YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) - Officials say an ordinance to ensure residents receive city services regardless of immigration status has died.
The Yakima Herald-Republic reports (https://bit.ly/2nXCipD ) City Council voted 4-2 Tuesday to kill the proposed ordinance that would have required the city of Yakima not to ask about a person’s immigration status. Councilwomen Carmen Mendez and Dulce Gutierrez who drafted the ordinance described it as a public safety policy.
Yakima police say they already do not ask about immigration status because they do not want to deter people from reporting a crime.
Councilwoman Maureen Adkison, who supporting killing the ordinance, says the council wasted four months discussing a policy city police were already respecting. Council members Bill Lover, Holly Cousens and Mayor Kathy Coffey voted in favor of Adkison’s motion.
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Information from: Yakima Herald-Republic, https://www.yakimaherald.com
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