proposed a motion to be heard against the deployment of ICE agents when the city hosts seven FIFA World Cup matches.<\/a><\/p>\nCouns. Pete Fry and Sean Orr say that they additionally want the mayor to write to the federal Public Safety Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister, requesting Ottawa\u2019s support in rejecting any ICE deployment.<\/p>\n
Fry says that he welcomes the mayor\u2019s action, especially in light of recent local protests against ICE.<\/p>\n
\u201cReally a great show of solidarity with protesters and people who have been demonstrating against ICE,\u201d he told 1130 NewsRadio.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd, as you know, there have been concerns here in Vancouver over Hootsuite contracts with ICE.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fry adds that their motion \u2013 as does Sim\u2019s statement \u2013 sends a clear signal to the world that Vancouver is a welcoming place.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe idea was always to get ahead of any remote possibility that they would be deploying here in Vancouver and to make a very clear statement of our values as an inclusive, equitable and vibrant city,\u201d Fry said.<\/p>\n
\u201cFolks can know that they can come to Vancouver and feel secure and protected, knowing that we value the Canadian Charter, rights and freedoms, and commitments to public safety, equity and inclusion.\u201d<\/p>\n
The motion is scheduled to be heard during the council\u2019s Wednesday meeting and was also drafted in consequence of ICE agents being sent to the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics in Italy.<\/p>\n
It notes that while there is no scheduled deployment, ICE agents are currently stationed at the U.S. Consulate in Vancouver, which Canadian authorities have permitted.<\/p>\n
Vancouver\u2019s BC Place will host its first FIFA World Cup match on June 13.<\/p>\n
\u2013 With files from David Nadalini.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a written statement, Vancouver\u2019s mayor says that the United States\u2019 Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is not…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":495560,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194295],"tags":[49,48,20739],"class_list":["post-495559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-ottawa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=495559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495559\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/495560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=495559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=495559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=495559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}