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Adding Ch. 44A to the Administrative Code to institute training, reporting, and programming related to the City’s relationship with civil immigration laws and enforcement practices under Administrative Code Chapter 44.
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Section 1.
WHEREAS, Saint Paul’s residents rely on the values enacted in Chapter 44 of the City’s Administrative Code, also known as the Separation ordinance, to ensure that the city does not operate its programs for the purposes of enforcing federal immigration law and that city officials are prohibited from inquiring about immigration status; and
WHEREAS, Saint Paul’s Separation ordinance reflects the City’s decision to have its police and public safety resources focus on local criminal enforcement and to preserve the necessary trust with its residents to effectively accomplish that objective; and
WHEREAS, Saint Paul city employees regularly interact with the full diversity of Saint Paul residents, including residents from immigrant communities; and
WHEREAS, Saint Paul city employees have been impacted by the unprecedented actions and presence of federal immigration agents in the city and state which raises concerns and uncertainty for employees and supervisors; and
WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul has a duty to its employees to ensure they are fully trained in upholding the tenets of Chapter 44 throughout the course of their work and to report the results of that training to its residents; and
WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul has a duty to its residents to publicly report information about immigration enforcement activity in the city generally and provide critical contextual details about Saint Paul public safety personnel if deployed in relation to civil immigration enforcement activity;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED; the Saint Paul City Council adds Chapter 44A to the Administrative Code to require that the City implement policies that creates training for General service employees, Supervisors, and Public safety em...
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