Asked the City Manager to forward a letter to all Cambridge organizations working with immigrant populations, as well as all City Departments, reminding them of the city’s Sanctuary/Trust Act City status, the protections provided by the 2020 Welcoming Community Ordinance, and the importance of ensuring non-citizens are treated with dignity and respect

How it started

Dec 9, 2024 · Proposed by Councillors McGovern and Simmons, Vice Mayor Azeem, Mayor Siddiqui, and Councillors Wilson, Zusy, Sobrinho-Wheeler, Nolan, and Toner: a formal request from the Council to the administration.

What happened

Dec 9, 2024 · ✅ Order adopted as amended. The Council's request went to the City Manager. (unanimous)

Voted yes (9), unanimous

Burhan Azeem
Marc McGovern
Patty Nolan
Sumbul Siddiqui
Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler
Paul F. Toner
Ayesha M. Wilson
Cathie Zusy
E. Denise Simmons

Roll call of Dec 9, 2024 · from the council’s minutes · photos: City of Cambridge

What’s next

⌛ No response on the docket: nothing has been filed back under this request's number. Answers sometimes arrive as other items; this ledger tracks only this one.

🏛 This item on the city's site

🗓 The meeting where this was taken up: Dec 9, 2024

Public Comment (2)

2 written comments received (2024-12-16). Letter-writers are named in the city's own agenda and are not republished here, by policy.