Overview

• House Homeland Security and Judiciary committees led by Rep. Mark Green, Rep. Andy Ogles and Chair Jim Jordan have issued a letter seeking details on Mayor O’Connell’s immigration policies and use of federal funds.
• They are demanding records on his May executive order requiring city employees to report communications with ICE, citing concerns it could chill federal enforcement.
• Department of Homeland Security officials allege the mayor’s office deliberately disclosed ICE agents’ identities, warning the move could expose officers to gang retaliation.
• O’Connell’s office insists the publication was an unintentional error and defends its reporting requirement as a transparency measure.
• Republican critics charge the mayor’s actions shield illegal immigrants and undermine ICE following a weeklong operation that arrested nearly 200 undocumented migrants, many with criminal convictions.