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"The policies show City Council's and staff's continued commitment to creating a welcoming community that is safe and inclusive,"
-City Manager Harold Dominguez.
Immigration Policies
The City of Longmont is a welcoming community that respects all residents and is committed to creating a safe and inclusive community for everyone who lives, gathers, works, and plays in our community.
City of Longmont Policies with Respect to Undocumented Residents
Public Safety
1. City of Longmont public safety provides services to any resident of our community notwithstanding their immigration status.
2. City of Longmont public safety proactively encourages our undocumented immigrant community to access public safety services whenever needed.
3. City of Longmont public safety actively builds and sustains relationships and trust with our undocumented immigrant community.
4. City of Longmont public safety will NOT participate in the Homeland Security 287(G) program which trains local police officers to assist in the identification and detention of undocumented immigrants.
5. City of Longmont public safety will enforce all local and state ordinances and statutes regardless of immigration status.
6. City of Longmont public safety will cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement with the identification and arrests of people who are considered a danger to our community.
Customer Data and Identification
1. The City of Longmont will protect customer information and provide excellent service to all.
2. The City of Longmont will not disclose actual details of any customer account with anyone other than the named person(s) on the account unless they have given us permission or we receive a court order.
3. The City of Longmont does not require Social Security information to sign up for utility services. Social Security information allows an individual to avoid paying a deposit to connect services.
4. The City of Longmont will protect Social Security information, when it is utilized; credit card and ACH data are all encrypted. In addition, we follow Purchasing Card Industry (PCI) requirements guidelines to protect our customers’ credit card information. Each Customer Service Representative is certified for PCI compliance when they are initially trained and then recertified annually once a year.
Public Contracting
1. The City of Longmont follows federal and state laws, that require the City to insert terms into contracts for services that prohibit the contractor from knowingly using undocumented immigrants to perform the work, and requiring the contractor to verify the immigration status of the employees performing the work, and requiring the contractor to cooperate with any reasonable request or investigation into its workers or its subcontractor’s workers immigration status.
Public Benefits and Community Services
1. The City of Longmont follows federal and state laws that require the City to verify and document the immigration status of adults age 18 years and older who apply for certain public benefits including welfare, housing, medical, and food assistance or any other similar benefit for which payments or assistance are provided to an individual, household, or family unit, unless exempted from this requirement. These laws apply to services directly provided by the City or through contracts with other service providers. The following types of programs and services are among those exempted from this requirement and can be provided regardless of immigration status: emergency health care (but not organ transplants and related services); short-term in-kind emergency disaster relief; immunizations; emergency food assistance; crisis counseling; short-term shelter; prenatal care; and delivering in-kind services where the assistance does not depend on the recipient's income and are necessary for the protection of life or safety.
2. The City of Longmont seeks private funding sources to offer human services to adults who might need assistance, but cannot provide documentation of their immigration status.
3. The City of Longmont provides community relations, recreation, neighborhood engagement, education, arts and cultural programs and resources to any resident of our community regardless of their immigration status.
4. The City of Longmont is a member of and supports the work of the Longmont Multicultural Action Committee that promotes cultural understanding, inclusion, and involvement so that Longmont is a welcoming community where everyone belongs.
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If you'd like to see the City staff's presentation to the Longmont City Council on May 16th, 2017, you can find it here: https://www.longmontcolorado.gov/home/showdocument?id=18469
