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Committee approves amended ordinances to bar immigration enforcement in city spaces
Summary
Council committee voted to recommend Bills 0288 and 0289, amended by substitution with law-department input, to prohibit immigration enforcement activities in city-owned or -operated buildings and to protect community spaces; sponsors said the administration and advocacy groups support the revised language.
Pittsburgh City Council’s committee on May 6 recommended passage of two ordinances (Bills 0288 and 0289) that would bar immigration-enforcement activities on city-owned or city-operated property and protect community spaces from such enforcement.
Sponsor remarks indicated the amendments were prepared with law-department review and that administration officials and local advocates supported the changes. "These are the amendments that the law department helped us with," the sponsor said, and noted outreach to the Hispanic Development Center, which provided supportive feedback.
Council moved to amend both bills by substitution and then voted to recommend the bills as amended. Members recorded the intent to coordinate language with the law department to ensure enforceability and to reflect feedback from community stakeholders who had reviewed the revised text.
Next steps: the committee sent Bills 0288 and 0289 to the full council with affirmative recommendations; the final ordinance text will appear as the substitution version agreed in committee.
