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Residents press Greensboro leaders to block ICE detention centers and adopt Fourth Amendment protections
Summary
A large group of residents and community organizers asked the council to go beyond zoning tweaks and adopt stronger local policies — including a Fourth Amendment resolution — to limit cooperation with federal immigration enforcement and prevent detention centers in the city.
Scores of residents and advocacy groups used the March 2 public‑comment period to demand that Greensboro aggressively oppose any federal immigration‑detention facility and adopt municipal policies to protect residents’ Fourth Amendment rights.
"We need a clear no and a consistent and concerted effort to oppose any attempt to build any detention centers," Kay Herman told the council, citing public records suggesting possible interest in converting the former American Hebrew Academy into a detention facility. "If ICE is coming into Greensboro, the priority should be making sure they never touch our city's perimeter, our neighborhoods, or our people."
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