{"id":499654,"date":"2026-02-26T00:35:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T00:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/499654\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T00:35:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T00:35:09","slug":"vancouver-council-motion-to-oppose-ice-at-fifa-world-cup-is-ruled-out-of-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/499654\/","title":{"rendered":"Vancouver council motion to oppose ICE at FIFA World Cup is ruled out of order"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A\u00a0Vancouver\u00a0council\u00a0motion\u00a0to\u00a0oppose\u00a0deployment\u00a0of\u00a0U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in the city for the\u00a0FIFA World\u00a0Cup\u00a0did not go\u00a0to\u00a0a vote after it was\u00a0ruled\u00a0out\u00a0of\u00a0order.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0motion\u00a0had said allowing allegedly undertrained foreign\u00a0ICE\u00a0agents\u00a0to\u00a0conduct security operations in\u00a0Vancouver\u00a0this summer would contradict city policies around equity, safety and access without fear, as well as Canadian rights for migrants and due process.<\/p>\n

But meeting chair, Coun. Mike Klassen,\u00a0ruled\u00a0the\u00a0motion\u00a0was incorrect because it supposes a deployment when it “has been made clear from correspondence”\u00a0council\u00a0received recently that\u00a0ICE\u00a0won’t be present for the games in\u00a0Vancouver.<\/p>\n

Coun. Pete Fry argued that the\u00a0motion\u00a0was pre-emptive, pointing\u00a0out\u00a0that American officials only announced plans\u00a0to\u00a0have\u00a0ICE\u00a0at\u00a0this year’s Olympic Games weeks before the opening ceremony.<\/p>\n

“All will be welcome here for the games,” Fry said in the Wednesday morning council meeting. <\/p>\n

An attempt\u00a0to\u00a0overturn Klassen’s ruling and put the\u00a0motion\u00a0to\u00a0a vote fell one vote short\u00a0of\u00a0the required two-thirds.<\/p>\n

“U.S. agencies have zero jurisdiction, zero authority to conduct law enforcement in Canada,” said councillor Brian Montague. <\/p>\n

Mayor Ken Sim told\u00a0council\u00a0he agreed the\u00a0motion\u00a0was\u00a0out\u00a0of\u00a0order.<\/p>\n

Sim issued a statement on Monday saying\u00a0ICE\u00a0has not been invited\u00a0to\u00a0operate in\u00a0Vancouver\u00a0for the\u00a0World\u00a0Cup, and are not welcome\u00a0to\u00a0conduct enforcement activities.<\/p>\n

Wednesday’s\u00a0motion\u00a0by Fry and Coun. Sean Orr had said that if\u00a0ICE\u00a0agents are deployed to Vancouver, it could be expected\u00a0to\u00a0cause protests or boycotts, and potentially pose a danger\u00a0to\u00a0the safety\u00a0of\u00a0residents and visitors.<\/p>\n

It noted that\u00a0ICE\u00a0has an “administrative and liaison presence”\u00a0at\u00a0the U.S. Consulate in\u00a0Vancouver, but that U.S. law-enforcement agencies cannot operate in Canada without explicit government authorization.<\/p>\n

If the\u00a0motion\u00a0had passed, it would have directed Sim\u00a0to\u00a0write\u00a0to\u00a0federal Minister\u00a0of\u00a0Public Safety Gary Anandasangaree and Minister\u00a0of\u00a0Foreign Affairs Anita Anand, requesting that they reject any additional deployment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":499655,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[49,48,55],"class_list":["post-499654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vancouver","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499654","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=499654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499654\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/499655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=499654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=499654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=499654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}