WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:05.060 hour five o'clock having arrived on this third of August twenty twenty six it is 00:05.060 --> 00:07.800 my honor to call the order of the executive committee of the city of 00:07.800 --> 00:12.240 Racine the first order of business is actually the approval of minutes for 00:12.240 --> 00:17.160 the July 13th twenty twenty six meeting this is item zero six six five dash two 00:17.160 --> 00:21.480 six communication sponsored by mary mason alder Weiss and alder pebone 00:21.740 --> 00:25.480 presenting proposed ordinance zero zero four dash two six regarding 00:25.480 --> 00:27.440 immigration enforcement 00:30.080 --> 00:33.840 but before before we get to that item I do need a motion to approve the July 00:33.840 --> 00:37.080 13th minutes that are scheduled here is their motion to approve seven minutes 00:37.680 --> 00:41.960 some motion and a second to approve the July 13th minutes any discussion on 00:41.960 --> 00:48.120 the July 13th minutes all those in favor of the July 13th minutes please say I 00:49.200 --> 00:54.720 opposed that motion carries we then move on to the item before us again we've had 00:54.720 --> 00:58.480 the opportunity for people to sign in what I'm going to do first is just give 00:58.960 --> 01:05.120 some discussion about where where this ordinance came from and how we got to 01:05.120 --> 01:09.480 this space and then we will open it up for the opportunity to the city attorney 01:09.480 --> 01:13.080 just to explain his briefing memo briefly on it and then we will take 01:13.080 --> 01:18.600 public input from it and have a discussion amongst there so I want to 01:18.600 --> 01:22.000 begin tonight just by thanking those in the community that have been advocating 01:22.040 --> 01:27.480 for the city to take a position on the unprecedented and and really 01:29.760 --> 01:33.720 can deeply concerning actions that we've seen by the federal government and 01:33.720 --> 01:38.000 their aggressive enforcement tactics the city of Racine is blessed to be a 01:38.000 --> 01:42.480 diverse community and unless you're from the Potawatomi nation all of our 01:42.480 --> 01:46.480 families have some sort of immigrant story from somewhere so it's really 01:46.480 --> 01:51.600 important that I think that we recognize the diversity of our community and how 01:51.640 --> 01:56.000 the potential impact could occur here we're also a community that our Latino 01:56.000 --> 02:01.360 or Hispanic population is about 25% of city residents and it's also the fastest 02:01.360 --> 02:05.480 growing part of our population so this is not a small part of our community that 02:05.480 --> 02:09.240 would be impacted by these federal policies that are outgoing are that are 02:09.240 --> 02:13.760 ongoing right now these federal policies have created a culture of fear 02:14.520 --> 02:18.200 families fear venturing outside their homes they're afraid to interact with 02:18.200 --> 02:21.600 government officials the other reason I think it's important for the city to 02:21.600 --> 02:25.760 have some position on this is oftentimes people look at government as just one 02:25.760 --> 02:29.560 big thing right they don't always make the distinction between well the city 02:29.560 --> 02:33.400 government does this and the state government does that and the federal 02:33.400 --> 02:37.640 government does this other thing and so I think it's important that the city has 02:37.640 --> 02:42.240 a position that stands in distinction from what a federal policy might be and 02:42.240 --> 02:45.600 gives a clear indication to our residents about where we stand on 02:46.000 --> 02:53.080 immigration enforcement tomorrow we will celebrate National Night Out and it's a 02:53.080 --> 02:58.320 great opportunity for the city to be part of a number of events across the city 02:58.320 --> 03:03.240 where the community works hand-in-hand with law enforcement and it's really an 03:03.240 --> 03:06.400 indication of our public trust and confidence that our local police 03:06.400 --> 03:10.200 forces developed over the years with people who live here throughout 03:10.200 --> 03:15.120 neighborhoods we have a community oriented policing philosophy here that 03:15.200 --> 03:19.520 has served our community well for decades that often gets diminished or 03:19.520 --> 03:23.080 tarnished if deep nature that gets diminished when we have that kind of 03:23.080 --> 03:27.040 heavy-handed enforcement it's also informed frankly by what we've seen in 03:27.040 --> 03:32.760 other cities in the last year you know further long ago up in the Twin Cities 03:32.760 --> 03:36.160 but more recently in Maine and other places where this kind of enforcement 03:36.160 --> 03:40.400 practice from Chicago to the Twin Cities to Maine has been deeply deeply 03:40.400 --> 03:45.600 concerning and the last I guess context that I will put in context of it is that 03:45.600 --> 03:50.840 you will hear a lot of discussion about how city law can work with federal law 03:50.840 --> 03:54.600 and how federal law has some supremacy over it and the limits to what a city 03:54.600 --> 03:57.800 can do but I do think the discussion we're gonna have tonight is gonna be an 03:57.800 --> 04:02.000 important part of laying out what the city's view of that kind of enforcement 04:02.000 --> 04:07.520 would be we're celebrating our 250th anniversary as a country and a lot of 04:07.520 --> 04:11.560 that celebration is looking back on our founding documents and how wonderful 04:11.560 --> 04:16.520 they are but how incomplete they were when they were passed into law and if 04:16.520 --> 04:21.320 you go down to Monument Square you'll see a historical marker there that is 04:21.320 --> 04:27.200 dedicated to Joshua Glover right now Joshua Glover was an escaped slave who 04:27.200 --> 04:32.760 was living in Racine Wisconsin who was found by bounty hunters in the 1850s 04:33.480 --> 04:37.240 who under federal law because he was considered property by the federal 04:37.240 --> 04:42.120 government needed to be returned to his slave owners and in that time Racine 04:42.120 --> 04:46.200 residents actually broke him out of jail and got him on a boat and sent him on 04:46.200 --> 04:50.520 to freedom in Canada because that was a place where they didn't have slavery and 04:50.520 --> 04:55.200 that sort of fugitive slave act wasn't accepted but the follow-up to that story 04:55.200 --> 04:59.200 is Racine and then the broader state of Wisconsin really rejected those federal 04:59.200 --> 05:02.960 policies that said that humans were properties and that and that they the 05:02.960 --> 05:06.920 federal government could use extraordinary opportunities to use those kind of 05:06.920 --> 05:10.880 enforcements as we see the federal government talking about needing to meet 05:10.880 --> 05:16.560 quotas that they expect to meet on an ongoing basis and that the environment 05:16.560 --> 05:19.920 of fear that that is creating in our neighborhoods I think it's really 05:19.920 --> 05:24.280 important that today we take a stand in contrast to what the federal government 05:24.280 --> 05:27.920 is doing and establish that our position is that we are a community of immigrants 05:27.920 --> 05:31.560 where you are loved and where you're valued and that you have a right to 05:31.560 --> 05:35.400 experience the American dream the way previous immigrants and generations 05:35.400 --> 05:38.720 before have the opportunity to do so so thank you for giving me the opportunity 05:38.720 --> 05:42.320 to make those comments before we begin 05:44.920 --> 05:48.840 with that I will ask the city attorney just to go through his briefing memo on 05:48.840 --> 05:52.640 the ordinance as we have it before us 05:57.920 --> 06:06.320 thank you Mr. Mayor the proposed ordinance 0.04-26 would create chapter 63 of the 06:06.320 --> 06:14.800 city of Racine Ordinances to include nine sections six of which are substantive 06:14.800 --> 06:21.240 with regard to the topic of immigration enforcement the first section is a 06:21.240 --> 06:25.280 policy declaration laying out the policy the city of Racine common 06:25.280 --> 06:32.240 council would be declaring second section sets forth relevant definitions 06:32.240 --> 06:40.560 to be used when interpreting and using this particular chapter the third 06:40.560 --> 06:49.880 provision declares or provides that excuse me identifies practices the city 06:49.880 --> 06:54.840 Racine will engage in to assure municipal resources are not used to 06:54.840 --> 07:01.680 subsidize federal civil immigration enforcement activities this ordinance I 07:01.680 --> 07:10.440 will emphasize is related to civil immigration enforcement activities under 07:10.440 --> 07:15.800 section 63-3 unless an individual needs to be investigated for purposes of 07:15.800 --> 07:19.840 determining whether there is a criminal warrant conviction or pending 07:19.840 --> 07:25.840 case for a felony or as a known gang member or if compliance is required by 07:25.840 --> 07:32.800 federal state statute or cooperation is reasonably necessary to protect against 07:32.800 --> 07:39.400 an imminent threat to public safety or prevent death or serious bodily harm 07:39.400 --> 07:46.360 no city officer employer agent may detain arrest continue to detain a person 07:46.360 --> 07:50.920 solely on the belief that that person is not present legally in the United 07:50.920 --> 07:56.600 States or that that person has committed a civil immigration violation may not 07:56.600 --> 08:01.400 arrest detain or continue to detain a person based solely upon an 08:01.400 --> 08:07.360 administrative warrant issued for an alleged civil immigration violation or 08:07.360 --> 08:11.720 detain or continue to detain a person based upon an immigration 08:11.720 --> 08:18.080 detainer when such immigration detainer is based solely on a violation of civil 08:18.080 --> 08:23.960 immigration law moreover unless there is a legitimate law enforcement purpose 08:23.960 --> 08:29.840 unrelated to the enforcement of civil immigration law no city officer or 08:29.840 --> 08:35.720 employer agent may provide personnel equipment facilities or other municipal 08:35.720 --> 08:41.960 resources to facilitate access by an immigration authority beyond that 08:41.960 --> 08:48.160 required by federal or state law or judicial process may not make municipal 08:48.160 --> 08:53.440 facilities available for activities undertaken primarily for civil immigration 08:53.440 --> 08:59.680 enforcement except where otherwise required by law or authorized by a written 08:59.680 --> 09:05.160 agreement approved by the common council or some other lawful authority may not 09:05.240 --> 09:10.400 expend municipal resources primarily to assist in civil immigration 09:10.400 --> 09:15.120 enforcement unless such assistance assistance is required by federal or 09:15.120 --> 09:21.040 state law or judicial process or is reasonably necessary to accomplish a 09:21.040 --> 09:26.160 legitimate law enforcement objective or when voluntarily approved by the chief 09:26.160 --> 09:32.200 of police or other authorized city official when it is in furtherance of a 09:32.520 --> 09:37.960 legitimate municipal public safety objective the next section generally 09:37.960 --> 09:42.560 prohibits the use of city property that is not open to the public without 09:42.560 --> 09:47.200 restriction for civil immigration enforcement activities the city can 09:47.200 --> 09:52.080 make restrictions on areas that are deemed not deemed open to the public the 09:52.080 --> 09:55.080 prohibited ordinance would restrict certain areas of the city from being 09:55.080 --> 10:00.600 used as staging areas for civil immigration enforcement a staging area 10:00.600 --> 10:06.280 means an area that is used to assemble mobilize and deploy vehicles and equipment 10:06.280 --> 10:10.560 or materials and related personnel for the purpose of carrying out civil 10:10.560 --> 10:15.840 immigration enforcement operations the restriction would apply to non-public 10:15.840 --> 10:20.680 areas of city owned or controlled buildings that are not accessible to 10:20.680 --> 10:25.200 the public as well as city owned or controlled parking lots ramps vacant 10:25.200 --> 10:30.000 lots of parks and garages this restriction would not apply if there were 10:30.000 --> 10:36.360 to be a court order or a federal or state law permits such activity the next 10:36.360 --> 10:42.040 section section proposed section 63.5 generally restricts the use of face 10:42.040 --> 10:46.320 coverings by law enforcement while performing duties this would apply to 10:46.320 --> 10:51.360 all law enforcement personnel irrespective of whether they're local 10:51.360 --> 10:56.840 state or federal there are exceptions for undercover operations when there is a 10:56.880 --> 11:02.880 safety need or when reasonably necessary to address an imminent threat to safety 11:02.880 --> 11:08.200 when practicable and consistent with safety a law enforcement officer wearing 11:08.200 --> 11:13.000 a face covering shall have the officers affiliation and badge number or other 11:13.000 --> 11:21.240 unique identifier displayed the next section proposed section 63-6 would 11:21.240 --> 11:25.840 designate the city ever seen as a safe space for immigrant immigration 11:25.840 --> 11:31.240 enforcement purposes the proposed ordinance states of the city to the 11:31.240 --> 11:36.640 extent permitted by applicable federal and state law shall prioritize the use 11:36.640 --> 11:42.120 of municipal resources for municipal purposes and public safety objectives 11:42.120 --> 11:47.320 proposed ordinance identifies practices that the city will use to prioritize 11:47.320 --> 11:52.280 municipal resources for municipal purposes and assure residents that 11:52.280 --> 11:57.920 their immigration status will not unnecessarily be sought or used overall 11:57.920 --> 12:03.320 city officers employees or agents will not request information about or 12:03.320 --> 12:08.760 otherwise investigate or assist in the investigation of the citizenship or 12:08.760 --> 12:13.840 immigration status of any person shall not disclose information regarding the 12:13.840 --> 12:19.440 citizenship or immigration status of any person unless authorized shall not 12:19.480 --> 12:26.680 condition the provision of city benefits opportunities or services on matters 12:26.680 --> 12:32.880 related to citizenship or immigration status as a whole the ordinance 12:32.880 --> 12:38.360 establishes local rules regarding when city employees may participate in civil 12:38.360 --> 12:43.760 immigration enforcement while expressly recognizing that the city will comply 12:43.760 --> 12:50.920 with all federal and state laws and lawful court orders in general that's 12:50.920 --> 12:55.720 what the ordinance provides well now we'll move on to public comment before we do 12:55.720 --> 12:59.040 if you can pull it up on the screen there's a clock that will appear on the 12:59.040 --> 13:03.960 screen we do have 20 people here to offer public input which we're glad to have 13:03.960 --> 13:08.600 people signed up to do so you're each given three minutes that would take the 13:08.600 --> 13:12.920 better part of an hour which I'm happy to hear but I just want to ask people if 13:12.960 --> 13:16.640 you are here you're not required to take your full three minutes but if you do 13:16.640 --> 13:20.960 take your three minutes do know that your microphone gets turned off after three 13:20.960 --> 13:24.680 minutes that is not a reflection on what you are saying rather is an attempt to 13:24.680 --> 13:28.680 treat everybody fairly and give everyone up to three minutes so if the clerk could 13:28.680 --> 13:33.560 please call the first person signed up to offer public input on this and we will 13:33.560 --> 13:38.360 begin our first speaker tonight will be Alan Levy 13:38.360 --> 13:49.080 thank you my name is Alan Levy I live at 421 William Street I'm a member of 13:49.080 --> 13:54.400 Vosas de la frontetta and also affiliated with yes but I'm speaking as an individual 13:54.400 --> 14:00.560 first I would like to applaud the coalition that helped put this together 14:00.560 --> 14:08.320 which is received interfaith coalition I don't know everybody but I know 14:08.320 --> 14:12.960 Rick and they were powerful for discrimination and also I would like to 14:12.960 --> 14:18.640 applaud the elders who had the courage to bring this forward and yourself your 14:18.640 --> 14:22.840 state it was a beautiful statement that you made so that's I guess the first I 14:22.840 --> 14:34.880 took me about 15 seconds so with that I support all of it it's all very good it 14:34.920 --> 14:41.120 creates the culture of support in the city it shows that the city in spirit 14:41.120 --> 14:45.400 supports immigration there are immigrants and I think that that's 14:45.400 --> 14:53.440 beautiful and but what I would like to say that the last statement on the on the 14:53.440 --> 15:00.960 resolution I think that needs to be changed it says it's it's a caveat it 15:00.960 --> 15:07.680 says enforcement is limited I think that needs to be struck struck or stricken 15:07.680 --> 15:15.120 or it needs to be say this will be enforced this is the law and along with 15:15.120 --> 15:21.280 that I think there needs to be posted all over the city people's rights so you 15:21.280 --> 15:25.360 have four different point I think four different areas they need to be put on a 15:25.360 --> 15:30.560 number one posted in stores in public places what are the rights what 15:31.200 --> 15:38.240 what the what the law says and we're seeing as it relates to what ICE can 15:38.240 --> 15:43.440 do and what they can't do where they can't go what resources will be used and 15:43.440 --> 15:49.200 what resources can't be used I think that's very important secondly the word has 15:49.200 --> 15:54.480 to get out and it should get out to the immigrant community or to all the whole 15:54.480 --> 15:59.680 community everybody this is a threat to everybody not just immigrants they pull 15:59.680 --> 16:04.480 everybody over if you look like an immigrant they're gonna arrest you they're 16:04.480 --> 16:07.880 gonna they're gonna grab you and they've had they've has so many many people 16:07.880 --> 16:14.280 who are not immigrants or who are not Latino so I think that's important the 16:14.280 --> 16:21.160 other thing is I think there needs to be you need to work to make this work you 16:21.160 --> 16:25.280 have to have discussions with the with the governor you got to talk about the 16:25.280 --> 16:30.480 National Guard also I would look at the question of voting there's gonna be 16:30.480 --> 16:34.920 there could be serious harassment at the voting polls this may require the 16:34.920 --> 16:39.440 National Guard to come in so there's a lot that needs to be done I have two 16:39.440 --> 16:42.400 seconds thank you 16:48.000 --> 16:52.000 and our speaker will be Linda Boyd 16:55.360 --> 17:01.400 my name is Linda Boyle 585 5 Kinsey Avenue other groups work with us besides 17:01.400 --> 17:07.640 received interfaith Lulak youth Park teachers the Union and so forth good 17:07.640 --> 17:12.720 evening thank you for hearing and listening to us about this important 17:12.720 --> 17:19.280 ordinances I'm here to urge you to adopt the ice out ordinances that protect our 17:19.280 --> 17:24.040 neighbors defend constitutional rights and make clear that our city will not use 17:24.040 --> 17:32.160 local resources to support fear based immigration enforcement I speak as 17:32.160 --> 17:39.680 co-chair of immigration task force for Rick also for members of our 26 member 17:39.680 --> 17:45.520 churches and organizations when I speak today this is not an abstract issue when 17:45.520 --> 17:49.800 federal immigration enforcement enters a community through raids intimidation 17:49.800 --> 17:55.360 or cooperation with local agencies the harm reaches far beyond the person 17:55.360 --> 18:01.440 targeted parents stop sending children to school workers stay home survivors of 18:01.440 --> 18:06.720 domestic violence hesitate to seek help witnesses become afraid to call police 18:06.720 --> 18:15.440 the result is not safety it is silence fear and isolation local government does 18:15.920 --> 18:22.080 control its own values resources and public safety priorities and ice out 18:22.080 --> 18:27.400 ordinance tells residents that city property city staff and local authorities 18:27.400 --> 18:32.440 should not be used to carry out civil immigration enforcement except where the 18:32.440 --> 18:38.440 law truly requires it it draws a bright line between community safety and 18:38.440 --> 18:44.680 deportation operations these ordinances are also about trust every 18:44.680 --> 18:49.240 resident should be able to report a crime ask for help attend a public 18:49.240 --> 18:55.200 meeting use a library view of park visit a park take a child to school or seek 18:55.200 --> 19:00.160 medical care without wondering if the interaction could put their family at 19:00.160 --> 19:07.320 risk public safety depends on cooperation between residents and officials if people 19:07.320 --> 19:13.200 are afraid of local government or any government all of us are less safe so 19:13.200 --> 19:20.440 these ordinance matter they are backed by policy clarity and courage a public 19:20.440 --> 19:24.720 vote a vote by you tells immigrant families that they are part of this 19:24.720 --> 19:29.360 community it tells local workers students parents business owners faith 19:29.360 --> 19:35.800 communities and neighbors that their city sees them and will not abandon them the 19:35.800 --> 19:41.560 time to set the policy is now this tyranny will end eventually and we want 19:41.560 --> 19:47.680 to be on the right side of history a vote for this is to say clearly that this 19:47.680 --> 20:01.000 city belongs to all of us everybody's in nobody's our next speaker is 20:01.000 --> 20:12.920 Naoki Nakamura I'm sorry so sorry hello my name is Naoki Nakamura I live on 20:12.920 --> 20:24.160 333 Lake Avenue in Racine I came to the United States in 1977 and I became a 20:24.240 --> 20:34.040 citizen in 2014 so I am a first generation immigrant and I don't know I don't 20:34.040 --> 20:41.280 look maybe Caucasian and so no I have been my wife has been very concerned 20:41.280 --> 20:47.080 whether I would be subject to any sort of a high stock budget so on being detained 20:47.080 --> 20:52.120 maybe saying the wrong thing or looking at somebody the wrong way so I speak on 20:52.120 --> 20:58.920 behalf of all of the other people who may not look like no native American 20:58.920 --> 21:04.480 US citizens and so on who have to live in constant fear that they may be harassed 21:04.480 --> 21:10.680 and subject to detention and other rough shots you know that I've seen on TV so 21:10.680 --> 21:16.360 I appreciate their food that the city is making to reassure us that not everybody 21:16.440 --> 21:23.000 is against us that we have at least a somewhat safer place to live and so I 21:23.000 --> 21:28.200 brought all of you for supporting this effort thank you 21:33.800 --> 21:42.600 next person we have a Joe last initials us from 1929 East Sirens Street 21:43.600 --> 21:49.520 hello thank you Mayor Mason thank you council my name is Joe sex hour I'm 21:49.520 --> 21:56.840 staff for Racine Educators United and our union is deeply concerned with 21:56.840 --> 22:03.840 immigration enforcement activities in Chicago Los Angeles and Twin Cities we 22:03.840 --> 22:10.680 have consulted with them in preparation for what we hope is not not coming and 22:10.680 --> 22:17.760 are very encouraged and heartened by the efforts of the city I don't have the 22:17.760 --> 22:22.440 eloquence of this boil but I do appreciate everyone's time and encourage you to 22:22.440 --> 22:31.120 vote yes just before we call the next speaker I just wanted to acknowledge I 22:31.120 --> 22:35.760 have two former educators in the audience Phil Leiden who taught me American 22:35.760 --> 22:39.600 history in seventh grade and Tammy Hayward taught me world history and my 22:39.600 --> 22:43.320 junior and senior year in high school so if you like the actions that I'm 22:43.320 --> 22:47.240 taking you know give them some of the credit if you don't like the action 22:47.240 --> 22:51.280 I'm taking it's entirely my fault but I just wanted to acknowledge to my former 22:51.280 --> 22:56.080 educators that are in the room the clerk please call the next speaker 22:57.080 --> 23:06.920 Mary I'm sorry with the last name so I'm so sorry 23:07.320 --> 23:14.320 Ronik thank you I don't care how you pronounce my name I am just so grateful 23:14.320 --> 23:21.240 to all of you for initiating this legislation and letting us know that 23:21.240 --> 23:27.960 every citizen in this city is important and you're going to support us I just 23:27.960 --> 23:31.360 wanted to say thank you 23:37.880 --> 23:42.280 next speaker will be Diane Lee 23:42.280 --> 23:58.280 good evening my name is Diane Lang I live at 2908 Ruby Avenue I'm speaking in 23:58.280 --> 24:05.360 favor of the ordinance being proposed tonight I personally come from immigrant 24:05.360 --> 24:12.120 ancestors from Germany England Scotland and Switzerland all pretty much white 24:12.120 --> 24:18.120 people who have immigrated and built a life I'm sympathetic to brothers and 24:18.120 --> 24:23.760 sisters from around the world who are also trying to immigrate and make a good 24:23.760 --> 24:33.200 life I share particularly deep concerns about the current cruel policies of our 24:33.240 --> 24:41.080 federal government the immigration and customs enforcement officers especially 24:41.080 --> 24:48.160 are following very few rules they're ignoring due process they're being cruel 24:48.160 --> 24:55.400 they are breaking up families they're terrorizing communities this blatant 24:55.400 --> 25:02.400 disregard for human rights and due process is alarming it's disgusting so I 25:02.440 --> 25:08.480 salute the fact that people have come together and put together with the help 25:08.480 --> 25:15.280 of our city attorney this proposal that's well thought out and that offers some 25:15.280 --> 25:22.920 protections I support this ordinance because it has specific prohibitions 25:22.920 --> 25:31.880 under chapter 63 section 4 that defines how city property cannot be used to 25:31.880 --> 25:41.160 stage or process immigration enforcement for civil matters I specifically support 25:41.160 --> 25:49.880 the prohibition under chapter 63 5 that prohibits mask use by law enforcement 25:50.200 --> 25:57.360 with the exceptions that are mentioned so I believe that without this there 25:57.360 --> 26:02.680 will be increased racial profiling going on there will be increased mass 26:02.680 --> 26:09.600 deportations realizing that it's more than immigrants that can be impacted by 26:09.600 --> 26:14.040 what is happening at our federal government there are different religious 26:14.040 --> 26:21.720 groups being targeted there are religious groups and gender people being targeted 26:21.720 --> 26:29.720 there are different schools being impacted in particular so just thanks 26:29.720 --> 26:35.800 again and I hope that this passes and that we can work on restoring or maintaining 26:35.800 --> 26:39.240 public trust thank you 26:43.160 --> 26:54.400 next week I'll be AJ Zizinski you were so close thank you hi my name's my name's 26:54.400 --> 26:59.320 AJ Zizik I am a veteran Racine educator of 21 years and I currently serve as the 26:59.320 --> 27:04.240 president of Racine Educators United I am here tonight speaking as an individual 27:04.320 --> 27:09.880 in favor of this ordinance I believe that how a city treats its most vulnerable and 27:09.880 --> 27:14.000 needy says a lot about its character if we as a city want to show that we are 27:14.000 --> 27:17.360 compassionate and caring then there's no better way than standing up to an 27:17.360 --> 27:22.000 unlawful agency of masked thugs who invade communities and tear apart families 27:22.000 --> 27:27.200 imagine as a student trying to do your best in a classroom while soldering the 27:27.200 --> 27:30.800 uncertainty that you and your family and loved ones could be unjustly separated 27:30.880 --> 27:36.400 at any time imagine as a teacher trying to do your best at your job not knowing 27:36.400 --> 27:40.160 whether or not a student would one day just disappear from your class roster 27:40.160 --> 27:43.480 families and businesses thrive in communities where they know they are 27:43.480 --> 27:47.960 safe and cared for and that's what this ordinance does I want to echo what a 27:47.960 --> 27:51.800 previous speaker said Racine needs to be on the right side of history on this 27:51.800 --> 27:59.240 this body's legacy depends on it make the right choice and passes ordinance 28:01.800 --> 28:07.000 next speaker will be Carl Harbor 28:16.600 --> 28:22.440 good evening Mayor Mason City Council members my name is Carl 28:22.440 --> 28:32.160 Harbor I reside at 1306 phase Avenue in Racine I am here to speak in support 28:32.160 --> 28:41.440 of chapter three of the ordinance I feel it is a valuable document in that it 28:41.440 --> 28:47.920 provides necessary clarification and guidance to our law enforcement 28:48.000 --> 28:56.040 administration and our law enforcement officers I'm speaking as an individual 28:56.040 --> 29:01.320 but I have served for seven years and currently served as a member of Racine's 29:01.320 --> 29:07.120 Police and Fire Commission so I feel that that kind of clarification is 29:07.120 --> 29:13.800 important for our offices I also feel that it is important that we have a clear 29:13.880 --> 29:20.440 understanding of how city funds will be used regarding ice enforcement 29:20.440 --> 29:26.840 procedures and policies and perhaps most important I feel that this ordinance 29:26.840 --> 29:33.520 will send a clear message to all of the residents of Racine that our immigrant 29:33.520 --> 29:38.000 community is not some separate community somewhere else our immigrant 29:38.000 --> 29:41.800 community is the Racine community and they are 29:44.800 --> 29:53.320 highly as city residents who contribute greatly to our economy and to our culture 29:53.320 --> 30:00.480 and furthermore they are our friends and our neighbors thank you for considering 30:00.480 --> 30:03.120 this ordinance 30:03.120 --> 30:11.160 next speaker will be Mike Frontier 30:13.680 --> 30:18.680 good evening and thank you allers for your courage and serving recently I 30:18.680 --> 30:22.560 went to Chicago Museum of Science Industry and saw the Anne Frank exhibit 30:22.560 --> 30:29.960 a replica of the room and while very powerful you left their feeling what 30:29.960 --> 30:36.680 was the fear like in that young lady and I sense the fear here in Racine my 30:36.680 --> 30:41.280 friend Mario Martinez tells me people are actually building safe rooms and 30:41.280 --> 30:48.680 Frank rooms in their home I read in New York Times recent I'm sorry Atlantic 30:48.680 --> 30:55.400 Jonathan Blitzer both Blitzer's son describing the detention centers let me 30:55.400 --> 30:59.720 quote the lack of preparation made the conditions intolerable toilets wouldn't 30:59.720 --> 31:04.600 flush running water came sporadically the detainees ate and slept next to the 31:04.600 --> 31:09.720 bathrooms fed and water leaked into the dining area and under the beds since we 31:09.720 --> 31:13.480 are not giving anything to mop up the dirty water we have to use our own 31:13.480 --> 31:18.800 underwear and socks a Cuban detainee said he had pleaded with the guards to let him 31:18.800 --> 31:23.480 the others go outside for recreation 15 days passed before the men were allowed 31:23.480 --> 31:29.080 to leave the tent and then only at night I've not seen the sun for one month these 31:29.080 --> 31:35.320 are intentionally terrible unbelievable situations to intimidate our people 31:35.320 --> 31:41.080 who are undocumented for self-deport in our congressman who funds this is 31:41.080 --> 31:47.760 complicit in these awful settings we're putting our people in as I left the Anne 31:47.760 --> 31:51.440 Frank I was with some the Flushinsky's and they said people had to know about 31:51.480 --> 31:57.480 this I am so proud of this community for knowing about it and taking action at 31:57.480 --> 32:04.280 this city level here finally I was over at Amaya's church where they were 32:04.280 --> 32:08.280 teaching the parents how important is to tell their kids there are kids know 32:08.280 --> 32:12.960 their addresses case they come home tomorrow from school and mom or dad or 32:12.960 --> 32:18.760 grandma isn't there how do you teach kids living in that kind of fear is this the 32:18.800 --> 32:24.880 America we create after 250 years and again this community that's rising up 32:24.880 --> 32:31.520 and say we're all sacred is attempting to address this really it's a legislative 32:31.520 --> 32:37.120 issue we're attempting to a legislative at this level the federal government 32:37.120 --> 32:42.240 has to come up with just policies that honor these tremendous people that 32:42.240 --> 32:47.520 serve our community again thank you for your willingness to bend history and 32:47.520 --> 32:53.040 serve the great people that make up the city receive 32:56.160 --> 33:01.640 next next speaker will be Maria Maldonado 33:17.520 --> 33:30.920 I want ice to identify themselves I don't know when I saw and I went to feed 33:30.920 --> 33:41.680 Carl my neighborhood that took a little boy from his home later I learned it was 33:41.680 --> 33:49.080 ice thank you for this good 33:54.680 --> 33:59.240 next speaker will be Maria Hernandez 34:11.680 --> 34:39.000 I know my my dad bring me here and I'm January of 1979 34:40.000 --> 34:54.160 and I feel happy for that I learned a lot of things I speak a little bit of 34:54.160 --> 35:05.200 support echo is the language my dad they speak to us and he wants to learn it 35:05.200 --> 35:13.840 up only I can tell you suck she then means good afternoon or how are you doing 35:13.840 --> 35:24.440 oh good afternoon there's the only one I remember after that I get a little baby 35:24.440 --> 35:37.080 now he's almost 40 years old and he's death now I live in ABCD I spell for him 35:37.080 --> 35:54.160 but he's so smart he's taking care of his mom and then 35:54.920 --> 36:09.560 there's what I say thank you so much for the government it's for us to be here 36:09.560 --> 36:22.080 but I feel bad and watching TV how I try in the comment in the comment people 36:22.080 --> 36:32.880 said thanks God I got my my CV sent cheap and this what I said thank you for 36:32.880 --> 36:43.640 support us to be United States thank you so much it's a nice place to live thank 36:43.640 --> 36:46.400 you very much 36:52.080 --> 37:00.320 next speaker is going to be Diana Valencia 37:07.040 --> 37:12.360 yeah okay that's okay just wait wait right here I thank you all for taking the 37:12.360 --> 37:23.040 time and helping thank you I thank you for all the work you had to all have 37:23.040 --> 37:32.200 been doing this proposal especially for I was born and raised here so I have a 37:32.200 --> 37:39.320 lot of friends and family that are in this type of situation so each and every 37:39.400 --> 37:46.360 part of this ordinance is extremely important to keep our community safe I 37:46.360 --> 37:52.360 encourage you all to continue to to move this forward I know other cities and 37:52.360 --> 38:02.680 other states are having troubles with ICE and they have this ordinance but I 38:02.680 --> 38:08.200 have to say this if we don't try to do something to protect our families and 38:08.200 --> 38:18.040 friends here in our community why are we doing this why are we here so please 38:18.040 --> 38:26.760 stay courageous be brave and move this forward and vote yes thank you 38:31.680 --> 38:35.840 next speaker will be Tom Binger 38:38.200 --> 38:49.560 good evening ladies and gentlemen my name is Tom Dinger I live at 3817 Haven 38:49.560 --> 38:54.120 Avenue I'm a homeowner and a taxpayer in the city of Racine my children go to 38:54.120 --> 38:58.920 public school here in the city I am currently a member of the police and 38:58.920 --> 39:02.800 fire commission I've been a member for six years I'm currently the president I've 39:02.840 --> 39:07.680 also been a prosecutor for almost 20 years but I'm speaking as a personal 39:07.680 --> 39:13.040 capacity tonight over that time I've gotten to get to know a lot of 39:13.040 --> 39:18.360 dedicated and honorable law enforcement officers I consider integrity and 39:18.360 --> 39:23.760 transparency to be critically important values in law enforcement the public 39:23.760 --> 39:28.640 cannot trust officers who lack these qualities and those individuals have no 39:28.640 --> 39:34.220 place in law enforcement I have three things to say about the proposed 39:34.220 --> 39:40.040 ordinance that we're discussing here tonight number one ice has been 39:40.040 --> 39:46.240 identifying and transferring inmates from our prisons and jails and deporting 39:46.240 --> 39:52.840 them for over 20 years these raids that ice is committing in various communities 39:52.840 --> 40:00.840 are not needed to reduce crime number two this past May the nonpartisan Brookings 40:00.840 --> 40:06.280 Institute studied the impact of these raids on local communities and found 40:06.280 --> 40:12.320 that they harm the economies in the cities where they take place Racine does 40:12.320 --> 40:18.760 not need that finally until ICE agents demonstrate the training 40:18.760 --> 40:24.080 professionalism and transparency that we require from Racine Police Department 40:24.080 --> 40:35.000 officers they do not deserve to use our taxpayer funded resources the civilians 40:35.000 --> 40:40.040 on the police and fire Commission interview all candidates who seek to 40:40.040 --> 40:44.960 join the Racine Police Department and we receive updates on their training 40:44.960 --> 40:50.160 before they become officers the Racine Police and Fire Commission also 40:50.160 --> 40:56.160 oversees disciplinary actions against those officers Racine police officers 40:56.160 --> 41:01.720 must undergo rigorous training in the academy and on the job they wear body 41:01.720 --> 41:08.480 cameras and they're held accountable for their actions in contrast ICE agents 41:08.480 --> 41:14.000 wear masks and hide their identity they do not wear body camps and they've 41:14.000 --> 41:18.200 demonstrated inadequate training on respecting the constitutional rights of 41:18.200 --> 41:24.520 citizens and the use of deadly force they also actively obstruct efforts to 41:24.520 --> 41:30.360 hold them accountable by the media the legal system and local investigators our 41:30.360 --> 41:36.120 community deserves better we would devalue and undermine the high standards 41:36.120 --> 41:41.160 that we hold Racine Police Department officers too if we allowed ICE agents 41:41.160 --> 41:46.640 to use Racine's taxpayer resources thank you 41:50.160 --> 41:54.560 next speaker will be Cheryl Miller 41:54.560 --> 42:13.120 my name is Cheryl Miller and I would identify myself as a member of Saint 42:13.120 --> 42:21.040 Patrick Church of which the majority of our members are Hispanic legal or not 42:21.480 --> 42:30.880 yesterday someone I had worked with on a committee for a year told me that for 42:30.880 --> 42:38.000 six years she and her husband had been working on their immigration papers they 42:38.000 --> 42:45.160 had an appointment in Juarez and he was deported leaving her alone with the 42:45.160 --> 42:53.240 three sons and she also told me of another woman who ought to fear deported 42:53.240 --> 43:01.640 herself just yesterday I myself lived in Nicaragua for five years I was there 43:01.640 --> 43:08.160 during the Sun and Easter Revolution in 79 I know what it's like to stand on the 43:08.520 --> 43:17.080 corners in Guatemala with military men just there surrounding me I know what 43:17.080 --> 43:22.520 these fears are our friends live in Evanston Illinois they showed us pictures 43:22.520 --> 43:30.920 from their house when ICE was near the school of their granddaughter my best 43:30.920 --> 43:37.600 friends are not documented I have stood in for them as a parent when their son 43:37.600 --> 43:44.720 graduated from the National Guard I stood in as a parent accompanying their 43:44.720 --> 43:49.920 children to Mexico to visit their families to know their grandparents their 43:49.920 --> 43:57.240 aunts and uncles and cousins I wanted to echo something I heard Cory Mason our 43:57.240 --> 44:04.520 mayor say one day immigrants are welcome and receive I totally support these 44:04.520 --> 44:10.400 ordinances I know they're not going to solve all our problems but at least they 44:10.400 --> 44:16.880 will protect the people that we love and respect so please please support the 44:16.880 --> 44:27.440 members of our community who are suffering at a free thank you next speaker 44:27.440 --> 44:30.400 will be done Miller 44:39.000 --> 44:49.040 actually my wife stole this show as she often does but I too have been a member 44:49.040 --> 44:59.480 of St. Patrick's since 1979 and have suffered with the Hispanic community in 44:59.480 --> 45:12.320 many ways in terms of their dignity and their lack of acceptance and I'm really 45:12.320 --> 45:20.400 applaud what the mayor and those working with him have done in this ordinance I 45:20.400 --> 45:25.800 realized that many of you may not have had experiences you may not know anyone 45:25.800 --> 45:34.800 who has ever been deported as my wife said we have I lived and worked as a 45:34.800 --> 45:41.360 missionary in Colombia for five years I've also seen that but as director of the 45:41.360 --> 45:46.040 worldwide mission office for the Archdiocese of Milwaukee I was also in El 45:46.040 --> 45:55.040 Salvador and saw what a government a military government does to the people 45:55.040 --> 46:01.680 so I just want to speak on behalf and applaud what you are doing here and I 46:01.680 --> 46:09.360 just realized that families the family is the base of our community and if we 46:09.400 --> 46:16.080 don't have families together this woman that Cheryl just talked about I just was 46:16.080 --> 46:20.760 in tears when he she told me that yesterday because this woman and her 46:20.760 --> 46:28.800 husband were part of couples developing their marriage and working with other 46:28.800 --> 46:34.320 couples to do the same thing in our parish community is this what we want to 46:34.320 --> 46:44.760 do take these people who are committed to God and family and send them let them 46:44.760 --> 46:51.400 live in fear live let this mother the agony she has she doesn't know where to 46:51.400 --> 46:57.960 turn whether to move to Canada to move to the to the border to be close to her 46:57.960 --> 47:06.640 husband it's hard to be a single parent so thank you for your listening 47:13.640 --> 47:18.120 next week will be Natal Ortiz 47:18.120 --> 47:31.880 hello I am Natal Ortiz I am a teacher here in our USD I am also a community 47:31.880 --> 47:37.840 member and union leader but today I'm here to just speak as as a resident and 47:37.840 --> 47:42.600 community member first I want to say thank you to the mayor and other 47:42.600 --> 47:49.120 collaborators on being responsive to concerns of residents in the community 47:49.120 --> 47:54.120 who are living with a heightened sense of fear as a result of immigration 47:54.120 --> 48:00.960 enforcement as a teacher I see the impact that this type of fear has on 48:00.960 --> 48:05.600 students and families that I work with who are worrying about the safety of 48:05.600 --> 48:10.440 their family friends and community members in the face of cruel treatment 48:10.480 --> 48:16.160 by immigrant immigration enforcement officers that we've seen all across the 48:16.160 --> 48:22.920 country I've worked in schools in our USD that are dual language schools and 48:22.920 --> 48:27.400 have come into contact with students that are immigrants not of their own 48:27.400 --> 48:34.040 choosing these are kids that don't deserve this kind of fear these are 48:34.040 --> 48:39.640 people in our community that deserve to feel safe and that's why I'm supporting 48:39.640 --> 48:45.480 these ordinances and encouraging you all to do the same thank you 48:53.960 --> 48:58.200 next week will be Greg Petro 48:58.200 --> 49:11.360 thank you my name is Greg Petro and I live at 45 16 5 mile road I'm a lifelong 49:11.360 --> 49:17.520 resident here born and raised in Racine I'm a deacon in the Catholic Church and 49:17.520 --> 49:24.120 I fully support this what the council is trying to do and I hope that the full 49:24.120 --> 49:29.840 council does I think one of the one of the things that the church does is it 49:29.840 --> 49:33.880 helps us to purify our reasoning especially when it comes to moral and 49:33.880 --> 49:39.760 ethical issues and I think the church has talked about this stuff for a long time 49:39.760 --> 49:48.240 and scripture does too when people are vulnerable when people are in need it is 49:48.320 --> 49:56.400 our obligation to help it is our obligation to to to lift them up to come 49:56.400 --> 50:01.760 together as community and most of these people my understanding is they're 50:01.760 --> 50:08.080 fleeing violence they're fleeing terrible situations in their countries and I 50:08.080 --> 50:13.720 think that any of us given the same situation would would probably flee some 50:13.800 --> 50:22.440 of those terrible horrendous situations so I really urge our city to be 50:22.440 --> 50:30.960 consistent with scripture with our with our better nature to help people when 50:30.960 --> 50:37.360 they're in need and to to do the right thing and I think that's that's what 50:37.360 --> 50:40.840 you're doing thank you very much 50:44.720 --> 50:48.480 Tanya Chavez 50:48.480 --> 51:16.080 Hello there I'm Dania Chavez 1128 Lewis Street my name is Tanya Chavez I am a 51:16.080 --> 51:20.560 DACA recipient I was brought to this country when I was two years old I've 51:20.560 --> 51:26.440 been living in Racine for about 13 years now my mom self-deported 51:26.440 --> 51:35.200 approximately a year July 18 now I have a little brother he's 12 years old who 51:35.200 --> 51:43.120 was taken with my mom and it's been hard I work with the Vos as a la 51:43.200 --> 51:50.080 frontera it's hard taking a day by day when it's this personal when it's my 51:50.080 --> 51:56.560 family members I work with the youth and hearing these stories that are so so 51:56.560 --> 52:09.240 personal to me art it's very hard to take a day by day so I'm here on behalf of 52:09.240 --> 52:14.280 Vos as a la frontera in support of chapter 63 this ordinance is incredibly 52:14.280 --> 52:18.160 important because it makes it clear that city resources should be used to serve 52:18.160 --> 52:23.200 the people of Racine not to carry out federal immigration enforcement 52:23.200 --> 52:27.000 I've also we work with immigrant families workers and young people every 52:27.000 --> 52:31.960 day we know the fear that many families live with and we also know that when 52:31.960 --> 52:36.040 people are afraid to interact with local governments or report crimes because 52:36.120 --> 52:40.880 of their immigration status our whole community is less safe and I live that 52:40.880 --> 52:45.880 reality every single day it is very hard to convince family members my own 52:45.880 --> 52:52.080 family members of this when there's so many horror stories in the streets that 52:52.080 --> 52:56.520 people that we know on a personal level have lived how do you convince those 52:56.520 --> 53:03.320 people chapter 63 helps build trust it tells families that Racine is committed 53:03.320 --> 53:08.360 to protecting its residents using its resources responsibly and making sure 53:08.360 --> 53:13.560 local government is focused on serving the community this is about accountability 53:13.560 --> 53:18.840 transparency and making sure everyone feels safe access accessing city 53:18.840 --> 53:23.240 services sending their kids to school or simply living their daily lives without 53:23.240 --> 53:27.800 unnecessary fear on behalf of Vos as a la frontera we urge you to support 53:27.800 --> 53:32.840 chapter 63 and continue making Racine a city where all families feel welcomed 53:32.840 --> 53:39.000 respect respected and safe I really hope you take this into consideration today 53:39.000 --> 53:41.560 thank you 53:50.840 --> 53:56.280 and our last speaker for today will be Jose Palacio 54:02.840 --> 54:11.240 thank you and good evening Jose Palacio's two thousand Kearney Avenue after 54:11.240 --> 54:16.760 listening to all the other previous speakers like I'm glad that some of you 54:16.760 --> 54:21.880 have been moved by these personal stories I was gonna rattle off a bunch of 54:21.880 --> 54:25.160 information regulations with all those things that have been going on right 54:25.160 --> 54:32.240 now but it seems like what seems to motivate or touch people especially and 54:32.800 --> 54:40.960 humanize them are these personal stories and these personal stories as I think of my own 54:44.080 --> 54:50.480 my own family which came here you know when 70 years ago and became an established 54:50.480 --> 54:55.920 residency in Racine you know they were a close-knit family and they relied on 54:55.920 --> 55:02.160 each other for support and for a lot of things as time went on that community 55:02.160 --> 55:07.280 they they expanded their community with other people in the in Racine area 55:07.280 --> 55:12.240 and they got to know people and people got to know them and relied on them for 55:12.240 --> 55:19.040 a lot of assistance they became farm workers for local people in in Racine 55:19.040 --> 55:24.000 well I don't know if any of you have ever heard of Wallace Piper and his family 55:24.080 --> 55:29.840 but they became farm workers for Wallace Piper that and then the extended family 55:29.840 --> 55:36.480 also became workers and became very close to each other to the point that after they 55:36.480 --> 55:43.280 passed away they still remain in very close communication but recently all the 55:43.280 --> 55:48.800 activities that have been going on in Racine area my parents have already at 55:48.800 --> 55:57.440 their age my dad's going to be 90 my mom's 87 you know they live in fear 55:57.440 --> 56:01.280 and they've gone to the point of carrying their birth certificates with them to make 56:01.280 --> 56:06.400 sure that if they do get stopped by ICE and they're they're still very independent 56:06.400 --> 56:10.480 very mobile even though I go over there every day and take care of them they 56:11.360 --> 56:17.280 they are afraid that one of these days they're going to get stopped and they're 56:17.280 --> 56:23.840 going to go through that whole episode or the whole trauma of being detained 56:23.840 --> 56:28.000 and they don't want that to happen a community that lives in fear is not 56:28.000 --> 56:33.520 going to grow it's not productive so I appreciate and I hope that you vote 56:33.520 --> 56:38.560 for this the residents and by the way Lilac National is an agreement with 56:39.600 --> 56:44.880 the ordinance and and some of the things that are written they're very very similar 56:44.880 --> 56:49.680 in the legislative the legislative platform so thank you everyone good night 56:58.000 --> 57:02.000 thank you this concludes the public input portion of today's meeting now we go to 57:02.000 --> 57:08.000 the item itself which is item 0665-26 at this time I would entertain a 57:08.000 --> 57:10.320 motion to approve and then we can open it up for discussion 57:11.120 --> 57:14.080 I'll order Alan push your button first 57:14.080 --> 57:16.960 Alderman would you like to make a motion I'll make a motion to approve 57:16.960 --> 57:22.080 it's a motion to approve alderland seconds and now we can have discussion 57:22.800 --> 57:26.480 Alderman you did make the motion first did you want to speak to your motion 57:27.040 --> 57:30.800 and thank you Mariah too I want to say thank you to everyone who came out and 57:30.800 --> 57:37.440 shared your stories maybe think about a few other that I have of my own but 57:38.080 --> 57:42.560 I'm not going to share any of those I just want to talk about when I first 57:42.560 --> 57:50.000 came to Wisconsin now I have family that is a dual citizenship 57:50.720 --> 57:55.280 I have family that live in so obviously that means they live in other countries 57:55.280 --> 58:01.120 but I was born and raised in California and I moved from California to Chicago 58:01.600 --> 58:07.840 and I moved from Chicago to Kenosha Racine and when I moved to Kenosha 58:08.800 --> 58:14.720 I had to go and get my my driver's license and I remember that it was 58:14.720 --> 58:22.240 supposed to be so easy to do my husband who was my fiance at the time 58:22.240 --> 58:28.800 his brother and I ironically were both moving from Illinois to Kenosha at the same time 58:29.600 --> 58:36.640 and the process was supposed to be where you go to the DMV take your lease and 58:36.640 --> 58:44.720 a bill with your name on it and ID from Illinois you're supposed to get your new license 58:45.920 --> 58:51.920 well it didn't work out that way for me because I was in line and I was talking on 58:51.920 --> 58:57.120 the phone to one of my cousins and I was speaking in Spanish so when I got to the 58:57.120 --> 59:04.960 front of the counter they said that I could not get my driver's license and I said why 59:05.840 --> 59:11.360 and they said well because you need to prove that you were born in this country 59:12.400 --> 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 59:18.720 --> 59:26.400 to the manager got me nowhere and so I had to send away from my driver's license 59:27.520 --> 59:35.680 and they were not shy in telling me you know why that was over 10 years ago and so much 59:36.480 --> 59:46.880 has happened I was teaching last year and there was a little boy and he just all of a sudden 59:46.880 --> 59:52.640 stopped coming to school and nobody knew where he was and no one could give us any information 59:58.080 --> 01:00:06.000 so they were deported and it was so awful for them 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 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 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 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 01:00:45.520 --> 01:00:52.160 your stories thank you for allowing me to serve at a most important time is this 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 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 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 01:01:22.400 --> 01:01:28.480 proposal and I do support this I just wanted to say I'm supporting this ordinance 01:01:31.120 --> 01:01:31.520 thank you 01:01:34.240 --> 01:01:38.320 I did want to mention there's been several references to gratitude to the city attorney 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 01:01:42.640 --> 01:01:47.120 acknowledge obviously Scott Ledney who's your city attorney but also attorney Matt Piers who 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 01:01:51.200 --> 01:01:59.200 his work in that space as well um alder hermit thank you mayor 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 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 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 01:02:32.240 --> 01:02:43.920 am very proud to see here tonight Diana Angelina Cruz Linda Boyle Tammy Hayward Mike Frontier 01:02:44.880 --> 01:02:55.760 Diane Lang all of these individuals I know personally have been there for students 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 01:03:09.360 --> 01:03:18.960 the fear is real the fear is constant I recently was speaking to a former aldermen 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 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 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 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 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 01:04:17.200 --> 01:04:27.120 people in racing that aren't complicit so I support the ordinance I support the mayor 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 01:04:36.400 --> 01:04:38.400 mayor 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 01:04:51.680 --> 01:04:58.320 but again thank everyone for giving us input and expressing your concerns your fears and 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 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 01:05:13.280 --> 01:05:17.040 diligently on this thank you thank you 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 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 01:05:34.800 --> 01:05:40.960 great-grandparents and my family tree immigrated to the United States from Denmark 01:05:41.600 --> 01:05:46.800 and I am proud of a Danish descent 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 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 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 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 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 01:06:23.600 --> 01:06:28.960 offering their input oftentimes we are the best legislators and mayors when we hear directly 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 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 01:06:38.880 --> 01:06:44.320 speaker this is really about stories about human beings and how these policies affect people's 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 01:07:41.760 --> 01:07:47.360 of how collective action can really work together to help people in our community especially the 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 01:08:42.720 --> 01:08:45.920 who've all asked to be listed as co-sponsors of this legislation 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 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 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 01:09:18.160 --> 01:09:24.400 and this is regarding a proposed ordinance 004-26 and immigration enforcement here in the city 01:09:24.400 --> 01:09:29.200 of Racine when the clerk calls your name please vote as you wish 01:09:29.200 --> 01:09:49.040 Mayor Mason alder land alder Harman alder pea alder durgison alder Allen motion passes unanimously