residents press council for immigrant protections, demand $300,000 fund and bans on ICE activity on city property
Summary
Speakers during public comment urged Montclair officials to create a $300,000 fund for families affected by ICE actions, ban ICE staging on city property, prohibit city contracts with vendors that provide data to immigration agencies, and investigate why their neighborhood is being targeted.
During the public-comment period at the Montclair City Council meeting, resident Caitlyn Shaw presented a four-part set of demands intended to protect immigrant families and to limit local cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.
Shaw asked the council to: (1) establish a $300,000 fund to support families affected by ICE raids, (2) ban ICE staging on city property, (3) prohibit city contracts with contractors that provide data collection to immigration agencies (she cited concerns about Flock…
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