Two Aurora aldermen on Tuesday delayed a vote on an ordinance that would ban federal civil immigration enforcement efforts on city property, saying they needed more time because of the multiple changes made to the ordinance throughout the course of the day’s meetings.

The proposed restrictions come amid what President Donald Trump’s Department of Homeland Security has dubbed “Operation Midway Blitz,” a surge of immigration enforcement in the Chicago region that started in September. Aurora has recently seen an increase in federal immigration enforcement agents, and last week, many residents spoke at a meeting to urge the city to pass restrictions around immigration enforcement efforts.

Such an ordinance was on the agenda of multiple meetings on Tuesday. But Ald. Juany Garza, 2nd Ward,

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