"Councilors unanimously approved a Protect Portland Initiative, which prevents local police from being federalized, and creates a framework to respond to "threats of federal overreach and militarization," as well as excessive force. The multi-layered resolution does a few things, including: Directing the Portland Police Bureau to ensure that Portlanders' rights to privacy, free speech, assembly, and protest are protected, while asking PPB officers to document any interaction with federal agents."
"Requires city administrators and the mayor's office to regularly seek government records about any undisclosed federal enforcement and military activity in Portland; Establishes immigrant affairs liaisons within the city and calls for city administrators to designate "non-public" city spaces, like staff offices, that federal immigration agents would be prohibited from accessing without a warrant; While city employees are already barred from sharing data or other information with immigration agencies, the Protect Portland Initiative extends that requirement to city contractors."
Portland City Council unanimously adopted two resolutions reinforcing the city's sanctuary policies and resisting federal militarization. The Protect Portland Initiative prohibits local police from being federalized, establishes a framework to respond to federal overreach and excessive force, directs the Portland Police Bureau to protect privacy, free speech, assembly, and protest rights, and requires PPB officers to document interactions with federal agents. The initiative compels city administrators to seek records of undisclosed federal enforcement, creates immigrant affairs liaisons, designates non-public spaces off-limits to immigration agents without warrants, and extends data-sharing prohibitions to city contractors. A separate resolution codifies sanctuary status and forbids city employees from aiding immigration enforcement while creating workgroups to develop protective best practices.
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