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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) The Allegheny County Council has passed an ordinance that limits cooperation with ICE. The council voted on the ordinance on Tuesday night. According to a report from WPXI, the ordinance will:

• Prohibit county employees from inquiring into an individual’s citizenship or immigration status unless required by court order.
• Prohibit county employees from disclosing the citizenship or immigration status of others unless required by court order.
• Prohibit county employees from entering into a contract with a federal agency to provide access to any database with the purpose of assisting in immigration enforcement.

It will also ban ICE or border patrol from housing detainees at the Allegheny County Jail. Seven members of the Allegheny County Council co-sponsored the legislation.