{"id":254419,"date":"2026-07-29T07:55:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T07:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/254419\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T07:55:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T07:55:17","slug":"philadelphia-immigrant-rights-groups-demand-ice-out-enforcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/254419\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia immigrant rights\u2019 groups demand \u2018ICE Out\u2019 enforcement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Councilmember Rue Landau, who cosponsored the legislation alongside Councilmember Kendra Brooks, said in a statement to WHYY News that City Council collaborated with advocates \u201cbut these next steps fall to the Administration.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to have a clear process of next steps for implementation,\u201d she said. \u201cThat means staff trainings, clear signage on city property, ways to report violations, and someone empowered to address concerns and make improvements. Every day that we wait for answers, is another day that puts our immigrant communities at risk.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>Brooks said in a statement to WHYY News that the organizations \u201care right to demand updates and meetings from the Parker Administration and Solicitor\u2019s Office on the ICE Out package.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI share their concerns and have also not received updates on this. On July 7th, the package became Philadelphia law. Philadelphians deserve to know the law is being upheld,\u201d she said. \u201cOrganizations that protect immigrants deserve to be part of the implementation process and for the City to take into account their lived experiences. The meetings being demanded should happen.\u201d\n  <\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/whyy.org\/articles\/philadelphia-ice-agents-masking-judge-rule\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">federal judge in July ruled<\/a> that a bill restricting ICE and other law enforcement agents from wearing masks can\u2019t go into effect, <a href=\"https:\/\/whyy.org\/articles\/philadelphia-doj-ice-out-lawsuit-immigration\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">pending the outcome of a lawsuit by the Trump administration<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p>Chang said that Philadelphia is already \u201cunder attack\u201d by immigration enforcement officials.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven though Mayor Parker has said her strategy is to keep undercover so that Philly\u2019s not a target, we are still a target,\u201d Chang said. \u201cWe still see dozens of people impacted every week. \u2026 If that is the strategy, it\u2019s not working.\u201d<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-748585\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ice-out-letter-3.jpeg\" alt=\"Immigrant rights advocates outside\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\"  \/>Immigrant rights advocates gathered outside of 1515 Arch Street in Center City, Philadelphia, on Tuesday, July 28, 2026. The group presented city officials with a letter requesting action regarding implementing \u201cICE Out\u201d legislation that went into effect July 7. (Emily Neil\/WHYY)\n<\/p>\n<p>Many people are being detained by ICE when they go for routine check-ins at the ICE office, Chang said.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are following what they\u2019re required to do, they know if they don\u2019t show up, ICE will come find them at their house,\u201d she said.\n<\/p>\n<p>In June, the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania <a href=\"https:\/\/whyy.org\/articles\/philadelphia-ice-immigration-arrests-check-ins-lawsuit\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">filed a lawsuit alleging that ICE is \u201cunlawfully\u201d re-detaining people<\/a> at routine check-ins in a reversal of longstanding policy.\n        <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Councilmember Rue Landau, who cosponsored the legislation alongside Councilmember Kendra Brooks, said in a statement to WHYY News&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":254420,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[9537,57262,51318,69,71,70,19078,724,743],"class_list":["post-254419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-cherelle-parker","tag-ice-protests","tag-immigration-activists","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news","tag-phillys-100th-mayor","tag-trump-impact","tag-u-s-immigration-and-customs-enforcement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=254419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254419\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/254420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}