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Committee approves resolution barring civil immigration enforcement on city property
Summary
The steering and rules committee approved resolution file 251,634 on March 9, 2026, prohibiting use of city-owned or controlled property for civil immigration enforcement activities; public witnesses and council members urged rapid implementation, and the city attorney clarified that leased properties are excluded under the current draft.
The Milwaukee Common Council Steering & Rules Committee on March 9, 2026, approved a resolution (file 251,634) that prohibits the use of city-owned or controlled property for civil immigration enforcement activities, sponsor Alderperson Jocasta Samaripa told the committee.
Samaripa said the resolution is the first in an 'ICE out MKE' legislative package and is designed to protect Milwaukeeans’ constitutional and civil rights by barring staging, processing or operational use of city parking lots, ramps, vacant lots, parks and garages by civil immigration enforcement agencies. She said the resolution…
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