Overview

• The city clerk’s office halted online applications after ICE subpoenaed three years of personal information on CityKey applicants.
• City Clerk Anna Valencia said the pause was necessary to shield noncitizens and other at-risk groups from federal overreach.
• Mayor Brandon Johnson denounced ICE’s demand for residents’ records as wrong and an unwarranted intrusion.
• Corporation Counsel Mary Richardson-Lowry confirmed the city’s refusal to comply absent a court order and pledged to contest any legal push.
• Despite the online pause, residents can still apply for CityKey in person with no retained digital record of their documents.