Popular Resistance - Austin, Texas, became the latest major city to declare itself a “freedom city” in June, when the city council passed resolutions instructing the city’s police officers to arrest fewer people for minor crimes like possessing a small amount of marijuana and driving without a valid license, as well as taking steps to protect undocumented immigrants.
“Freedom city policies are basically an expansion of the old sanctuary city policies,” said Austin Council member Greg Casar, who helped write the resolutions. “They pick up where sanctuary policies were cut off.”
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