City Council Special Meeting Part 2

City of Newport — Public Forum / City Council · November 12, 2025

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Suggestion to lease airport to private parties to block federal use

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Unnamed commenter (identified only as Speaker 1) proposed that private individuals or a pooled community fund lease the property to prevent federal use of the site, framing it as a community-led preservation tactic and requesting legal clarity about whether a municipal lease could bar federal occupancy.

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Public forum in Newport where hundreds of residents and elected officials voiced unified opposition to a reported plan to use Newport Municipal Airport as a possible U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention site and urged the return of a Coast Guard rescue helicopter removed from the town.

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