Jenkintown spends 40% more per capita on policing than other Montgomery County towns

Demands include clear language around legal noncooperation with ICE and a resolution to ensure the Montgomery County Correctional Facility is not used to hold ICE detainees.

The results and ongoing conversations will inform county officials’ work on a Community Health Improvement Plan.

At Thursday’s board meeting, commissioners pushed for a release of frozen federal funds for homeless services. Immigrant organizers proposed the county pass a Welcoming Act.