Minneapolis ordinance to codify Frey’s ICE staging ban and add MPD reporting requirements
Minneapolis City Council is set to introduce an ordinance that explicitly codifies Mayor Jacob Frey’s executive order restricting ICE from staging on city-owned property. The proposal also requires the Minneapolis Police Department to file public reports after any exempted collaboration with federal authorities and includes language discouraging cooperation with masked or unidentified agents.
📌 Key Facts
- A proposed Minneapolis ordinance would explicitly codify Mayor Frey’s executive order restricting ICE staging on city-owned property.
- The ordinance is being advanced as part of the City Council taking a stronger stance against ICE.
- It would add a requirement that the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) file public reports after any collaboration with federal authorities that is exempted from the staging restriction.
- The reporting requirement would make details of any exempted MPD-federal interactions publicly available.
- The draft ordinance includes language discouraging cooperation with masked or otherwise unidentified federal agents.
📊 Relevant Data
Approximately 107,000 people of Somali descent live in Minnesota as of 2024, representing about 2% of the state's population.
By the numbers: Minnesota's Somali population, according to Census data — KTTC
The Census estimates as many as 107,000 people of Somali descent live in Minnesota, with more than 83,000 in the Twin Cities metro as of 2024.
Trump targeting Somali community: How many Somalis live in Minneapolis? — FOX 9
Almost 58% of the Somalis in Minnesota were born in the U.S., and of the foreign-born Somalis in Minnesota, 87% are citizens as of 2024.
5 things to know about the Somali community in Minnesota after Trump's attacks — PBS NewsHour
Only about 4,200 of the more than 80,000 Somalis living in Minnesota are not U.S. citizens, according to U.S. Census Bureau data.
ICE officials target Somali neighborhoods, scoop up U.S. citizens in immigration sweep — Sahan Journal
📰 Sources (2)
- Proposed ordinance explicitly codifies the executive order restricting ICE staging on city-owned property.
- Adds a requirement that MPD file public reports after any exempted collaboration with federal authorities.
- Includes language discouraging cooperation with masked or unidentified agents.