MINNEAPOLIS — As federal deportation troopers began immigration raids at scattered points around the Twin Cities, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey issued an executive order banning the gets from city-owned property. The order forbids “federal, state, and local agencies from using any city-owned parking lots, ramps, garages, or vacant lots to stage civil immigration enforcement operations.” Frey simultaneously ordered that city agencies distribute signs to business and property owners who want to show their support for immigrants. The signs are specific at placing the private property “off-limits” for activities by agents of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.
Verbatim
Frey’s Executive Order 2025-02 requires that city departments:
> Identify all city-owned or city-controlled parking lots, parking ramps, vacant lots, or garages that could be used for staging civil immigration enforcement operations
> Post clear signage stating that the space may not be used by any government entity for those purposes: “This property is owned and/or controlled by the City of Minneapolis. The City of Minneapolis does not authorize this property to be used, and it may not be used, by any federal, state, or local government entity or personnel as a staging area, processing location, operations base, or any other similar use for civil immigration enforcement operations.”
> Immediately report any violation.
> Issue signage for private property owners and leasers who wish to lawfully restrict civil immigration enforcement activities in non-public areas.