Nixa’s Police Department will enter into what’s known as a 287g agreement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Nixa’s council voted five to one during their meeting Tuesday to enter the agreement, with council member Kelly Morris the only nay vote.
The vote came after over an hour of public input, at times emotional, with occasional laughs breaking the tensions, and questions and answers back and forth between the public, the city and the chief of police.
There were strong reactions from the audience after the vote, including shouting and expletives, some in the crowd could be heard describing the vote as a “shameful action,” and saying the council should listen to its constituents…