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Residents urge Cleveland to adopt sanctuary protections, bar ICE from schools
Summary
Multiple residents and organizers used the public-comment period at a Cleveland City Council meeting to call for local legislation prohibiting collaboration with federal immigration enforcement and to request concrete protections for immigrants and students.
At a Cleveland City Council meeting on Feb. 3, 2025, several residents and organizers urged the council and mayor to adopt local legislation that would prohibit city police and city resources from assisting federal immigration enforcement and to bar Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from Cleveland schools.
Annie McEnany, an educator and volunteer coordinator at the Cleveland Liberation Center, told council members, “ICE has no place in our schools. We owe them nothing, so we will tell them nothing.” McEnany urged the council and the mayor to “introduce legislation to make Cleveland a true sanctuary city” and to engage the public in drafting protections for residents.
Other speakers echoed that call. Riley Petro, who said he is from Ward 17 and represents the Party for Socialism and Liberation and the Cleveland Fights Back Network, said, “It is ICE and the mandate that President Trump has given them that are the source of terror in our community,” and thanked some elected officials for public statements while urging legal prohibitions on local collaboration with…
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