San Jose leaders move to ban ICE on city-owned properties

SAN JOSE LEADERS ARE PUSHING to identify all city-owned properties and develop a plan to prohibit any federal immigration activity on them.

Councilmembers Peter Ortiz, Domingo Candelas and Rosemary Kamei introduced the policy during the Rules and Open Governance Committee on Wednesday, which was unanimously approved and will be considered by the full City Council at a later date. San Jose’s proposal comes on the heels of Santa Clara County passing a similar policy Tuesday to create an inventory of vacant lots, garages and other county-owned spaces federal authorities might use for immigration enforcement.