""We're seeing fear around the country. We're seeing impacts on schools and small businesses," she said. "When there's a detention facility nearby, it is well documented that there's increased enforcement that's not necessarily targeting folks with criminal backgrounds, but folks who may just look as if they might be immigrants.""
""I recognize it's federal property and the city has absolutely no legal authority, but public outcry can go a long way," she said. "The council listened to the residents and did what the residents asked, and I'm very proud of that.""
The Dublin City Council voted unanimously to oppose repurposing the shuttered federal women's prison FCI Dublin as an immigration detention facility or for any other incarceration use. Forty percent of Dublin residents are foreign-born, prompting concerns about racial profiling and increased immigration enforcement near the site. Community members described fear affecting schools and small businesses and noted that nearby detention facilities correlate with expanded enforcement that can affect people based on appearance rather than criminal history. Roughly three dozen residents supported the resolution and one opposed it. The city has no legal authority over federal property, but residents sought to influence federal decisions through public outcry.
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