Overview
- The City Council approved revisions that expand the 2003 separation rules to cover facilities, equipment, money, data, technology, and city-contracted vendors.
- The ordinance enshrines the mayor’s order barring federal agents from staging in city lots, ramps, garages, or vacant parcels and restricts access to non-public spaces without a warrant.
- City departments are prohibited from entering agreements to enforce immigration laws and from using resources to set perimeters or control public areas for immigration enforcement.
- Limited collaboration in criminal investigations remains allowed, but officials must produce public reports and new oversight measures establish potential consequences for violations.
- The update follows ICE’s ongoing Operation Metro Surge in the Twin Cities, with local leaders citing confrontations and disputed arrest totals, and it includes $40,000 more for immigrant legal services.