Overview
- The Rules and Open Government Committee advanced a proposal from Councilmembers Peter Ortiz, Rosemary Kamei, David Cohen and Pamela Campos to the full City Council.
- The measure would require officers operating in San Jose, including federal immigration agents, to unmask and visibly identify themselves during operations.
- Rapid Response Network observers reported one ICE arrest Wednesday at the ISAP check-in site on Blossom Hill Road.
- San Jose police and community monitors said other reported sightings involved uniformed, badged local officers, reinforcing calls for clear identification standards.
- The council memo directs a draft policy within 60 days as county officials report 27 ICE detentions at Elmwood since June and advocates cite a recent Supreme Court ruling as heightening profiling concerns.