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Local–federal cooperation in immigration enforcement is under a fresh spotlight in Helena and across Montana, as the Helena City Commission approved a 4–1 resolution that directs the Helena Police Department to essentially not cooperate with federal immigration law enforcement. The measure also limits the city’s sharing of data absent any legal requirement. How will this affect local public safety and law enforcement, especially on the critical and long-standing Missouri River Drug Task Force? Lewis and Clark County Sheriff Leo Dutton, a veteran of more than two decades of local law enforcement, shares his thoughts.