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Cheltenham residents urge officials to adopt immigrant welcoming policy
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President Donald Trump’s crackdown on immigration has forced some localities and police departments in Pennsylvania to rethink their relationship with the federal government.
A growing number of communities in Montgomery County have turned to welcoming policies to limit local law enforcement’s collaboration with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Residents in Montgomery County’s third-largest community now are urging Cheltenham Township to join the ranks and establish a public-facing policy that outlines its relationship with ICE.
This is out of what we’re seeing across the country — people just being ripped out of homes.”An informal coalition of community organizations and neighbors drafted a written welcoming policy and submitted it to the Cheltenham Township Board of Commissioners.
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