Montgomery County council president launches site to report ICE activity

Council President Natalie Fanny González announced the launch of a Montgomery County webpage to centralize resources and community reports about Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity and to help protect immigrant residents.

González said the site—announced in Spanish at the start of the council meeting and rendered in the transcript as “Montgomery CountyMd punto GOB, rayita protecting”—is available at montgomerycountymd.gov/protecting and will allow residents to upload photos and information about ICE activity. “Hay 2 partes específicas que estamos buscando. Una es si usted ve agentes que tienen máscaras, lo cual es ilegal en el condado,” González said, and she added that the site is also seeking reports of ICE activity on any public county property, including parking lots.

The announcement frames the webpage as a centralized way for the county to gather information and resources related to protecting immigrant community members. González emphasized community participation: she asked residents to submit evidence they observe so the county can track and respond to incidents. The transcript does not outline any formal enforcement action or a vote; it only records the launch and the request for community submissions.

The council did not provide further details in the recorded remarks about what the county will do with submitted materials, who will review them, or whether submissions will trigger formal investigations. Those operational details were not specified in the remarks recorded in the transcript.

The announcement closed with a call to community members to use the new page to centralize reports and to work together to protect immigrant residents of Montgomery County.