Council members used the briefing to voice unified condemnation of recent ICE deployments and associated violent incidents reported elsewhere in the region, and to describe planned committee follow-up and state-level tracking.

Council member Saka identified two state bills the council would monitor this week: Senate Bill 5855, described in the briefing as a measure to limit law enforcement masking while interacting with the public, and Senate Bill 5906, described as reinforcing privacy protections and restricting immigration enforcement activities in sensitive locations including schools and hospitals. "Both bills are being heard in the legislature, actually this week, and so we'll be closely monitoring those," Saka said.

Several council members — including Foster, Rivera and Rink — urged the council to explore legal avenues and coordinate with the mayor's office and the state attorney general. Rivera said they would reach out to the attorney general to see "what next steps can be in terms of what we can do here." Rink noted that Minnesota and Illinois had filed lawsuits against federal deployments in their regions and said the council would follow those developments.

Balducci, who chairs the public-safety committee, said the committee will begin with a BERC Consulting emergency-management report and a Strategic Framework update; the first public-safety committee meeting is scheduled for tomorrow. Members said they expected follow-up hearings with SPD and other agencies to discuss the committee's statement of legislative intent and the reporting the council had requested.

Council members emphasized outreach to affected communities, including Somali and immigrant neighborhoods, and described local vigils and protests that had occurred in Seattle.