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Berkeley council adds urgent resolution denouncing ICE/CBP surges, signs on to Minnesota amicus brief
Summary
The council added an urgency resolution to tonight’s consent calendar demanding an end to ICE/CBP surges and calling for DHS leadership changes, and Mayor Mary Ishii said Berkeley will sign an amicus brief supporting Minnesota in federal court.
The Berkeley City Council on Jan. 27 added an urgent resolution demanding an end to recent ICE and CBP surges and calling for leadership changes at the Department of Homeland Security as well as congressional guardrails on future DHS funding.
The resolution, introduced by Council member Blackabee and moved onto the consent calendar, cites recent deaths in Minnesota tied to federal immigration enforcement and calls for the city to support legal action. Mayor Mary Ishii, speaking from Washington, D.C., said Berkeley will sign an amicus brief supporting Minnesota's challenge to the…
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