ICE-free zones coming to Alameda County?
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—Alameda County could soon prohibit the use of any county-owned or county-controlled property for federal immigration enforcement under a new resolution that may come before the Board of Supervisors later this month.
The proposal, authored by Supervisors Nikki Fortunato Bas and Elisa Márquez, would bar Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) or other federal agencies from using county facilities, parking lots, or land for operations, surveillance, or staging without a court order.
It also directs the county administrator to implement the policy immediately upon approval by the full board.
Similar “ICE-Free Zone” measures have recently been adopted in Santa Clara County, Berkeley, and other jurisdictions across the country.
Bas said Santa Clara County officials have already expressed interest in coordinating legal and policy strategies with Alameda County.
—If approved, the county would conduct an inventory of all its properties, install signage declaring county sites off-limits to immigration enforcement, and develop a protocol for employees to report any federal attempts to use county facilities for such activities.
The signage would also be made available to private property owners and tenants who wish to mark their own properties as restricted zones.
Asking county employees to take on new duties related to immigration enforcement response will likely require bargaining with labor unions.
The proposal follows confirmed reports in late October of planned large-scale immigration enforcement operations in the Bay Area. Federal agents were reportedly stationed at Coast Guard Island in Alameda.
The deployment of Customs and Border Protection agents was later called off — for now — but county and city officials said the incident underscored the need for stronger local preparedness.
The proposal offered by Bas and Marquez on Thursday afternoon also calls for the development of a County Response Plan to Immigration Enforcement Activities, modeled after efforts in Santa Clara County.
The plan would create a coordinated, tiered framework for responding to enforcement actions while ensuring public safety, protecting individual rights, and maintaining access to essential services.
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