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Council adopts resolution urging U.S. senators to oppose increased ICE funding after heated public comment
Summary
Philadelphia City Council adopted resolution 260066 urging U.S. senators to vote no on HR 7147 (increasing DHS/ICE funding). The public-comment period included sharply divided testimony for and against the resolution, with immigrant-serving groups warning of harms from ICE enforcement and others calling for stricter enforcement.
Philadelphia City Council voted to adopt resolution 260066 on Feb. 5, which urges U.S. senators to oppose HR 7147, a federal appropriations measure the resolution characterized as providing increased funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Councilmember Rue Landau moved the adoption; the motion was seconded and the council approved the resolution by voice vote. The resolution text, as read into the record, urged U.S. senators John Fetterman and Dave McCormick and others "committed to upholding the Constitution and the rule of law to vote no on HR 7147 and to reject…
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