Palo Alto approves moratorium on ICE detention centers

Calling it a necessary move to protect vulnerable community members from dangerous overreach by the Immigration and Custom Enforcement, Palo Alto adopted on Monday a temporary ban on detention and custodial facilities within city limits. In unanimously adopting the one-year ban, the City Council is joining cities such a San Jose, Mountain View, Los Altos and Gilroy, which have recently adopted similar restrictions. The moratorium applies to all detention and custodial facilities, operated by any entity, that are used to “detain, confine, process or house persons in custody under process of law.” The moratorium is just the latest in a series of actions that the council has taken in response to increased immigration enforcement by the Trump administration. These include filing briefs in support of numerous lawsuits that challenge the federal administration, including a recent amicus brief in a Santa Clara County lawsuit contesting a recent plan to build a detention center near Gilroy.

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