<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Sara Hess <<a href="mailto:sarahess630@gmail.com">sarahess630@gmail.com</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>Can Tompkins County Become a Sanctuary for Immigrants?</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">February 8, 2017 10:26:33 PM EST<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">"<a href="mailto:tc-hsc-l@cornell.edu">tc-hsc-l@cornell.edu</a>" <<a href="mailto:tc-hsc-l@cornell.edu">tc-hsc-l@cornell.edu</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Sara Hess <<a href="mailto:sarahess630@gmail.com">sarahess630@gmail.com</a>><br></span></div><br><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Can Tompkins County
become a Sanctuary for Immigrants?<span></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b> </b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Informational presentation, free and open to
all<span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b> </b></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">
</span></span><b>Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017, 1:00 – 2:30 in the afternoon<span></span></b></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">
</span></span><b>at the First Presbyterian Church fellowship hall (downstairs), <span></span></b></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b>315 N. Cayuga St.-- use the side entrances on Court
St. <span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b> </b></p><div><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span> </span></span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b>Anna Kelles</b>, Tompkins County Legislature representative from the
City of Ithaca, and <b>Kathleen Bergin</b>,
Esq. will describe what they’ve learned while drafting a resolution. <span></span></p><div style="line-height: 115%; "><span> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.25in;line-height:115%;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68)">“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. (<a href="http://Ithaca.Com">Ithaca.Com</a>, Jan 30) <span></span></span></p><div><span> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68)">In a related story, </span>Feb 2, Ithaca Voice:<span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="">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.<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="">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."<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="">He said that the
department's policy will not give people a pass when they commit crimes<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="">The letter was
prompted by discussion from Tompkins County legislators that some officials are
looking to make the county a Sanctuary County.<span></span></span></p><div style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><span style=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68)">Sponsored by Finger Lakes Resistance and Action<span></span></span></p><div style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 15pt; font-family: lato, serif; "> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div>
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