Mayors Turn Into Legal Ninjas to Block Trump's Immigration KO Punch
KEY POINTS
- â˘Mayors in New Orleans, Minneapolis, Chicago, Newark, and Los Angeles are actively hindering ICE raids using city laws and creative tactics.
- â˘Local officials including Helena Moreno and Jacob Frey created tools and orders blocking ICE's access to jails, parking lots, and city-owned property to protect undocumented immigrants.
- â˘The Trump administration continues pushing for mass deportations while Homeland Security aggressively confronts sanctuary cities despite widespread political resistance and legal challenges.
In a political chess match featuring more loopholes than a spaghetti strainer, New Orleans's Mayor-elect Helena Moreno accuses Border Patrol of 'targeting Brown people' while launching a citizen police reporting portal. Meanwhile, NOLA's sheriff says 'No ICE in our jails' thanks to a decade-old consent decree still litigated like a Netflix drama. Anne Kirkpatrick makes it clear: 'Being undocumented is a civil issue,' so quit fussing. Minneapolisâs Jacob Frey bans staging ICE raids in city-owned parking lots and hands out âdo not disturbâ templates to peace-loving small biz owners. Chicago calls its city property 'ICE Free Zones,' Newark crowdsourced a human barricade, and LA funds fear-of-ICE-induced unemployment. All while DHS tweets tough guy threats post-New Orleans and Minneapolis ops. The Trump administration dreams of a million deportations yearly; local leaders turn sanctuary cities into anti-ICE fortresses without technically touching the lawâbecause why break rules when you can dance around them like a pro?
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Nothing says fun like cities playing hide-and-seek with ICE, turning federal raids into an elaborate game of legal peekaboo while calling out âtargeting Brown peopleâ and banning parking lot staging areas.
Cities are handing ICE a cold shoulder so harsh it could freeze the presidentâs Twitter fingers mid-rant.
Trying to stage federal raids, but mayors keep ghosting faster than your last Tinder date.
Source: Axios | Published: 12/6/2025 | Author: Brittany Gibson
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