Overview
- Cathy Lanier said there are no planned ICE enforcement actions targeting fans this week and that ICE is not deployed with the league for Super Bowl events.
- Her statement directly contradicts recent media reports that suggested immigration agents would operate around the game.
- The Super Bowl is scheduled for Sunday in Santa Clara at the San Francisco 49ers' stadium.
- Lanier’s comments counter earlier remarks from Corey Lewandowski, a senior adviser to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, who previously asserted operations would occur and said there would be no safe havens.
- Heightened concern stems from recent aggressive ICE tactics in several cities, including a January federal operation in Minneapolis in which two people were killed.