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Montgomery County Councilmembers Will Jawando and Kristin Mink will introduce immigration enforcement bills during Tuesday's session. Mink's County Values Act aims to restrict ICE access to non-public areas of county facilities without a federal judicial warrant and prohibits ICE from using county-owned parking areas for enforcement operations.

It also mandates signage and reporting of unauthorized ICE property use. Jawando's Unmask ICE Act would ban law enforcement agents from wearing masks while on duty, with exceptions for specific circumstances.

Additionally, the council will consider a zoning text amendment to regulate data centers, proposed by council President Natali Fani-González and others, which would limit data centers to industrially-zoned areas and impose new noise and emissions regulations. Councilmember Evan Glass will propose a task force to study data center policies. A briefing on the Clarksburg Gateway Sector Plan will also occur, with a public hearing scheduled.