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Public speakers urge Metropolitan Council to ban ICE from council properties, expand protections for transit workers
Summary
Four public commenters, including a Met Council employee and the ATU local president, told the Metropolitan Council on Jan. 28 that federal immigration enforcement is endangering staff and residents and asked the Council to ban ICE from council properties, create safety protocols and emergency support for detained employees.
Public commenters at the Metropolitan Council’s Jan. 28 meeting urged the regional body to take immediate institutional action to protect transit workers, residents and council employees from federal immigration enforcement activity.
Maddie Schwartz, a community development worker, told the Council that its statements condemning enforcement tactics are not enough and asked it to ban U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from Council-owned indoor spaces and to “formally support an eviction moratorium” to help residents who can no longer work. “A ban would be a stronger tool to allow staff and…
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