Advocates have called since last year for the Sacramento City Council to pass a law to respond to the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration.
On Tuesday, the City Council adopted a resolution — not a binding law — to restrict federal immigration enforcement on city-owned land. Mayor Kevin McCarty, who attended the meeting, was absent for the vote.
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Advocates are looking for action in response to the Trump administration’s aggressive use of federal agents against immigrants, including at immigration court hearings at the John E. Moss federal building in downtown Sacramento. The actions have drawn demonstrations across the country, and tensions further increased after nurse Alex Pretti and mother Renee Nicole Goode, both 37, were shot and killed in January by federal agents at protests in Minneapolis.
In January, the City Council passed a resolution calling for an update to its immigration platform. That move was criticized by more than 100 people at City Hall, with many saying the resolution was not strong enough. The same criticism emerged Tuesday with more than two dozen speakers who expressed disappointment.
Tuesday’s resolution directs City Manager Maraskeshia Smith to develop a policy restricting “the use of city property for purposes of civil immigration-related enforcement activities.” The resolution also directs Smith to develop a policy offering free signs to private property owners who also hope to stop “civil immigration-related enforcement activity” on their land.
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