{"id":83291,"date":"2026-01-10T14:13:38","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T14:13:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/83291\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T14:13:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T14:13:38","slug":"philadelphia-immigration-advocates-call-for-action-after-ice-related-shootings-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/83291\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia immigration advocates call for action after ICE\u2011related shootings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Immigration advocates in Philadelphia are urging city leaders to take stronger action following a series of violent encounters involving federal immigration authorities in other parts of the country.<\/p>\n

At a Thursday press conference where the city’s sheriff and district attorney had some tough words for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, District Attorney Larry Krasner said, “Don’t even try that in Philly.”<\/p>\n

Standing in the crowd, Aniqa Raihan of the group No ICE Philly said she had one reaction.<\/p>\n

“Honestly, I think my main thought during that press conference was, ‘OK, let’s see it.'”<\/p>\n

READ MORE | Philadelphia groups hold vigil as officials condemn ICE after Minneapolis shooting<\/a><\/p>\n

Protesters gather at City Hall after fatal shooting by ICE agent<\/p>\n

Raihan’s organization helped organize a prayer vigil outside City Hall later that evening.<\/a><\/p>\n

“I definitely felt the collective grief and fear of the crowd,” she said.<\/p>\n

The vigil was held in response to ICE officers shooting and killing a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

A day later, federal border agents were involved in another shooting in Portland.<\/a> According to the Department of Homeland Security, agents there were conducting a “targeted” stop on two people in a car allegedly affiliated with a Venezuelan gang.<\/p>\n

SEE ALSO | Newly obtained cellphone video shows moments before deadly ICE shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis<\/a><\/p>\n

The recent incidents, combined with increased ICE enforcement, have heightened concerns in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n

“When I heard District Attorney Krasner and Sheriff Bilal making those very strong statements about if that happens here, we’ll do x, y and z, it will happen here, if you don’t do something now,” Raihan said.<\/p>\n

She added that despite officials’ public statements, immigrant rights groups have struggled to secure meetings with city leaders.<\/p>\n

Advocates also want the city to address reports of ICE arrests at local courthouses.<\/p>\n

“The number of people who have been picked up in the courthouse, it’s over 100 in 2025,” Raihan said.<\/p>\n

The Trump administration has defended ICE agents, including the officer involved in the Minneapolis shooting.<\/p>\n

“You have agitators, and we will go and protect ICE, and we will always be protective of our border patrol and law enforcement,” President Trump said.<\/p>\n

As protests continue, the debate over ICE and immigration enforcement remains active in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n

Local advocacy groups are pushing the city to reaffirm its sanctuary city status and plan to hold another demonstration at City Hall this weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Immigration advocates in Philadelphia are urging city leaders to take stronger action following a series of violent encounters…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":83292,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[41843,8003,40962,624,41842,41844,5202,336,69,71,70],"class_list":["post-83291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-aniqa-raihan","tag-city-hall","tag-city-leaders","tag-district-attorney","tag-federal-immigration-authorities","tag-immigration-advocates","tag-immigration-and-customs-enforcement","tag-larry-krasner","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83291","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=83291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83291\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}