Local officials know they can’t completely stave off ongoing Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids, but they’re taking new approaches to push back as much as they can.
State and local elected officials want to stop immigration-enforcement officers from wearing face coverings, removing license plates from their cars, using chemicals against protesters and deploying other aggressive tactics. Some local officials are going out to monitor ICE and helping residents track agents’ activity.
“I think there’s a lot of hope here in Portland,” city councilor Sameer Kanal told NOTUS. “I hope there is in other cities as well around how we can use our collective voice in a way that’s going to achieve as much as we can within the limited scope of power that cities have.”