Oak Park Shares Statement and Policy About ICE Immigration Enforcement

The Metropolis of Oak Park has obtained feedback from the neighborhood and questions from residents relating to potential federal immigration-related enforcement actions in or across the metropolis. Together with the Metropolis Supervisor’s feedback throughout the public discussion board at tonight’s Metropolis Council assembly, the Metropolis is issuing the next assertion to offer readability and to instantly handle resident questions and issues:

Official assertion from Metropolis of Oak Park:

The Metropolis of Oak Park operates inside the boundaries of all relevant federal and state legal guidelines. On the similar time, town’s major duty is to offer native companies that promote public security, neighborhood belief, and total well-being. Metropolis businesses don’t implement federal civil immigration legislation except required by legislation or a sound courtroom order.

As native assets are deployed for municipal priorities, the Metropolis want to make clear the next because it particularly pertains to public security:

• The Metropolis of Oak Park and its Public Security Division function legally, ethically and with integrity.

• In response to false statements circulating on social media, town confirms that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) by no means contacted the Oak Park Public Security Division for help, nor did the division present any such help.

• Town has not entered right into a 287(g) settlement with ICE and doesn’t intend to take action. The 287(g) program authorizes native legislation enforcement businesses to carry out sure federal immigration enforcement capabilities, through which Oak Park doesn’t take part.

• Town has not and won’t take part in door-to-door enforcement actions or immigration raids with ICE.

• Residents are inspired to contact the Division of Public Security when help is required.

Town has additionally established a complete administrative coverage for interacting with federal legislation enforcement businesses. Key parts of this coverage embrace:

• Sustaining applicable constructing safety by monitoring entrances and requiring identification of individuals coming into metropolis amenities.

• Be sure that commonplace safety measures, together with surveillance cameras, are operational and recording.

• Treating ICE brokers as members of the general public and never permitting entry to private areas and not using a legitimate courtroom order signed by a choose (versus an administrative order).

• Proceed to implement all privateness protections and never share private info protected by legislation with any entity, together with ICE.

• Educating metropolis employees on the excellence between courtroom orders and administrative orders and directing staff to instantly contact town supervisor’s workplace if an order is offered. The municipal secretary will, if mandatory, give permission for an inspection by the municipal secretary.

Oak Park is strongest when all residents really feel protected interacting with their native authorities. The Metropolis stays dedicated to imposing the legislation whereas prioritizing public security, belief and neighborhood well-being.

The Oak Park Public Security Division shares this dedication and can proceed to serve each resident and customer with professionalism, respect and integrity, grounded in its long-standing tradition of neighborhood engagement and mutual belief.

Actually,

Erik Tungate, Oak Park metropolis supervisor

Steve Cooper, Oak Park Public Security Director”