Number
251793
Version
Substitute 1
Reference
Sponsor
ALD. BROWER, DIMITRIJEVIC, ZAMARRIPA, PEREZ, MOORE AND BAUMAN
Title
Substitute resolution declaring opposition to how federal immigration enforcement activities are occurring in the United States and amending the City of Milwaukee’s legislative package.
Body
Whereas, Federal immigration enforcement officers have killed two people in Minneapolis during what government officials have called the largest federal immigration enforcement operation ever carried out; and
Whereas, The Associated Press reported on January 21, 2026 that an internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo authorizes officers to use force to enter a residence without a judicial warrant, a move that advocates say collides with constitutional Fourth Amendment protections; and
Whereas, Minneapolis Director of Community Planning and Economic Development reported that Minneapolis is losing about $20 million per week in economic activity due to the federal immigration enforcement activities occurring there; and
Whereas, A United States Congressional hearing occurred on February 3, 2026, in which multiple people recounted recent harrowing experiences at the hands of federal immigration enforcement officers; and
Whereas, On February 3, 2026, United States District Court Judge Jerry W. Blackwell described how the federal government had flown an arrestee across the country to a different state, and when ordered by the court to release this person - who was unlawfully detained - the federal government placed an ankle monitor on them and released them in another state with nothing but the clothes on their back; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that the City of Milwaukee is opposed to the manner in which federal immigration enforcement activities are occurring in the United States; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the City of Milwaukee calls upon the federal government to de-escalate the ...
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