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LA County Advances Plan to Bar ICE Use of County Property

County lawyers will draft the ordinance within 30 days under warnings of litigation risk, potentially jeopardizing federal funds.

Overview

  • Supervisors are set to consider Supervisor Lindsey Horvath’s motion directing county counsel to prepare an ordinance for introduction within 30 days.
  • The proposal would block use of county-owned or controlled sites as staging, processing, or operations bases for civil immigration enforcement without a county permit; it would not restrict lawful judicial warrants.
  • Draft provisions define “staging areas,” require prominent signage on all county properties, and call for physical barriers such as locked gates where appropriate.
  • County documents caution that the move could prompt federal litigation and put more than $1 billion in annual federal funding at risk.
  • LAUSD reaffirmed schools as protected spaces, maintained warrant-only protocols, and added bus routes after reported operations in Glassell Park, Cypress Park, Highland Park, and Eagle Rock.