HOLYOKE — Soon after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security included Holyoke on its now-retracted list of sanctuary cities, city councilors Kevin Jourdain and Linda Vacon filed a proposed order in June. Holyoke is not a sanctuary city, it said.
At stake, they said, was the $10 million of federal money that flows to the city’s schools and police and other departments. Weeks later and the proposal has languished on the City Council’s agenda.
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