The Memphis City Council on Tuesday voted in favor of a nonbinding resolution calling for the removal of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Tennessee National Guard from the city.The resolution drew dozens of speakers who urged its adoption during a public comment period. It takes aim at the presence of hundreds of agents assigned to the Memphis Safe Task Force, a multi-agency law enforcement effort dispatched to Memphis via an executive order by President Trump last September. No member of the public spoke against the resolution.The resolution said an Aug. 30 raid on a Memphis nightclub that resulted in the detention of more than 120 immigrants raised “concerns about due process and the impact of federal immigration enforcement on local communities, including the disruption and separation of Memphis families.”The resolution also cited the deaths of six individuals “as a result of incidents involving Memphis Safe Task Force operations.” Four...
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