Overview

• Councilman Jorge Guadrón’s proposal to bar ICE died without a second, preventing a formal vote on suspending the agency’s use of the Freeman Avenue range.
• The contract, which runs through next June, has allowed ICE and more than two dozen federal and local agencies to train at the decades-old facility.
• Protesters packed Town Hall after reports that ICE detained immigrants without criminal records, shouting “Shame!” and prompting police to remove one activist.
• Republican Councilman Michael McElwee defended the agreement as routine firearms qualification, while Guadrón accused ICE of instilling fear and trauma in the Hispanic community.
• Despite the board’s ruling, Guadrón said he will continue pushing for an early termination of the contract before its scheduled expiration.