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Resolution, Federal Agencies Conduct
Driscoll, Gadus, Jones, Komives, Kramer, Martinez
Title
To urge all federal agencies and their employees, officers, and agents to conduct themselves in accordance with the U.S. Constitution, and the below recommendations when engaging in civil immigration enforcement in the City of Toledo; and declaring an emergency.
Summary
WHEREAS, the City of Toledo desires to promote policies that advance public safety, inclusion, accountability, and public trust; and
WHEREAS, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection, has deployed thousands of federal agents in large-scale operations across the country; and
WHEREAS, according to first-hand accounts and widespread media coverage, these deployments included federal agents engaging in racial profiling, intimidation, and harassment of the country’s immigrant and refugee communities; and
WHEREAS, federal agents have also been engaging with residents legally protesting across the country, and in many cases, have been combative and escalatory in their actions. Agents have used gas munitions and other less-than-lethal crowd control measures on peaceful protestors and, in the course of both immigration enforcement and crowd control activities, have shot and/or killed twelve residents since September 2025; and
WHEREAS, DHS and other federal agencies are actively avoiding public accountability for their personnel by allowing face coverings and lack of visible identification for agents conducting civil immigration enforcement; and
WHEREAS, DHS is also putting its own agents at risk by not appropriately training many of the personnel deployed across the country in both immigration enforcement and crowd control methods. According to several news outlets, ICE allowed several hundred agents to advance without full federal law enforcement training due to computer error and has dramatically reduced its standard training from twenty-two weeks to approximately eight weeks; and
WHEREAS, the City of Toledo requires its law enforcement personnel to properly display name and badge numbers and while on duty to identify themselves upon request, with very limited exceptions; and
WHEREAS, the Council desires to hold these federal agencies to the conduct and standards we expect of enforcement operations in the City of Toledo;
WHEREAS, legislation has been introduced in the United States Congress, including S.455 and H.R.1061, the Protecting Sensitive Locations Act, which would prohibit immigration enforcement actions at sensitive locations such as schools, hospitals, places of worship, courthouses, and other community spaces where individuals access essential services; and
WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Toledo supports federal policies that ensure residents can safely access education, healthcare, legal services, and places of worship without fear of immigration enforcement actions.
NOW THEREFORE, Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Toledo:
SECTION 1: That this Council recommends the following:
• That all federal agents conducting civil immigration enforcement operations and otherwise interacting with residents should visibly display identification, including their name and the respective federal agency they represent. Vehicles used for these operations should also be clearly marked with their respective federal agency’s official seal and lettering.
• That all federal agents should refrain from wearing non-medical face coverings, including gaiters, balaclavas, and other tactical face coverings while conducting civil immigration enforcement operations and otherwise interacting with residents.
• That DHS should ensure that ICE agents deployed to Toledo, and nationwide, should be trained to the restored standard of 22 weeks, in line with other federal law enforcement training.
• That DHS, and all federal agents engaging in civil immigration enforcement and interacting with residents, should otherwise conduct themselves in accordance with all applicable local, state and federal laws, and U.S. Constitution.
• That DHS, and all federal agents interact with residents in a civil manner and refrain from using lethal force.
• That the Council of the City of Toledo urges federal law enforcement operating in Toledo to comply with city policies and ordinances to preserve the safety and security for all residents.
SECTION 2: That this Resolution hereby is declared to be an emergency measure and shall be in force and effect from and after its passage. The reason for the emergency lies in the fact that the same is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety and property, and that this Resolution must be immediately effective in order to provide clarity and protection for our employees and residents of City of Toledo.
Vote on emergency clause: yeas _____, nays _____.
Adopted _________________, as an emergency measure: yeas _____, nays _____.
Attest: ________________________ __________________________________
Clerk of Council President of Council
Approved: _____________________ __________________________________
Mayor
I hereby certify that the above is a true and correct copy of a Resolution passed by
Council ________________________.
Attest: ________________________
Clerk of Council