[ShareTompkins] Fwd: Can Tompkins County Become a Sanctuary for Immigrants?

[Shira Evergreen]

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> From: Sara Hess <sarahess630 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Can Tompkins County Become a Sanctuary for Immigrants?
> Date: February 8, 2017 10:26:33 PM EST
> To: "tc-hsc-l at cornell.edu" <tc-hsc-l at cornell.edu>
> Reply-To: Sara Hess <sarahess630 at gmail.com>
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> Can Tompkins County become a Sanctuary for Immigrants?
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> Informational presentation, free and open to all
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> ·      Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017, 1:00 – 2:30 in the afternoon
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> ·      at the First Presbyterian Church fellowship hall (downstairs),
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> 315 N. Cayuga St.-- use the side entrances on Court St. 
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> Anna Kelles, Tompkins County Legislature representative from the City of Ithaca, and Kathleen Bergin, Esq. will describe what they’ve learned while drafting a resolution.
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> “I’ve been working on it for the last month, and I can tell you that it is much more complicated than it seems on the surface,” she said, adding that she is grateful to New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman for taking the time to issue documents that offer model language for use to enact local laws or policies that limit participation in immigration enforcement activities.  (Ithaca.Com, Jan 30) 
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> In a related story, Feb 2, Ithaca Voice:
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> ITHACA, N.Y. -- Tompkins County Sheriff Ken Lansing released a statement Thursday afternoon saying that he and deputies within his department will not ask for a person's immigration status unless it is directly relevant to an investigation.
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> In the public latter, Lansing wrote, "We do not have the constitutional authority, intention, nor the personnel to enforce federal laws; including the federal immigration law – which clearly falls under the responsibility of the federal government."
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> He said that the department's policy will not give people a pass when they commit crimes
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> The letter was prompted by discussion from Tompkins County legislators that some officials are looking to make the county a Sanctuary County.
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> Sponsored by Finger Lakes Resistance and Action
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