US EditionIce Out protest held in Philadelphia
The 'ICE Out' package aims to make Philadelphia's sanctuary policies permanent by banning ICE raids on city properties and limiting data sharing, protecting 76,000 undocumented immigrants.
- On Tuesday, Kendra Brooks, City Councilmember , and Rue Landau, City Councilmember , unveiled the "ICE Out" legislative package at a rally, planning formal introduction Thursday.
- Earlier this month, organizers pointed to deadly ICE actions in Minneapolis as the catalyst, prompting Brooks and Landau to push legislation to protect 76,000 immigrants in Philadelphia.
- The package codifies limits on local cooperation with federal immigration enforcement by banning ICE from concealing identity, barring raids on city-owned properties except the Criminal Justice Center, and outlawing the 287 program.
- With a Feb. 1 funding threat from the White House, the bills raise immediate fiscal and political questions as City Council President Kenyatta Johnson has not taken a position and hearings could occur in about six weeks, Brooks said.
- By moving to codify protections, the council could force a broader city-federal confrontation as supporters call it the most significant effort since President Donald Trump took office last year, with similar measures emerging in Allentown, Reading, and the Pennsylvania state legislature.
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