CLICK HERE<\/a> to see the list.<\/p>\nOne Ohio location on the list is Westerville near Columbus, and the second is the village of Brooklyn Heights on the west side of Cleveland.<\/p>\n
Last month, ICE agents were deployed to airports across the country, including Cleveland Hopkins International, to help TSA.<\/p>\n
The move came months after federal agents shot and killed two people in Minneapolis, sparking mass protests.<\/p>\n
News 5 Investigators have spoken with several people who don\u2019t want ICE to increase its presence in Northeast Ohio, whether through technology or in person.<\/p>\n
“We\u2019ve gotten a bunch of calls about ICE at the airports; people are very unhappy about that,” said Lynn Tramonte, who runs the Ohio Immigrant Alliance, a nonprofit working to change immigration laws. “We don\u2019t need an expansion of ICE in Cleveland; what we need is Congress to stop funding the agency.”<\/p>\n
News 5 Investigators first heard about possible expansion plans while researching a different story.<\/p>\n
It came up at a Shaker Heights city council meeting, where people spoke out against police surveillance cameras. <\/p>\n
News 5 Investigators reached out to ICE with questions. <\/p>\n
ICE responded via email that stated, in part: “Is it really news that when a federal agency hires more personnel that they need more space?”<\/p>\n
The email went on to say ICE has an additional 12,000 officers and agents on the ground nationwide.<\/p>\n
But the agency would not confirm office locations, citing an increase in death threats.<\/p>\n
\u201cIs it news? Well, if the public wants to know about it, it is news,\u201d Tramonte said.<\/p>\n
Brooklyn Heights has been home to an ICE field office on Keynote Circle since 2015.<\/p>\n
Mayor Mike Procuk said that the process didn\u2019t happen quietly at the municipal offices.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis hall filled for every meeting. People were concerned,\u201d Mayor Procuk said.<\/p>\n
We asked the mayor about the concerns that were raised back then.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey were concerned about rumors started, ‘it\u2019s a jail,’ ‘they\u2019re going to have to put signs on 480 that bisects our community,’ you know, ‘watch out for escapees and stuff.’ It ran the gamut,\u201d Procuk said.<\/p>\n
Tramonte said the field office is where immigrants check in.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis isn\u2019t a holding place, they\u2019re not running up and down the streets of Brooklyn Heights that I\u2019m aware of,\u201d Procuk said.<\/p>\n
Procuk didn\u2019t know about ICE’s new office space search.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was kind of surprised. I was kind of hoping you\u2019d tell me what you knew,\u201d Procuk said.<\/p>\n
But Procuk said that he wouldn\u2019t know unless zoning approvals are needed.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey don\u2019t need Brooklyn Heights\u2019 blessing; business is business,\u201d Procuk said.<\/p>\n
A few buildings near the ICE field office have space for lease.<\/p>\n
We reached out to several property owners and real estate brokerages that are marketing office space in Brooklyn Heights, but we did not hear back from any of them.<\/p>\n
The deadline for ICE’s responses to a request for information was March 31.<\/p>\n
Procuk said he hasn\u2019t received any phone calls, emails or letters about this.<\/p>\n
He, along with council members, says that they’ve had no issues or complaints with the ICE field office in Brooklyn Heights. <\/p>\n
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