ST PAUL, Minn. — Federal immigration officers are now prohibited from staging or carrying out enforcement operations on city-owned property in St. Paul, according to a new ordinance signed by Mayor Kaohly Her.
The ordinance was signed Thursday after being unanimously approved by the St. Paul City Council Wednesday.
“When I was sworn into office one month ago, I pledged that Saint Paul would set clear rules for federal immigration enforcement,” Her said in a press release. “No one could have predicted that less than a week later, Operation Metro Surge would begin and masked agents would flood our city, using violence and intimidation against our residents…