Overview

• The Community and Public Safety Committee is considering multiple drafts that would convert Portland’s 2017 sanctuary resolution into binding city code and bar use of city staff or funds for federal immigration enforcement.
• The proposals would restrict collection or sharing of immigration information with ICE unless ordered by a court, require staff training on administrative versus judicial warrants, and label municipal buildings as “sanctuary safe spaces” with multilingual signage.
• Transparency provisions direct regular FOIA requests to DHS and ICE, annual public reporting on detentions tied to Portland, and bureau-by-bureau quarterly updates on trainings and enforcement contacts.
• Exceptions apply only when police arrest someone on federal immigration charges under a judicial warrant, with required annual disclosure of the involved city officials and federal agents.
• Public testimony has trended supportive, with KATU reporting only one written opposition among more than two dozen submissions, while Councilor Loretta Smith raised cost concerns and the committee is set to meet again on Oct. 7.