Wednesday afternoon, Mayor Jacob Frey signed an executive order that prohibits “federal, state, and local agencies from using any City-owned parking lots, ramps, garages, or vacant lots to stage civil immigration enforcement operations.”

The order also directs city staff to start developing signs for business and property owners that indicate their property is off-limits for federal civil immigration enforcement activities as well as express their support for immigrants.

In a press release, the mayor said the action is similar to one taken in Chicago to block ICE agents from using municipal lots to stage operations there.

The order comes as members of the Somali community in the Twin Cities report seeing an increased presence of federal immigration officials, and a day after initial rep

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