“We are asking you to vote NO on this funding package,” wrote local leaders. Protesters stretched down the block at the Routt County Courthouse on Jan. 11 in a demonstration against a Minneapolis shooting death by an ICE agent. “I think it would be inappropriate of us to not acknowledge what’s happening in our country as we meet as local elected officials,” Salinas said. Barnes said that he would “like to see the letter first,” ultimately declining to sign, along with Buccino. Citing killings in Minneapolis and local fearsIn their letter, local officials point to recent incidents in Minneapolis and other communities where masked federal agents have seized people — including children — from homes, workplaces, schools and streets, alleging that many were denied due process.