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San Diego City Council condemns aggressive ICE tactics, authorizes city attorney to join litigation
Summary
The San Diego City Council unanimously approved a resolution opposing allegedly aggressive and excessive federal immigration-enforcement tactics and authorized the city attorney to support litigation in Minnesota and Illinois; public commenters urged stronger operational limits on local cooperation with ICE.
The San Diego City Council voted unanimously on Feb. 2 to oppose what it called unnecessarily aggressive immigration‑enforcement tactics by federal agencies and to authorize the city attorney to support litigation challenging those tactics.
"These federal operations have created fear in our neighborhoods," Council Member Von Wilpert said in explaining the resolution’s intent, arguing that excessive federal tactics erode trust and divert local public‑safety resources. The resolution’s recitals refer to local and national incidents, including a May 2025 worksite enforcement action in South Park and recent fatal incidents in other jurisdictions.
The resolution directs the city attorney’s office to file or join amicus briefs and take other legal actions to support states and cities litigating…
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