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hour five o'clock having arrived on this third of August twenty twenty six it is

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my honor to call the order of the executive committee of the city of

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Racine the first order of business is actually the approval of minutes for

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the July 13th twenty twenty six meeting this is item zero six six five dash two

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six communication sponsored by mary mason alder Weiss and alder pebone

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presenting proposed ordinance zero zero four dash two six regarding

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immigration enforcement

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but before before we get to that item I do need a motion to approve the July

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13th minutes that are scheduled here is their motion to approve seven minutes

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some motion and a second to approve the July 13th minutes any discussion on

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the July 13th minutes all those in favor of the July 13th minutes please say I

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opposed that motion carries we then move on to the item before us again we've had

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the opportunity for people to sign in what I'm going to do first is just give

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some discussion about where where this ordinance came from and how we got to

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this space and then we will open it up for the opportunity to the city attorney

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just to explain his briefing memo briefly on it and then we will take

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public input from it and have a discussion amongst there so I want to

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begin tonight just by thanking those in the community that have been advocating

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for the city to take a position on the unprecedented and and really

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can deeply concerning actions that we've seen by the federal government and

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their aggressive enforcement tactics the city of Racine is blessed to be a

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diverse community and unless you're from the Potawatomi nation all of our

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families have some sort of immigrant story from somewhere so it's really

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important that I think that we recognize the diversity of our community and how

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the potential impact could occur here we're also a community that our Latino

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or Hispanic population is about 25% of city residents and it's also the fastest

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growing part of our population so this is not a small part of our community that

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would be impacted by these federal policies that are outgoing are that are

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ongoing right now these federal policies have created a culture of fear

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families fear venturing outside their homes they're afraid to interact with

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government officials the other reason I think it's important for the city to

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have some position on this is oftentimes people look at government as just one

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big thing right they don't always make the distinction between well the city

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government does this and the state government does that and the federal

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government does this other thing and so I think it's important that the city has

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a position that stands in distinction from what a federal policy might be and

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gives a clear indication to our residents about where we stand on

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immigration enforcement tomorrow we will celebrate National Night Out and it's a

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great opportunity for the city to be part of a number of events across the city

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where the community works hand-in-hand with law enforcement and it's really an

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indication of our public trust and confidence that our local police

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forces developed over the years with people who live here throughout

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neighborhoods we have a community oriented policing philosophy here that

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has served our community well for decades that often gets diminished or

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tarnished if deep nature that gets diminished when we have that kind of

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heavy-handed enforcement it's also informed frankly by what we've seen in

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other cities in the last year you know further long ago up in the Twin Cities

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but more recently in Maine and other places where this kind of enforcement

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practice from Chicago to the Twin Cities to Maine has been deeply deeply

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concerning and the last I guess context that I will put in context of it is that

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you will hear a lot of discussion about how city law can work with federal law

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and how federal law has some supremacy over it and the limits to what a city

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can do but I do think the discussion we're gonna have tonight is gonna be an

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important part of laying out what the city's view of that kind of enforcement

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would be we're celebrating our 250th anniversary as a country and a lot of

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that celebration is looking back on our founding documents and how wonderful

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they are but how incomplete they were when they were passed into law and if

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you go down to Monument Square you'll see a historical marker there that is

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dedicated to Joshua Glover right now Joshua Glover was an escaped slave who

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was living in Racine Wisconsin who was found by bounty hunters in the 1850s

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who under federal law because he was considered property by the federal

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government needed to be returned to his slave owners and in that time Racine

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residents actually broke him out of jail and got him on a boat and sent him on

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to freedom in Canada because that was a place where they didn't have slavery and

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that sort of fugitive slave act wasn't accepted but the follow-up to that story

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is Racine and then the broader state of Wisconsin really rejected those federal

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policies that said that humans were properties and that and that they the

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federal government could use extraordinary opportunities to use those kind of

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enforcements as we see the federal government talking about needing to meet

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quotas that they expect to meet on an ongoing basis and that the environment

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of fear that that is creating in our neighborhoods I think it's really

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important that today we take a stand in contrast to what the federal government

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is doing and establish that our position is that we are a community of immigrants

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where you are loved and where you're valued and that you have a right to

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experience the American dream the way previous immigrants and generations

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before have the opportunity to do so so thank you for giving me the opportunity

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to make those comments before we begin

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with that I will ask the city attorney just to go through his briefing memo on

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the ordinance as we have it before us

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thank you Mr. Mayor the proposed ordinance 0.04-26 would create chapter 63 of the

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city of Racine Ordinances to include nine sections six of which are substantive

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with regard to the topic of immigration enforcement the first section is a

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policy declaration laying out the policy the city of Racine common

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council would be declaring second section sets forth relevant definitions

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to be used when interpreting and using this particular chapter the third

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provision declares or provides that excuse me identifies practices the city

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Racine will engage in to assure municipal resources are not used to

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subsidize federal civil immigration enforcement activities this ordinance I

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will emphasize is related to civil immigration enforcement activities under

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section 63-3 unless an individual needs to be investigated for purposes of

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determining whether there is a criminal warrant conviction or pending

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case for a felony or as a known gang member or if compliance is required by

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federal state statute or cooperation is reasonably necessary to protect against

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an imminent threat to public safety or prevent death or serious bodily harm

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no city officer employer agent may detain arrest continue to detain a person

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solely on the belief that that person is not present legally in the United

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States or that that person has committed a civil immigration violation may not

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arrest detain or continue to detain a person based solely upon an

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administrative warrant issued for an alleged civil immigration violation or

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detain or continue to detain a person based upon an immigration

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detainer when such immigration detainer is based solely on a violation of civil

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immigration law moreover unless there is a legitimate law enforcement purpose

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unrelated to the enforcement of civil immigration law no city officer or

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employer agent may provide personnel equipment facilities or other municipal

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resources to facilitate access by an immigration authority beyond that

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required by federal or state law or judicial process may not make municipal

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facilities available for activities undertaken primarily for civil immigration

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enforcement except where otherwise required by law or authorized by a written

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agreement approved by the common council or some other lawful authority may not

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expend municipal resources primarily to assist in civil immigration

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enforcement unless such assistance assistance is required by federal or

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state law or judicial process or is reasonably necessary to accomplish a

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legitimate law enforcement objective or when voluntarily approved by the chief

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of police or other authorized city official when it is in furtherance of a

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legitimate municipal public safety objective the next section generally

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prohibits the use of city property that is not open to the public without

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restriction for civil immigration enforcement activities the city can

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make restrictions on areas that are deemed not deemed open to the public the

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prohibited ordinance would restrict certain areas of the city from being

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used as staging areas for civil immigration enforcement a staging area

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means an area that is used to assemble mobilize and deploy vehicles and equipment

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or materials and related personnel for the purpose of carrying out civil

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immigration enforcement operations the restriction would apply to non-public

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areas of city owned or controlled buildings that are not accessible to

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the public as well as city owned or controlled parking lots ramps vacant

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lots of parks and garages this restriction would not apply if there were

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to be a court order or a federal or state law permits such activity the next

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section section proposed section 63.5 generally restricts the use of face

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coverings by law enforcement while performing duties this would apply to

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all law enforcement personnel irrespective of whether they're local

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state or federal there are exceptions for undercover operations when there is a

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safety need or when reasonably necessary to address an imminent threat to safety

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when practicable and consistent with safety a law enforcement officer wearing

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a face covering shall have the officers affiliation and badge number or other

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unique identifier displayed the next section proposed section 63-6 would

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designate the city ever seen as a safe space for immigrant immigration

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enforcement purposes the proposed ordinance states of the city to the

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extent permitted by applicable federal and state law shall prioritize the use

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of municipal resources for municipal purposes and public safety objectives

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proposed ordinance identifies practices that the city will use to prioritize

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municipal resources for municipal purposes and assure residents that

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their immigration status will not unnecessarily be sought or used overall

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city officers employees or agents will not request information about or

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otherwise investigate or assist in the investigation of the citizenship or

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immigration status of any person shall not disclose information regarding the

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citizenship or immigration status of any person unless authorized shall not

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condition the provision of city benefits opportunities or services on matters

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related to citizenship or immigration status as a whole the ordinance

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establishes local rules regarding when city employees may participate in civil

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immigration enforcement while expressly recognizing that the city will comply

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with all federal and state laws and lawful court orders in general that's

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what the ordinance provides well now we'll move on to public comment before we do

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if you can pull it up on the screen there's a clock that will appear on the

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screen we do have 20 people here to offer public input which we're glad to have

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people signed up to do so you're each given three minutes that would take the

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better part of an hour which I'm happy to hear but I just want to ask people if

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you are here you're not required to take your full three minutes but if you do

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take your three minutes do know that your microphone gets turned off after three

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minutes that is not a reflection on what you are saying rather is an attempt to

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treat everybody fairly and give everyone up to three minutes so if the clerk could

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please call the first person signed up to offer public input on this and we will

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begin our first speaker tonight will be Alan Levy

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thank you my name is Alan Levy I live at 421 William Street I'm a member of

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Vosas de la frontetta and also affiliated with yes but I'm speaking as an individual

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first I would like to applaud the coalition that helped put this together

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which is received interfaith coalition I don't know everybody but I know

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Rick and they were powerful for discrimination and also I would like to

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applaud the elders who had the courage to bring this forward and yourself your

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state it was a beautiful statement that you made so that's I guess the first I

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took me about 15 seconds so with that I support all of it it's all very good it

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creates the culture of support in the city it shows that the city in spirit

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supports immigration there are immigrants and I think that that's

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beautiful and but what I would like to say that the last statement on the on the

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resolution I think that needs to be changed it says it's it's a caveat it

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says enforcement is limited I think that needs to be struck struck or stricken

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or it needs to be say this will be enforced this is the law and along with

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that I think there needs to be posted all over the city people's rights so you

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have four different point I think four different areas they need to be put on a

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number one posted in stores in public places what are the rights what

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what the what the law says and we're seeing as it relates to what ICE can

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do and what they can't do where they can't go what resources will be used and

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what resources can't be used I think that's very important secondly the word has

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to get out and it should get out to the immigrant community or to all the whole

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community everybody this is a threat to everybody not just immigrants they pull

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everybody over if you look like an immigrant they're gonna arrest you they're

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gonna they're gonna grab you and they've had they've has so many many people

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who are not immigrants or who are not Latino so I think that's important the

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other thing is I think there needs to be you need to work to make this work you

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have to have discussions with the with the governor you got to talk about the

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National Guard also I would look at the question of voting there's gonna be

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there could be serious harassment at the voting polls this may require the

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National Guard to come in so there's a lot that needs to be done I have two

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seconds thank you

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and our speaker will be Linda Boyd

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my name is Linda Boyle 585 5 Kinsey Avenue other groups work with us besides

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received interfaith Lulak youth Park teachers the Union and so forth good

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evening thank you for hearing and listening to us about this important

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ordinances I'm here to urge you to adopt the ice out ordinances that protect our

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neighbors defend constitutional rights and make clear that our city will not use

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local resources to support fear based immigration enforcement I speak as

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co-chair of immigration task force for Rick also for members of our 26 member

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churches and organizations when I speak today this is not an abstract issue when

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federal immigration enforcement enters a community through raids intimidation

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or cooperation with local agencies the harm reaches far beyond the person

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targeted parents stop sending children to school workers stay home survivors of

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domestic violence hesitate to seek help witnesses become afraid to call police

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the result is not safety it is silence fear and isolation local government does

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control its own values resources and public safety priorities and ice out

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ordinance tells residents that city property city staff and local authorities

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should not be used to carry out civil immigration enforcement except where the

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law truly requires it it draws a bright line between community safety and

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deportation operations these ordinances are also about trust every

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resident should be able to report a crime ask for help attend a public

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meeting use a library view of park visit a park take a child to school or seek

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medical care without wondering if the interaction could put their family at

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risk public safety depends on cooperation between residents and officials if people

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are afraid of local government or any government all of us are less safe so

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these ordinance matter they are backed by policy clarity and courage a public

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vote a vote by you tells immigrant families that they are part of this

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community it tells local workers students parents business owners faith

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communities and neighbors that their city sees them and will not abandon them the

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time to set the policy is now this tyranny will end eventually and we want

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to be on the right side of history a vote for this is to say clearly that this

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city belongs to all of us everybody's in nobody's our next speaker is

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Naoki Nakamura I'm sorry so sorry hello my name is Naoki Nakamura I live on

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333 Lake Avenue in Racine I came to the United States in 1977 and I became a

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citizen in 2014 so I am a first generation immigrant and I don't know I don't

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look maybe Caucasian and so no I have been my wife has been very concerned

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whether I would be subject to any sort of a high stock budget so on being detained

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maybe saying the wrong thing or looking at somebody the wrong way so I speak on

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behalf of all of the other people who may not look like no native American

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US citizens and so on who have to live in constant fear that they may be harassed

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and subject to detention and other rough shots you know that I've seen on TV so

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I appreciate their food that the city is making to reassure us that not everybody

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is against us that we have at least a somewhat safer place to live and so I

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brought all of you for supporting this effort thank you

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next person we have a Joe last initials us from 1929 East Sirens Street

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hello thank you Mayor Mason thank you council my name is Joe sex hour I'm

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staff for Racine Educators United and our union is deeply concerned with

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immigration enforcement activities in Chicago Los Angeles and Twin Cities we

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have consulted with them in preparation for what we hope is not not coming and

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are very encouraged and heartened by the efforts of the city I don't have the

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eloquence of this boil but I do appreciate everyone's time and encourage you to

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vote yes just before we call the next speaker I just wanted to acknowledge I

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have two former educators in the audience Phil Leiden who taught me American

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history in seventh grade and Tammy Hayward taught me world history and my

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junior and senior year in high school so if you like the actions that I'm

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taking you know give them some of the credit if you don't like the action

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I'm taking it's entirely my fault but I just wanted to acknowledge to my former

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educators that are in the room the clerk please call the next speaker

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Mary I'm sorry with the last name so I'm so sorry

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Ronik thank you I don't care how you pronounce my name I am just so grateful

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to all of you for initiating this legislation and letting us know that

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every citizen in this city is important and you're going to support us I just

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wanted to say thank you

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next speaker will be Diane Lee

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good evening my name is Diane Lang I live at 2908 Ruby Avenue I'm speaking in

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favor of the ordinance being proposed tonight I personally come from immigrant

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ancestors from Germany England Scotland and Switzerland all pretty much white

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people who have immigrated and built a life I'm sympathetic to brothers and

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sisters from around the world who are also trying to immigrate and make a good

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life I share particularly deep concerns about the current cruel policies of our

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federal government the immigration and customs enforcement officers especially

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are following very few rules they're ignoring due process they're being cruel

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they are breaking up families they're terrorizing communities this blatant

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disregard for human rights and due process is alarming it's disgusting so I

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salute the fact that people have come together and put together with the help

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of our city attorney this proposal that's well thought out and that offers some

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protections I support this ordinance because it has specific prohibitions

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under chapter 63 section 4 that defines how city property cannot be used to

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stage or process immigration enforcement for civil matters I specifically support

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the prohibition under chapter 63 5 that prohibits mask use by law enforcement

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with the exceptions that are mentioned so I believe that without this there

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will be increased racial profiling going on there will be increased mass

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deportations realizing that it's more than immigrants that can be impacted by

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what is happening at our federal government there are different religious

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groups being targeted there are religious groups and gender people being targeted

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there are different schools being impacted in particular so just thanks

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again and I hope that this passes and that we can work on restoring or maintaining

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public trust thank you

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next week I'll be AJ Zizinski you were so close thank you hi my name's my name's

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AJ Zizik I am a veteran Racine educator of 21 years and I currently serve as the

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president of Racine Educators United I am here tonight speaking as an individual

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in favor of this ordinance I believe that how a city treats its most vulnerable and

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needy says a lot about its character if we as a city want to show that we are

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compassionate and caring then there's no better way than standing up to an

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unlawful agency of masked thugs who invade communities and tear apart families

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imagine as a student trying to do your best in a classroom while soldering the

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uncertainty that you and your family and loved ones could be unjustly separated

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at any time imagine as a teacher trying to do your best at your job not knowing

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whether or not a student would one day just disappear from your class roster

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families and businesses thrive in communities where they know they are

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safe and cared for and that's what this ordinance does I want to echo what a

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previous speaker said Racine needs to be on the right side of history on this

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this body's legacy depends on it make the right choice and passes ordinance

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next speaker will be Carl Harbor

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good evening Mayor Mason City Council members my name is Carl

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Harbor I reside at 1306 phase Avenue in Racine I am here to speak in support

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of chapter three of the ordinance I feel it is a valuable document in that it

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provides necessary clarification and guidance to our law enforcement

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administration and our law enforcement officers I'm speaking as an individual

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but I have served for seven years and currently served as a member of Racine's

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Police and Fire Commission so I feel that that kind of clarification is

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important for our offices I also feel that it is important that we have a clear

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understanding of how city funds will be used regarding ice enforcement

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procedures and policies and perhaps most important I feel that this ordinance

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will send a clear message to all of the residents of Racine that our immigrant

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community is not some separate community somewhere else our immigrant

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community is the Racine community and they are

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highly as city residents who contribute greatly to our economy and to our culture

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and furthermore they are our friends and our neighbors thank you for considering

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this ordinance

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next speaker will be Mike Frontier

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good evening and thank you allers for your courage and serving recently I

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went to Chicago Museum of Science Industry and saw the Anne Frank exhibit

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a replica of the room and while very powerful you left their feeling what

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was the fear like in that young lady and I sense the fear here in Racine my

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friend Mario Martinez tells me people are actually building safe rooms and

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Frank rooms in their home I read in New York Times recent I'm sorry Atlantic

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Jonathan Blitzer both Blitzer's son describing the detention centers let me

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quote the lack of preparation made the conditions intolerable toilets wouldn't

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flush running water came sporadically the detainees ate and slept next to the

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bathrooms fed and water leaked into the dining area and under the beds since we

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are not giving anything to mop up the dirty water we have to use our own

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underwear and socks a Cuban detainee said he had pleaded with the guards to let him

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the others go outside for recreation 15 days passed before the men were allowed

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to leave the tent and then only at night I've not seen the sun for one month these

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are intentionally terrible unbelievable situations to intimidate our people

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who are undocumented for self-deport in our congressman who funds this is

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complicit in these awful settings we're putting our people in as I left the Anne

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Frank I was with some the Flushinsky's and they said people had to know about

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this I am so proud of this community for knowing about it and taking action at

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this city level here finally I was over at Amaya's church where they were

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teaching the parents how important is to tell their kids there are kids know

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their addresses case they come home tomorrow from school and mom or dad or

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grandma isn't there how do you teach kids living in that kind of fear is this the

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America we create after 250 years and again this community that's rising up

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and say we're all sacred is attempting to address this really it's a legislative

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issue we're attempting to a legislative at this level the federal government

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has to come up with just policies that honor these tremendous people that

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serve our community again thank you for your willingness to bend history and

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serve the great people that make up the city receive

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next next speaker will be Maria Maldonado

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I want ice to identify themselves I don't know when I saw and I went to feed

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Carl my neighborhood that took a little boy from his home later I learned it was

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ice thank you for this good

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next speaker will be Maria Hernandez

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I know my my dad bring me here and I'm January of 1979

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and I feel happy for that I learned a lot of things I speak a little bit of

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support echo is the language my dad they speak to us and he wants to learn it

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up only I can tell you suck she then means good afternoon or how are you doing

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oh good afternoon there's the only one I remember after that I get a little baby

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now he's almost 40 years old and he's death now I live in ABCD I spell for him

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but he's so smart he's taking care of his mom and then

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there's what I say thank you so much for the government it's for us to be here

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but I feel bad and watching TV how I try in the comment in the comment people

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said thanks God I got my my CV sent cheap and this what I said thank you for

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support us to be United States thank you so much it's a nice place to live thank

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you very much

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next speaker is going to be Diana Valencia

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yeah okay that's okay just wait wait right here I thank you all for taking the

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time and helping thank you I thank you for all the work you had to all have

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been doing this proposal especially for I was born and raised here so I have a

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lot of friends and family that are in this type of situation so each and every

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part of this ordinance is extremely important to keep our community safe I

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encourage you all to continue to to move this forward I know other cities and

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other states are having troubles with ICE and they have this ordinance but I

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have to say this if we don't try to do something to protect our families and

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friends here in our community why are we doing this why are we here so please

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stay courageous be brave and move this forward and vote yes thank you

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next speaker will be Tom Binger

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good evening ladies and gentlemen my name is Tom Dinger I live at 3817 Haven

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Avenue I'm a homeowner and a taxpayer in the city of Racine my children go to

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public school here in the city I am currently a member of the police and

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fire commission I've been a member for six years I'm currently the president I've

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also been a prosecutor for almost 20 years but I'm speaking as a personal

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capacity tonight over that time I've gotten to get to know a lot of

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dedicated and honorable law enforcement officers I consider integrity and

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transparency to be critically important values in law enforcement the public

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cannot trust officers who lack these qualities and those individuals have no

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place in law enforcement I have three things to say about the proposed

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ordinance that we're discussing here tonight number one ice has been

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identifying and transferring inmates from our prisons and jails and deporting

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them for over 20 years these raids that ice is committing in various communities

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are not needed to reduce crime number two this past May the nonpartisan Brookings

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Institute studied the impact of these raids on local communities and found

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that they harm the economies in the cities where they take place Racine does

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not need that finally until ICE agents demonstrate the training

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professionalism and transparency that we require from Racine Police Department

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officers they do not deserve to use our taxpayer funded resources the civilians

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on the police and fire Commission interview all candidates who seek to

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join the Racine Police Department and we receive updates on their training

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before they become officers the Racine Police and Fire Commission also

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oversees disciplinary actions against those officers Racine police officers

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must undergo rigorous training in the academy and on the job they wear body

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cameras and they're held accountable for their actions in contrast ICE agents

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wear masks and hide their identity they do not wear body camps and they've

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demonstrated inadequate training on respecting the constitutional rights of

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citizens and the use of deadly force they also actively obstruct efforts to

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hold them accountable by the media the legal system and local investigators our

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community deserves better we would devalue and undermine the high standards

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that we hold Racine Police Department officers too if we allowed ICE agents

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to use Racine's taxpayer resources thank you

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next speaker will be Cheryl Miller

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my name is Cheryl Miller and I would identify myself as a member of Saint

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Patrick Church of which the majority of our members are Hispanic legal or not

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yesterday someone I had worked with on a committee for a year told me that for

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six years she and her husband had been working on their immigration papers they

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had an appointment in Juarez and he was deported leaving her alone with the

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three sons and she also told me of another woman who ought to fear deported

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herself just yesterday I myself lived in Nicaragua for five years I was there

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during the Sun and Easter Revolution in 79 I know what it's like to stand on the

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corners in Guatemala with military men just there surrounding me I know what

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these fears are our friends live in Evanston Illinois they showed us pictures

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from their house when ICE was near the school of their granddaughter my best

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friends are not documented I have stood in for them as a parent when their son

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graduated from the National Guard I stood in as a parent accompanying their

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children to Mexico to visit their families to know their grandparents their

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aunts and uncles and cousins I wanted to echo something I heard Cory Mason our

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mayor say one day immigrants are welcome and receive I totally support these

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ordinances I know they're not going to solve all our problems but at least they

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will protect the people that we love and respect so please please support the

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members of our community who are suffering at a free thank you next speaker

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will be done Miller

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actually my wife stole this show as she often does but I too have been a member

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of St. Patrick's since 1979 and have suffered with the Hispanic community in

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many ways in terms of their dignity and their lack of acceptance and I'm really

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applaud what the mayor and those working with him have done in this ordinance I

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realized that many of you may not have had experiences you may not know anyone

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who has ever been deported as my wife said we have I lived and worked as a

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missionary in Colombia for five years I've also seen that but as director of the

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worldwide mission office for the Archdiocese of Milwaukee I was also in El

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Salvador and saw what a government a military government does to the people

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so I just want to speak on behalf and applaud what you are doing here and I

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just realized that families the family is the base of our community and if we

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don't have families together this woman that Cheryl just talked about I just was

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in tears when he she told me that yesterday because this woman and her

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husband were part of couples developing their marriage and working with other

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couples to do the same thing in our parish community is this what we want to

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do take these people who are committed to God and family and send them let them

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live in fear live let this mother the agony she has she doesn't know where to

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turn whether to move to Canada to move to the to the border to be close to her

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husband it's hard to be a single parent so thank you for your listening

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next week will be Natal Ortiz

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hello I am Natal Ortiz I am a teacher here in our USD I am also a community

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member and union leader but today I'm here to just speak as as a resident and

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community member first I want to say thank you to the mayor and other

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collaborators on being responsive to concerns of residents in the community

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who are living with a heightened sense of fear as a result of immigration

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enforcement as a teacher I see the impact that this type of fear has on

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students and families that I work with who are worrying about the safety of

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their family friends and community members in the face of cruel treatment

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00:48:10,480 --> 00:48:16,160
by immigrant immigration enforcement officers that we've seen all across the

454
00:48:16,160 --> 00:48:22,920
country I've worked in schools in our USD that are dual language schools and

455
00:48:22,920 --> 00:48:27,400
have come into contact with students that are immigrants not of their own

456
00:48:27,400 --> 00:48:34,040
choosing these are kids that don't deserve this kind of fear these are

457
00:48:34,040 --> 00:48:39,640
people in our community that deserve to feel safe and that's why I'm supporting

458
00:48:39,640 --> 00:48:45,480
these ordinances and encouraging you all to do the same thank you

459
00:48:53,960 --> 00:48:58,200
next week will be Greg Petro

460
00:48:58,200 --> 00:49:11,360
thank you my name is Greg Petro and I live at 45 16 5 mile road I'm a lifelong

461
00:49:11,360 --> 00:49:17,520
resident here born and raised in Racine I'm a deacon in the Catholic Church and

462
00:49:17,520 --> 00:49:24,120
I fully support this what the council is trying to do and I hope that the full

463
00:49:24,120 --> 00:49:29,840
council does I think one of the one of the things that the church does is it

464
00:49:29,840 --> 00:49:33,880
helps us to purify our reasoning especially when it comes to moral and

465
00:49:33,880 --> 00:49:39,760
ethical issues and I think the church has talked about this stuff for a long time

466
00:49:39,760 --> 00:49:48,240
and scripture does too when people are vulnerable when people are in need it is

467
00:49:48,320 --> 00:49:56,400
our obligation to help it is our obligation to to to lift them up to come

468
00:49:56,400 --> 00:50:01,760
together as community and most of these people my understanding is they're

469
00:50:01,760 --> 00:50:08,080
fleeing violence they're fleeing terrible situations in their countries and I

470
00:50:08,080 --> 00:50:13,720
think that any of us given the same situation would would probably flee some

471
00:50:13,800 --> 00:50:22,440
of those terrible horrendous situations so I really urge our city to be

472
00:50:22,440 --> 00:50:30,960
consistent with scripture with our with our better nature to help people when

473
00:50:30,960 --> 00:50:37,360
they're in need and to to do the right thing and I think that's that's what

474
00:50:37,360 --> 00:50:40,840
you're doing thank you very much

475
00:50:44,720 --> 00:50:48,480
Tanya Chavez

476
00:50:48,480 --> 00:51:16,080
Hello there I'm Dania Chavez 1128 Lewis Street my name is Tanya Chavez I am a

477
00:51:16,080 --> 00:51:20,560
DACA recipient I was brought to this country when I was two years old I've

478
00:51:20,560 --> 00:51:26,440
been living in Racine for about 13 years now my mom self-deported

479
00:51:26,440 --> 00:51:35,200
approximately a year July 18 now I have a little brother he's 12 years old who

480
00:51:35,200 --> 00:51:43,120
was taken with my mom and it's been hard I work with the Vos as a la

481
00:51:43,200 --> 00:51:50,080
frontera it's hard taking a day by day when it's this personal when it's my

482
00:51:50,080 --> 00:51:56,560
family members I work with the youth and hearing these stories that are so so

483
00:51:56,560 --> 00:52:09,240
personal to me art it's very hard to take a day by day so I'm here on behalf of

484
00:52:09,240 --> 00:52:14,280
Vos as a la frontera in support of chapter 63 this ordinance is incredibly

485
00:52:14,280 --> 00:52:18,160
important because it makes it clear that city resources should be used to serve

486
00:52:18,160 --> 00:52:23,200
the people of Racine not to carry out federal immigration enforcement

487
00:52:23,200 --> 00:52:27,000
I've also we work with immigrant families workers and young people every

488
00:52:27,000 --> 00:52:31,960
day we know the fear that many families live with and we also know that when

489
00:52:31,960 --> 00:52:36,040
people are afraid to interact with local governments or report crimes because

490
00:52:36,120 --> 00:52:40,880
of their immigration status our whole community is less safe and I live that

491
00:52:40,880 --> 00:52:45,880
reality every single day it is very hard to convince family members my own

492
00:52:45,880 --> 00:52:52,080
family members of this when there's so many horror stories in the streets that

493
00:52:52,080 --> 00:52:56,520
people that we know on a personal level have lived how do you convince those

494
00:52:56,520 --> 00:53:03,320
people chapter 63 helps build trust it tells families that Racine is committed

495
00:53:03,320 --> 00:53:08,360
to protecting its residents using its resources responsibly and making sure

496
00:53:08,360 --> 00:53:13,560
local government is focused on serving the community this is about accountability

497
00:53:13,560 --> 00:53:18,840
transparency and making sure everyone feels safe access accessing city

498
00:53:18,840 --> 00:53:23,240
services sending their kids to school or simply living their daily lives without

499
00:53:23,240 --> 00:53:27,800
unnecessary fear on behalf of Vos as a la frontera we urge you to support

500
00:53:27,800 --> 00:53:32,840
chapter 63 and continue making Racine a city where all families feel welcomed

501
00:53:32,840 --> 00:53:39,000
respect respected and safe I really hope you take this into consideration today

502
00:53:39,000 --> 00:53:41,560
thank you

503
00:53:50,840 --> 00:53:56,280
and our last speaker for today will be Jose Palacio

504
00:54:02,840 --> 00:54:11,240
thank you and good evening Jose Palacio's two thousand Kearney Avenue after

505
00:54:11,240 --> 00:54:16,760
listening to all the other previous speakers like I'm glad that some of you

506
00:54:16,760 --> 00:54:21,880
have been moved by these personal stories I was gonna rattle off a bunch of

507
00:54:21,880 --> 00:54:25,160
information regulations with all those things that have been going on right

508
00:54:25,160 --> 00:54:32,240
now but it seems like what seems to motivate or touch people especially and

509
00:54:32,800 --> 00:54:40,960
humanize them are these personal stories and these personal stories as I think of my own

510
00:54:44,080 --> 00:54:50,480
my own family which came here you know when 70 years ago and became an established

511
00:54:50,480 --> 00:54:55,920
residency in Racine you know they were a close-knit family and they relied on

512
00:54:55,920 --> 00:55:02,160
each other for support and for a lot of things as time went on that community

513
00:55:02,160 --> 00:55:07,280
they they expanded their community with other people in the in Racine area

514
00:55:07,280 --> 00:55:12,240
and they got to know people and people got to know them and relied on them for

515
00:55:12,240 --> 00:55:19,040
a lot of assistance they became farm workers for local people in in Racine

516
00:55:19,040 --> 00:55:24,000
well I don't know if any of you have ever heard of Wallace Piper and his family

517
00:55:24,080 --> 00:55:29,840
but they became farm workers for Wallace Piper that and then the extended family

518
00:55:29,840 --> 00:55:36,480
also became workers and became very close to each other to the point that after they

519
00:55:36,480 --> 00:55:43,280
passed away they still remain in very close communication but recently all the

520
00:55:43,280 --> 00:55:48,800
activities that have been going on in Racine area my parents have already at

521
00:55:48,800 --> 00:55:57,440
their age my dad's going to be 90 my mom's 87 you know they live in fear

522
00:55:57,440 --> 00:56:01,280
and they've gone to the point of carrying their birth certificates with them to make

523
00:56:01,280 --> 00:56:06,400
sure that if they do get stopped by ICE and they're they're still very independent

524
00:56:06,400 --> 00:56:10,480
very mobile even though I go over there every day and take care of them they

525
00:56:11,360 --> 00:56:17,280
they are afraid that one of these days they're going to get stopped and they're

526
00:56:17,280 --> 00:56:23,840
going to go through that whole episode or the whole trauma of being detained

527
00:56:23,840 --> 00:56:28,000
and they don't want that to happen a community that lives in fear is not

528
00:56:28,000 --> 00:56:33,520
going to grow it's not productive so I appreciate and I hope that you vote

529
00:56:33,520 --> 00:56:38,560
for this the residents and by the way Lilac National is an agreement with

530
00:56:39,600 --> 00:56:44,880
the ordinance and and some of the things that are written they're very very similar

531
00:56:44,880 --> 00:56:49,680
in the legislative the legislative platform so thank you everyone good night

532
00:56:58,000 --> 00:57:02,000
thank you this concludes the public input portion of today's meeting now we go to

533
00:57:02,000 --> 00:57:08,000
the item itself which is item 0665-26 at this time I would entertain a

534
00:57:08,000 --> 00:57:10,320
motion to approve and then we can open it up for discussion

535
00:57:11,120 --> 00:57:14,080
I'll order Alan push your button first

536
00:57:14,080 --> 00:57:16,960
Alderman would you like to make a motion I'll make a motion to approve

537
00:57:16,960 --> 00:57:22,080
it's a motion to approve alderland seconds and now we can have discussion

538
00:57:22,800 --> 00:57:26,480
Alderman you did make the motion first did you want to speak to your motion

539
00:57:27,040 --> 00:57:30,800
and thank you Mariah too I want to say thank you to everyone who came out and

540
00:57:30,800 --> 00:57:37,440
shared your stories maybe think about a few other that I have of my own but

541
00:57:38,080 --> 00:57:42,560
I'm not going to share any of those I just want to talk about when I first

542
00:57:42,560 --> 00:57:50,000
came to Wisconsin now I have family that is a dual citizenship

543
00:57:50,720 --> 00:57:55,280
I have family that live in so obviously that means they live in other countries

544
00:57:55,280 --> 00:58:01,120
but I was born and raised in California and I moved from California to Chicago

545
00:58:01,600 --> 00:58:07,840
and I moved from Chicago to Kenosha Racine and when I moved to Kenosha

546
00:58:08,800 --> 00:58:14,720
I had to go and get my my driver's license and I remember that it was

547
00:58:14,720 --> 00:58:22,240
supposed to be so easy to do my husband who was my fiance at the time

548
00:58:22,240 --> 00:58:28,800
his brother and I ironically were both moving from Illinois to Kenosha at the same time

549
00:58:29,600 --> 00:58:36,640
and the process was supposed to be where you go to the DMV take your lease and

550
00:58:36,640 --> 00:58:44,720
a bill with your name on it and ID from Illinois you're supposed to get your new license

551
00:58:45,920 --> 00:58:51,920
well it didn't work out that way for me because I was in line and I was talking on

552
00:58:51,920 --> 00:58:57,120
the phone to one of my cousins and I was speaking in Spanish so when I got to the

553
00:58:57,120 --> 00:59:04,960
front of the counter they said that I could not get my driver's license and I said why

554
00:59:05,840 --> 00:59:11,360
and they said well because you need to prove that you were born in this country

555
00:59:12,400 --> 00:59:18,720
and I was like what and they were a dammit I asked this you know I did my whole let me speak

556
00:59:18,720 --> 00:59:26,400
to the manager got me nowhere and so I had to send away from my driver's license

557
00:59:27,520 --> 00:59:35,680
and they were not shy in telling me you know why that was over 10 years ago and so much

558
00:59:36,480 --> 00:59:46,880
has happened I was teaching last year and there was a little boy and he just all of a sudden

559
00:59:46,880 --> 00:59:52,640
stopped coming to school and nobody knew where he was and no one could give us any information

560
00:59:58,080 --> 01:00:06,000
so they were deported and it was so awful for them

561
01:00:09,040 --> 01:00:21,040
I'm proud to live in a city and serve in a moment when we realize how dangerous it is

562
01:00:22,000 --> 01:00:28,400
all of us and I want to thank the people that I serve with and please forgive me because

563
01:00:29,200 --> 01:00:36,480
you just don't know some of the things I've heard and some of the things I know people that I

564
01:00:36,480 --> 01:00:45,520
know near and dear are experiencing right now and so again thank you for coming and sharing

565
01:00:45,520 --> 01:00:52,160
your stories thank you for allowing me to serve at a most important time is this

566
01:01:01,840 --> 01:01:08,000
other land yes I would like to thank the public see speakers for coming out here and

567
01:01:08,000 --> 01:01:14,080
sharing with us I really appreciate your input and I'd like to thank mayor for bringing this

568
01:01:14,080 --> 01:01:21,200
forward and the city's attorney and his office for writing what I think is a very solid

569
01:01:22,400 --> 01:01:28,480
proposal and I do support this I just wanted to say I'm supporting this ordinance

570
01:01:31,120 --> 01:01:31,520
thank you

571
01:01:34,240 --> 01:01:38,320
I did want to mention there's been several references to gratitude to the city attorney

572
01:01:38,320 --> 01:01:41,840
and the city attorney's office for their help in crafting the agenda I also wanted to

573
01:01:42,640 --> 01:01:47,120
acknowledge obviously Scott Ledney who's your city attorney but also attorney Matt Piers who

574
01:01:47,120 --> 01:01:51,200
was really involved in writing a lot of these uh ordinances as well so I just wanted to acknowledge

575
01:01:51,200 --> 01:01:59,200
his work in that space as well um alder hermit thank you mayor

576
01:02:02,480 --> 01:02:10,400
for god has not given us the spirit of fear but of power and of love and a sound mind

577
01:02:10,480 --> 01:02:20,160
second Timothy one and seven I am so proud to see so many educators and Christians here tonight

578
01:02:20,720 --> 01:02:32,160
who are advocating for the vulnerable human beings that are being targeted by ICE the people who I

579
01:02:32,240 --> 01:02:43,920
am very proud to see here tonight Diana Angelina Cruz Linda Boyle Tammy Hayward Mike Frontier

580
01:02:44,880 --> 01:02:55,760
Diane Lang all of these individuals I know personally have been there for students

581
01:02:56,720 --> 01:03:06,640
for residents and for people and I am very very proud to say that I know these individuals

582
01:03:09,360 --> 01:03:18,960
the fear is real the fear is constant I recently was speaking to a former aldermen

583
01:03:19,920 --> 01:03:30,400
who is self-described as an educator and a minister and he informed me that children come to him

584
01:03:31,680 --> 01:03:40,000
and they say that they're scared they're scared of being deported they're scared of being targeted

585
01:03:40,880 --> 01:03:53,680
and he said were you born here and they were like yes and he said you shouldn't be scared but they are

586
01:03:55,040 --> 01:04:08,160
and the fear is real and cruelty to one is cruelty to all and so when we don't stand up

587
01:04:08,160 --> 01:04:17,200
and when we don't speak we are complicit and I am so proud to know that there are so many

588
01:04:17,200 --> 01:04:27,120
people in racing that aren't complicit so I support the ordinance I support the mayor

589
01:04:27,920 --> 01:04:36,400
and I support every person who also supports the vulnerable thank you all for being here thank you

590
01:04:36,400 --> 01:04:38,400
mayor

591
01:04:43,840 --> 01:04:51,680
other people thank you Mr. Mayor being one of the last commentators I won't repeat what's been said

592
01:04:51,680 --> 01:04:58,320
but again thank everyone for giving us input and expressing your concerns your fears and

593
01:04:58,640 --> 01:05:07,680
letting us know how the community feels about this issue and I will also be in support of it

594
01:05:07,680 --> 01:05:13,280
and I also thank the mayor and the city attorney's office and all the other people who have worked

595
01:05:13,280 --> 01:05:17,040
diligently on this thank you thank you

596
01:05:17,040 --> 01:05:26,560
I'll keep a brief as well but I want to thank everyone for coming out tonight

597
01:05:27,360 --> 01:05:34,800
sharing your voice if you can't tell from my name gens jorgensen it's a very Danish name my

598
01:05:34,800 --> 01:05:40,960
great-grandparents and my family tree immigrated to the United States from Denmark

599
01:05:41,600 --> 01:05:46,800
and I am proud of a Danish descent

600
01:05:50,080 --> 01:05:56,800
I also I'm not originally from Racine I was born outside Janesville a group in Janesville

601
01:05:56,800 --> 01:06:03,280
I moved to Racine it was was taken aback by how welcoming of a community it is how there's

602
01:06:03,280 --> 01:06:08,400
plenty of people here who weren't born here but are just as much of a part of the community as

603
01:06:08,400 --> 01:06:14,400
anyone else here and so I want to thank everyone for coming out and being a part of this this

604
01:06:14,400 --> 01:06:23,600
moment tonight thank you so I too really want to thank members of the public for coming and

605
01:06:23,600 --> 01:06:28,960
offering their input oftentimes we are the best legislators and mayors when we hear directly

606
01:06:28,960 --> 01:06:33,680
from people and it helps shape the policy that we're working on you know we can get into the weeds

607
01:06:34,160 --> 01:06:38,880
on how the words are crafted and what it means and how it'll work but as we heard from our last

608
01:06:38,880 --> 01:06:44,320
speaker this is really about stories about human beings and how these policies affect people's

609
01:06:44,320 --> 01:06:49,360
lives in the real world I first became interested in thinking about whether or not the city needed

610
01:06:49,360 --> 01:06:55,200
to have a policy on this when my daughter earlier this year came home from school and said dad one

611
01:06:55,200 --> 01:07:02,000
of my friends wanted to know if the city is going to deport her grandmother and it was such a jarring

612
01:07:02,000 --> 01:07:06,560
thing for me to hear because the city doesn't do deportation and immigration but it was just

613
01:07:06,560 --> 01:07:12,320
this reminder that people just seek government as one big thing they don't make these distinctions

614
01:07:12,320 --> 01:07:16,880
and I began to think whether or not this was something we should begin to have a conversation

615
01:07:16,880 --> 01:07:23,120
about I do have several thank you so I wanted to just throw out here one is to stay representative

616
01:07:23,120 --> 01:07:27,840
Angelina Cruz who's been a great partner in this process and helping to organize people and bring

617
01:07:27,920 --> 01:07:34,960
people together and then members of Ulak and Rick in REU and the members of the police and

618
01:07:34,960 --> 01:07:41,760
fire commission who are here today thank you but I also just want to say this is a great reminder

619
01:07:41,760 --> 01:07:47,360
of how collective action can really work together to help people in our community especially the

620
01:07:47,360 --> 01:07:52,480
most vulnerable so thank you to all of you for being here before we go to vote just a couple

621
01:07:52,480 --> 01:07:56,160
residual things I want to make sure that everybody understands this is not the end of the process

622
01:07:56,160 --> 01:08:02,240
this is a committee vote on Wednesday of this week at six o'clock the city council will meet and

623
01:08:02,240 --> 01:08:07,840
it'll be on the agenda there as well for council meetings people can come and offer public comment

624
01:08:07,840 --> 01:08:13,520
again for three minutes on any topic that's on the agenda so if you want to have your voices

625
01:08:13,520 --> 01:08:18,560
heard in that place you may want to come back at that point all 15 members of the council

626
01:08:18,560 --> 01:08:23,440
will be present and be asked to vote on this ordinance the other thing procedurally I was

627
01:08:23,440 --> 01:08:29,520
asked ahead of time by a couple of you if you could be listed as co-sponsors of the of the

628
01:08:29,520 --> 01:08:34,480
ordinance here if you are one of those people who wanted to be listed as a co-sponsor please

629
01:08:34,480 --> 01:08:42,720
press your button and I will acknowledge you now I have alder Pete Harman land in Allen

630
01:08:42,720 --> 01:08:45,920
who've all asked to be listed as co-sponsors of this legislation

631
01:08:46,320 --> 01:08:57,920
thank you very much for that if there's no other discussion I'm going to ask the clerk to call the

632
01:08:57,920 --> 01:09:06,880
roll and when I do again this is for item 0665-26 communication sponsored by Mayor Mason alder

633
01:09:06,880 --> 01:09:15,520
Weiss an alder pebone and how alder is Pete Harman Allen and uh today mr reels and land

634
01:09:18,160 --> 01:09:24,400
and this is regarding a proposed ordinance 004-26 and immigration enforcement here in the city

635
01:09:24,400 --> 01:09:29,200
of Racine when the clerk calls your name please vote as you wish

636
01:09:29,200 --> 01:09:49,040
Mayor Mason alder land alder Harman alder pea alder durgison alder Allen motion passes unanimously