Anchorage Mayor Suzanne LaFrance called federal immigration arrests in the state’s largest city “frustrating” and said the federal government should focus on helping with other crimes.
In an interview, LaFrance said the city has a number of public safety issues, pointing to a recent multi-agency effort that led to the seizure of over three pounds of fentanyl in Anchorage.
“If the federal agencies are going to take an interest in our community, I sure wish they would focus on like drugs and violent crimes,” LaFrance said. “We don’t have, to my knowledge, any issues or problems with immigration here.”…