Oakland votes to stop doing business with vendors that provide information to ICE [telecom]

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By Lisa Fernandez, KTVU

OAKLAND, Calif. (KTVU) - The Oakland City Council unanimously adopted an ordinance early Wednesday morning prohibiting future awards of city contracts to vendors that provide specific deportation services to federal immigration agencies like ICE.

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The vendors that do business in Oakland and [which are] affected by this ordinance are Microsoft, Motorola (because of its purchase of Vigilant Solutions), Thomson-Reuters, and CenturyLink. Efforts to reach the companies for immediate response were unsuccessful. ICE also didn't respond for immediate comment.