Washington Post
TAKOMA PARK, Maryland -- The Takoma Park council voted unanimously last night to reaffirm the town's status as a "sanctuary city" where police and other municipal employees are forbidden from enforcing federal immigration laws, an action members say is meant to set the community pointedly apart from localities roiled by the illegal immigration debate.
It comes two weeks after they turned down a request by the police chief for more flexibility in executing immigration warrants for possible deported felons.
"I hope it comes out very clearly that Takoma Park is going in the opposite direction as some of these other communities," (Democrat) Mayor Kathy Porter said.