{"id":81993,"date":"2026-01-09T03:58:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T03:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/81993\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T03:58:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T03:58:07","slug":"pittsburghs-new-mayor-says-city-will-not-authorize-ice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/81993\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh&#8217;s new mayor says city will not authorize ICE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPittsburgh&#8217;s new mayor is taking a firm stance when it comes to authorizing United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. Pittsburgh&#8217;s Action News 4 asked Mayor Corey O&#8217;Connor if he would authorize ICE in the city of Pittsburgh. &#8220;No, we stand by it. We will not do that, and our acting (police) chief is on the same page with us,&#8221; O&#8217;Connor said. &#8220;We said it throughout the campaign. We&#8217;ve said it in office. We are not going to have that partnership in Pittsburgh.&#8221;On Wednesday, he said his office spoke with the U.S. Conference of Mayors and the Democratic Mayors Association.&#8221;I spoke with Mayor (Justin) Bibb, from Cleveland, who&#8217;s the head of that, yesterday, just to try to get all mayors on the same page. And it&#8217;s difficult. Different cities and states are all doing different things. But, you know, we stand by that. We will not have a partnership.&#8221;O&#8217;Connor said he wants the city of Pittsburgh to remain a welcoming one. &#8220;We want people to come to Pittsburgh. We&#8217;ve said it on multiple occasions. If you&#8217;re coming from another country, we want Pittsburgh to be your home and we want to be welcoming. We know that we can grow our population by more people moving here.&#8221;\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tPITTSBURGH \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh&#8217;s new mayor is taking a firm stance when it comes to authorizing United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. <\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh&#8217;s Action News 4 asked Mayor Corey O&#8217;Connor if he would authorize ICE in the city of Pittsburgh. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No, we stand by it. We will not do that, and our acting (police) chief is on the same page with us,&#8221; O&#8217;Connor said. &#8220;We said it throughout the campaign. We&#8217;ve said it in office. We are not going to have that partnership in Pittsburgh.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, he said his office spoke with the U.S. Conference of Mayors and the Democratic Mayors Association.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I spoke with Mayor (Justin) Bibb, from Cleveland, who&#8217;s the head of that, yesterday, just to try to get all mayors on the same page. And it&#8217;s difficult. Different cities and states are all doing different things. But, you know, we stand by that. We will not have a partnership.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>O&#8217;Connor said he wants the city of Pittsburgh to remain a welcoming one. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We want people to come to Pittsburgh. We&#8217;ve said it on multiple occasions. If you&#8217;re coming from another country, we want Pittsburgh to be your home and we want to be welcoming. 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