{"id":562442,"date":"2026-02-03T04:01:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T04:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/562442\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T04:01:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T04:01:10","slug":"sd-councilmembers-pass-resolution-condemning-ice-tactics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/562442\/","title":{"rendered":"SD Councilmembers pass resolution condemning ICE tactics"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>City Heights march to protest ICE following two deaths in Minneapolis. (Photo by Adrian Childress\/Times of San Diego)<\/p>\n

The San Diego City Council<\/a> Monday unanimously passed a mainly symbolic resolution<\/a> opposing \u201cunnecessarily aggressive and excessive tactics\u201d by federal agents within the Department of Homeland Security.<\/p>\n

It also allows City Attorney Heather Ferbert to take legal action on behalf of San Diego to support Minnesota and Illinois lawsuits against DHS, United States Immigration Customs and Enforcement and United States Customs and Border Protection.<\/p>\n

\u201cICE\u2019s actions in Minneapolis and across the country undermine our shared American values of life, liberty, and due process. Conducting operations that terrorize communities based on how someone looks or sounds is both inhumane and unlawful,\u201d Councilwoman Marni von Wilpert<\/a> said when introducing the resolution last week.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen monetary incentives, arrest or deportation quotas, and systemic disregard for constitutional protections are part of the system, it becomes clear this isn\u2019t about legitimate law enforcement or public safety.<\/p>\n

\u201cTrue public safety requires equal protection, due process, and accountability under the law. Anything less undermines the very constitutional principles federal agencies are sworn to uphold and erodes trust in government institutions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Von Wilpert, chair of the Public Safety Committee, was joined by Councilmembers Sean Elo-Rivera<\/a> and Vivian Moreno<\/a> in authoring the resolution. She also floated the idea that because ICE calls the San Diego Police Department to provide crowd control, the city should consider seeking reimbursement from the federal government for time SDPD could be spending on crimes.<\/p>\n

Last month, Minnesota and Illinois filed separate lawsuits challenging enforcement practices under the Trump administration, citing violations of the 10th Amendment, which limits the federal government to those powers delegated to it by the Constitution, and that all other powers not forbidden to the states by the Constitution are reserved to each state or to the people.<\/p>\n

The resolution proposed Thursday calls on the city attorney to act on behalf of the city in support of Minnesota\u2019s lawsuit through amicus curiae \u2014 friend of the court \u2014 brief or an alternative legal method.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe rule of law matters, and due process matters as they are the foundational pillars of this nation,\u201d von Wilpert said. \u201cMinnesota and Illinois leaders are showing real courage by defending those principles while they\u2019re under attack both in the streets and the courts by the federal government.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese aren\u2019t just words or concepts, despite the group think of this current administration. They are the guaranteed rights of all people in this country, regardless of immigration status.\u201d<\/p>\n

Monday\u2019s action is a simple resolution, with the City Attorney\u2019s Office given the only concrete go-ahead. Councilman Stephen Whitburn acknowledged this fact.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is just a resolution,\u201d he said. \u201cBut it is important that this council be on record. There are times when silence is complicity.\u201d<\/p>\n

A woman who identified only by her first name Andrea spoke at Monday\u2019s City Council meeting, saying the words in the resolution were nice, but wouldn\u2019t prevent actions like when ICE apprehended her husband while they sat at a green card meeting.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to focus on concrete, actionable items,\u201d she said. \u201cWe need accountability. The men who arrested my husband wouldn\u2019t provide badge numbers, wouldn\u2019t tell us their names. They all wore masks.\u201d<\/p>\n

The City Council\u2019s options against ICE are limited because it is a federal agency, outside the City Council\u2019s control.<\/p>\n

Von Wilpert, who has announced her candidacy for the House of Representatives, encouraged residents outraged at ICE actions to call their senators and representatives.<\/p>\n

The backlash from the Minneapolis shooting was severe enough that CBP Commander at Large Gregory Bovino was demoted from his position and sent back to his former post in El Centro, California.<\/p>\n

ICE has been active in San Diego County, including a national news-making raid of South Park restaurant Buono Forchetta in May 2025. Since then, watchdogs from the public have reported raids and operations by federal immigration agents in San Diego, Chula Vista, Oceanside, Escondido and other cities around the county.<\/p>\n

Lt. Cesar Jimenez, a Latino community liaison with the San Diego Police Department, said the SDPD does not enforce immigration law and residents should feel comfortable reporting crimes regardless of immigration status.<\/p>\n

Councilman Raul Campillo reiterated as much.<\/p>\n

\u201cLaw enforcement and the military \u2014 people who have put their lives on the line \u2014 know what is going on with Immigration and Customs Enforcement is not true law enforcement,\u201d he said. \u201cThey are treating the Constitution as a pesky inconvenience.\u201d<\/p>\n

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