motion<\/a> to oppose ICE\u2019s involvement at the FIFA World Cup was carried in a council meeting on Thursday. The motion, seconded by Councillor Paul Ainslie, was voted 21-4, and included the following recommendations:\u00a0<\/p>\nCity Council express its opposition to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement involvement in Toronto, including during the FIFA World Cup 2026 games;<\/p>\n
City Council direct the City Manager to instruct City Staff to avoid actions supporting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, particularly during the 2026 World Cup;<\/p>\n
City Council request the Federal Minister of Public Safety and Minister of Foreign Affairs to reject any U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement deployment in Toronto;\u00a0<\/p>\n
City Council request the Ontario Solicitor General to oppose any U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement involvement in Toronto, particularly during the FIFA 2026 World Cup;\u00a0<\/p>\n
City Council forward its decision to the Toronto Police Service Board.<\/p>\n
The criminal investigative arm of ICE, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), operates in the five Canadian ICE offices to prevent crimes like human and drug trafficking, weapons smuggling and financial fraud. The locations include Vancouver, Calgary, Ottawa, Montreal, and right here in Toronto, where the office is at 360 University Ave.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Prior to the motion being voted on by council, Chow expressed her distrust for the agency.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cU.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has demonstrated through their actions in Minnesota and across the U.S. that they bring fear and disorder, not safety and security,\u201d Chow recently said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Under Chow\u2019s Instagram post, commenters applauded her support for inclusivity. Amongst the seas of clapping emojis, people praised her for reinforcing safety in the city.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes mayor Chow. No hate in Toronto,\u201d one said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThank you for keeping Toronto safe,\u201d another said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Toronto will host six World Cup games, between June 12 and July 2, all at Toronto Stadium, also known as BMO Field.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What to know Olivia Chow says ICE \u201chas no place\u201d in Toronto and reiterated the stance in a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":563066,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194291],"tags":[49,48,3589,126948,3302],"class_list":{"0":"post-563065","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-toronto","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-ice","11":"tag-olivia-chow","12":"tag-toronto"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563065","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=563065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563065\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/563066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=563065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=563065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=563065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}