WHYY: “On Monday, Philadelphia City Council will hold a public hearing on a legislative package of seven bills that would restrict federal immigration enforcement activities in the city.

‘When federal agents are terrorizing our communities and executing American citizens in the street, we must take action,’ Councilmember and Minority Leader Kendra Brooks told a crowd in January at a rally announcing the legislation, just days after federal immigration enforcement agents had shot and killed a second U.S. citizen in Minneapolis.

‘ICE is already here in Philadelphia, tearing families apart and forcing people to live in fear,’ she said. ‘Every day we’re seeing new reports of ICE’s cruelty and violence. I refuse to wait for another person to be publicly murdered before we take action on this issue.’…

The legislation has been endorsed by more than 70 organizations…”

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