Wilmette’s Village Board unanimously approved a measure on Wednesday, Nov. 12, that goes further than current law in restricting the village’s cooperation with civil immigration enforcement.

The rules, which prohibit federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement from setting up on village property, among other new restrictions, mirror earlier efforts by neighboring Evanston and Skokie to mitigate the effects of federal immigration authorities’ Operation Midway Blitz. An outcry by residents over several recent reports of ICE activities in the village spurred the creation of the ordinance.

Aside from the rule akin to the “ICE free zones” established in Evanston and elsewhere, the measure forbids village staff from asking people about their immigration status or withholding services based on

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