A North Carolina city this week declared itself a 'Fourth Amendment Workplace' amid U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids and arrests.
FILE - In this July 8, 2019, file photo, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer looks on during an operation in Escondido, Calif. A North Carolina city declared itself a "Fourth Amendment Workplace" amid what it described as "unconstitutional" U.
S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids and arrests.unanimously approved a resolution on Tuesday to increase protections for city workers. The vote was 6-0, according to the Council's agenda, which was posted online. In the resolution, the Council said agencies, including ICE, "have recently engaged in a pattern of unconstitutional, warrantless workplace searches, which have disrupted small businesses, courts, and local communities in many cities," with "second-generation and non-immigrant Black, Indigenous, and People of Color families are also being unconstitutionally targeted, harassed, and arrested by Federal authorities and law enforcement officer under the guise of immigration enforcement." The resolution directs city staff to "uphold the 4th amendment at their workplace and city agencies and report back to Council any barriers to effective training on the 4th Amendment for any departments."protects people "against unreasonable searches and seizures," and requires warrants with probable cause of a crime before seizing a person or property.reported that the vote came after four ICE agents appeared at the Durham County Courthouse "to detain an undocumented individual charged with felony." The media outlet said agents were dressed in plain clothes did not arrest anyone, but added that their presence "sounded alarms" throughout the city. Our residents witnessed ICE agents in our community, instilling widespread fear and uncertainty,” Mayor of Durham Leo Williams said, according to the media outlet. “While local leaders cannot legally override the federal government's use and weaponization of ICE, we can and must stand in strategic solidarity with our neighbors.”I have seen too many children in our community carrying deep fear, unable to sleep, not wanting to go to school,” said one woman, who the media outlet identified as a daughter of immigrant parents. “No child should live with that kind of anxiety.”Durham celebrates a rich diversity of residents and we understand that the Trump administration's mass deportation targets a completely manufactured panic surrounding immigrants, puts anyone who does not appear white, anyone who does not speak English or has an accent, anyone regardless of papers or immigration status, at risk of abuse, abduction and even deportation to country they have no ties to,” she said, per the media outlet. The Council said the city "can serve as an example of how local government can advocate for the rights of all residents," as well as" discourage the overreach of Article II agencies in our communities."
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