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Tom Hayden's avatar

Again, this is not about how YOU feel. Its about how other people feel, including immigrants that I may share an apartment wall with. Everyone needs to feel safe that the FD is there to deal with the fire and nothing else. This is a matter of public safety, even if you think it doesn’t impact how you personally feel!

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Robert Paulson's avatar

When is the last time a fire fighter asked somebody for proof of citizenship?

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Tom Hayden's avatar

I have no clue, do you? Whats to stop a random fireman from calling ICE after being in someone’s house to put out a fire?

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Robert Paulson's avatar

Has this ever happened anywhere? Outside of Evanston, emergency personnel are probably full of Trump voters. When has that ever happened?

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Tom Hayden's avatar

You’re asking me to prove something that I would never be able to prove, there is just no tracking or records on that stuff. ICE has an anonymous hotline, how many of the callers are cops or firefighters? 🤷

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Robert Paulson's avatar

So if you have zero proof that it is happening, the prudent thing to do here would probably be to leave the issue alone. Publishing it like this and giving it more airtime is doing exactly the thing you say you are afraid of, in making more people more anxious.

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