Philly Goes All In On Being A Sanctuary City
May 10, 2026 – 7:00 am
Instead of doing a big roundup surge the Trump admin should send thousands of illegals to Philly and say “have fun”
Mayor Parker signs sweeping restrictions on immigration enforcement, cementing Philly’s sanctuary policies into law
Philadelphia will soon have some of the nation’s toughest local restrictions on federal immigration-enforcement operations after Mayor Cherelle L. Parker on Thursday approved legislation codifying the city’s sanctuary policies and banning ICE raids on city property.
The mayor signed six out of seven “ICE Out” bills that came to her desk after being passed by a supermajority of City Council. She took no action on the seventh bill, a piece of legislation that bans immigration agents from concealing their identities, meaning it will still become law because she did not issue a veto.
The other bills approved Thursday bar federal immigration enforcement from staging raids on city-owned property, prohibit discrimination on the basis of citizenship status, and ban the city from engaging in most forms of information sharing with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. It effectively codifies into law the city’s already existing sanctuary policies in which officials do not assist the federal government in carrying out immigration enforcement.
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