It's a full city council or committee to order. Today we've got 2 really important presidency presentations. We're going to go a little bit out of order for the sake of ensuring our city attorney present, if she so chooses. So we're going to start with our federal funding impacts. So welcome to the chamber is if you'd like to just introduce yourself to million viewers at home that would be fantastic. my name is governor and the grand stricter year. The city. So I'll be talking to you today about our federal funding impacts. So for groundwork, I wanted to talk about health grants work at the city. Just give a basis for that. But also I want to thank the department staff that I've worked with and that's because they have been so helpful for all of the information. Requested. So the grants division we were
established last year and the point person for all of the federal grant activity that's happening at the city, especially related to ongoing work with the new administration. So we work with departments on technical assistance and Grant support. We also is this what strategic strategy Development and citywide grand status of collecting that information from? Departments to really get a good sense of like all of all of the data. And that's happening at the department level. So department. Grant staff Israeli varies by department based on needs and resources. So lots of departments work with grants. Some have a full teams that
work with them and then there's some departments that people don't have their other job. So it's the ability to respond for this type enough. Current events. Situation really depends on needs and resources. So department staff submit applications and manage France and they're also the first point of contact for federal grants. And like I said before, I also want to make sure thank all o the department grandstaff that we ask for a lot of information from in a really short time period. And they're very helpful in helping us put together a response planning. So what we've seen so far, there's just a lot of unpredictability and uncertainty and the federal grants landscape. We're able to anticipate some of the changes that the federal government put into place the scope and speed and like all of that, that was very
unpredictable. And that just created a lot of uncertainty for like the whole country. But also the city and departments and everything. That I think is a key piece to understand about all of the federal funding landscape. It's also shifting very quickly, sometimes within the same Things will be going back and forth really quickly. So that just contributes a lot to that uncertainty. There's one piece with the quick speed of the executive orders that they're coming out really quickly. Like I had mentioned, a lot is changing very fast. And then that's really in tension intention with this slow response from agencies. So what we're seeing at agencies as staff members are, communication freezes. People were not getting information
from our program. Officers. Some staff that we work with agencies have terminated like offices are losing their leases self. There's You know, there's a lot of directives to move quickly on these executive orders and the ability to implement slow. So that's kind of friction point that we've seen. One thing that we've also seen is the federal administration is testing strategies to see what works. So they'll put something up. Get public blowback and then pull it back down and we'll try again in a different form. So that's just something that we've been keeping an eye on knowing we MAY see something now that stop, but we will potentially see it
again in the future. So the news point was the Office of Management and Budget funding. Freeze. So this was the one that has a lot of chaos ad crisis like nationally. This was the one where JANUARY 27th on the issues, a memo freezing federal financial assistance. So this is really the freeze was so they could assess grant programs compliance with new executive orders. It's kind of threw everything into like it up for the next day. A federal judge orders and administrative stay for one week. So they had a pause on freezing federal financial aid. For a week to allow grantees across the country to kind of get things in order prevent officers make reimbursement requests.
The next in the recent the memo, there's this is like another point just like confusion and uncertainty. The recent the memo. But also you hear from the White House press secretary that the funding freeze still in place. - So for people interpreting all of this, it was really hard to just understand what we should be listening to what's going on. And just generally, again, a lot of confusion and uncertainty. FEBRUARY 3rd, a federal judge issues a temporary restraining order. And specifically on reinstating the order under different pretenses. So that like there's just as you can see from the timeline, there's a lot going on in a short period of time around us. What what we can do with freeze and what we should be doing as grantees. I'm very 25th judge issues a preliminary injunction against freezing funds. And this is a suit brought by the
National Council of nonprofits so that we move on. That or injunction. We stored order to some in some senses all of us like funding landscape. There's also another suit that was brought by 23 state attorneys generals, and that includes Minnesota that had a preliminary injunction in MARCH. Also. And this one I mentioned, because am there's some question of. Whether or not injunctions apply to all grantees in different cases or if it's just like this specific subset. So this particular suit because Minnesota is a participant in that it covers as Grant he within the state of Minnesota. So kind of the status, the status of this right now is the administration should not
freezing federal financial assistance because of these preliminary injunctions. It should be. And operating as as normal, they are still allowed however, assess for compliance with executive orders. So that is kind of Petense for the order. Freeze funding and will assess for compliance right now. There not allowed to freeze funding if they still are are allowed to assess or compliance. So another related funding freeze was related to that and pollution reduction act and the infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. So was that executive order pass disbursement of funds specifically through these 2 pieces of legislation. We received I will say. This is this happened before and the funding freeze. But a lot of the lawsuits cover this
as well. So, you know, when they say all federal financial aid that includes this. So this should also be with that, not that Ramos. Regular plan activities. So JANUARY 27th we received notification from Department of Energy to stop. All activities related to dei justice for the work community benefit plans on our Department of Energy grants. And then we'll be told that will b asked to modify or with plans to remove those activities our work plans budgets. This is a blanket e-mail that was sent to all oea grantees. Mid-MARCH. Federal agencies are sued over this funding free. So I think this lawsuit was brought by coalition of organizations specifically for the ira and I funding for use. We also then receive notification that
Department of Energy was rescinding that previous communication about Dei justice, 40 activities. And so we've been moving forward with projects that are funded by Department of Energy for that land. So again, for this one, the status on that says we're moving forward with the work that we have funded this. This agency. I wanted to do sort Cherry pick some executive orders that are funding related. So there's a full list of all of the executive orders impacts to cities organizations like National League, the city's website. So I'm not going to get too into the details of all of them. I just pulled out the ones that funding related. So one of players federal grants and contracts to comply
with anti-discrimination laws. This one seems pretty straightforward, but the change here is that the federal government is changing what they consider anti-discrimination laws. So let's get into some of the details. If you have questions later. But like the change here is how they're defining anti-discrimination is different than what used to be. They've also directing agencies to terminate All dei programs within those federal agent agencies and that impacts equity related grants. So those programs have been directed to be closed. Another executive order directs the Department of Justice to identify that support movable are illegal aliens getting those get into a lot my ball specifics around all of immigration related funding.
So I'm not going to get too much into those details. There's another one that directed a review of fema. And I think just like a few days ago, one one of the heads of an agency said that we should eliminate fema. So, you know, fema's on all of our fema funding would be They there's an executive order that requires agencies to make future funding decisions aligned with. The goals and priorities of the administration. Different part about this compared to how it's been done previously is Congress will pass. Piece of legislation that authorizes and a new grant program and that's sort of guiding document for the grant program. It calls how it should be done. If you get more into the light granular
details of how it should operate that you're kind of in that will making space bigger into the Constitution. So no. And there is there assessment goals and priorities of the administration like if that was a important part and this one included in the legislation. So the difference here that this executive order directs is to insert that goals and priorities of the administration in 2 decisions about grants and contracts. The change that they've requested that this executive There's another executive order that eliminates as much statutorily possible. A group of agencies. Listed a few of them here, you know, Institute of Museum and Library Services organization not just provides
a lot of support and funding for museums and libraries generally in our community, but also some our libraries. I think generally all of agencies do good work. And if they were eliminated, that would have. And if the ripple effects throughout the community in terms of if we pd partners with cbf eyes on projects. So if the cdfi fund isn't there, that impacts projects that pv Burke said. You know, any any kind of change or elimination of agencies us obviously disrupted Here are just like highlights on immigration-related funding issues. So there's another executive order. Again, I think that we do. We'll get into more of the specifics around this. But the funding piece is it directs dhs and doj to withhold federal funds from jurisdictions don't cooperate with federal immigration
enforcement. Doubled down on this with them all. Watts said jurisdictions that apply for certain doj grants. Have to comply with participation federal immigration enforcement. And then as you know, we joined the city of San Fancisco lawsuit to see the Trump administration on withholding federal funds. I wanted to mention this Department of Government Efficiency executive order. Us. I think so. This came. In mid to late FEBRUARY. I think at this was issued as kind of justification for a lot of the work that. Joe's had been doing. And so this is so much stating things that they've already and some of it is new. So they require agencies to build a database of all grant and contract payments. I personally think it's funny that they would want this 30
day is too scary. Impossible. But it's an executive order. They require written justification for each payment to be posted publicly. they're requiring the ability agencies, the ability to pause and rapidly review each payment. All of had been done within agencies before that and not centralized at this point. This executive order also requires a review of all existing covered contacts to, you know, assessing for are they promoting efficiency and are they advancing presidential priorities? And then using that assessment to decide whether they should terminate te contract or modify it. They are also requiring that new guidance on efficiency and presidential priorities and new or modified contracts. So
this executive order can Covers all of that and in one spot. Other kind of miscellaneous funding impacts. That we've seen from different agencies. Part of transportation they issued a memo. Early on in the new administration. And one of the things mentioned it was revisiting the calculations for how greenhouse gas emissions are are being done. And te social cost of carbon they. Disagree with the calculations of how it's currently being done made the directive to redo that. This is a calculation that is included any of our dot grants, but also just project planning. So. Redoing that calculation would change a lot of pieces and how we approach dot for funding right now. This memo also said that they would be prioritizing
communities with marriage and birth rates higher than the national average. And it prohibits recipients from imposing vaccine and mask mandates. Dot also released a within the last month that ordered a review of partially obligated grants and that would be to remove bike infrastructure activities and require compliance with executive So the piece here that is worth highlighting is the partially obligated grant peace. So we have great contacts that are sgned between us and, you know, the Federal Highway Administration. So that's find legal agreement partially obligated piece is agency has made an award to a grantee, but they don't have that contact yet. It's still in the printed, though she ation There's more ability to change
the terms and conditions. We move pieces from from the work plans or budget. So it's that the part that you know, different groups are interested in is what's the? What's the ability to? Hold to what's been proposed in the grant proposal versus go back and take out these pieces. So that's something different groups are watching. With the National Institutes of Health, one thing we've seen from them, this was also really big news piece. They tried to cap allowable indirect rate at 15%. This caused a lot of outrage from universities and hospitals. And so they later rescinded it. I think this is one that we will probably see again in
the future and some form. But the reason that matters is in direct rates. They fund a lot of the court administration functions for these organizations. So you have the amount that you have for your direct program cost. That's your staff going out into the community, doing the work program, supplies and then you are also able to charge over rate to cover that internal infrastructure. So your county staff hr your facility staff so capping would essentially got out all of the funding for internal infrastructure. Would be. I think universities and hospitals really made the case that it would be pretty devastating for their infrastructure to have So want just mention some really high-profile loss of funding nationally. You know, there's a few different. Things listed here. Some of
these. Some of oganizations targeted for actions they took as organizations that. The new administration disagreed so like Colombia and They had some of their grants and contracts canceled. Well, they did to choices they made like hand allowed transgender athletes to participate in sports. So that's why they're were canceled. Some of these like Johns Hopkins. They had a lot of grants from a specific agency like usaid. So in that agency All of that funding went with it. So there's both targeting from for specific institutions as well as the loss of funding from a specific agency. Then there's also some grants being canceled that are because of the grant themselves. So this greenhouse gas
reduction fund the epa tried to cancel 20 billion dollars in grants for that intended for climate in clean energy projects. Lawsuits obviously related to on that are in motion. Local food for schools and local food purchase assistance. You know, this was a specific grant canceled 666 million, you know, for schools and food banks. So there's really a range of what we're seeing in terms of kind of specific things canceled for. What the program does, but then also other ways that funding is kind of being used as leverage against institutions. So to move on on Saint Paul. We have about 260 million in receivable federal funding and this is both brands that are actually
under contract that we have agreements the federal government on. And then we also have grants that are in obligated group. So they've been awarded. We've been told that will receive the mney. But we're currently in the negotiation or print work space. So we have about 192 million in grants that are actively under contract. About 140 million of this. It is one-time project based grants that we defined. That is things that have like definitive start and end date. So a lot of our capital funding projects and public works. Parks fall underneath this one time Brel. And then we also have aout 50 to 53 million and ongoing operational support. We
defined these as programs you grants that we have a really kind track record of being renewed eery year. Knd of fun. Some of that core program support within departments. So those are the 2 distinctions between us. We also have about 66 million in grants awarded and that the obligation case. And then another 66 million funding grant proposals. So we've submitted those 2 agencies there under consideration right nw. Usually it takes about. 6.46, to 8. Plus, months For grant programs to make awards, it's hard to know when we'll hear back on some of those just because the last 2 months have been very disruptive. So it's hard to know what what those timelines will look like. In terms of what federal grants do for the
there's such a wide You know, we talk about geothermal upgrades that we've made at Park Zoo North and Community Center. Those have been supported by federal funds. The lead service line project to replace a what's your response to residential homes? That's federal funds that paired with state of Minnesota funds. That's a 10 year plan that we've In in progress to replace those lead service lines. Any of these projects, you know, if there's disruption to them, has a kind ripple effects down the line, especially with lead service line. What you know, it's 10 years. If you're a disruption to that, that's just kind of push that time. Some of the other work that the federal funding supports year-round
right track program. So there's high school youth and turns that we know rely on income from right track to help support their families. So that's something that, you know, federally supported. We have a for Steve Jobs program. That was a plan to take off the summer and that well. We'll have approximately over 5 years, 1800 trees would be planted. 1100 steps would be removed and it would also trainees every summer for those 5 years. And there's about 3 million dollars in redevelopment grants. The sport's new affordable housing business economic development. In the community. There's also some of emergency response work and public safety work is supported through federal funds. So paramedic training
dui officers on the street. The emergency response that's all supported Russians. Sheltered work and through. Faces is also supported by federal Just supporting personnel and resources and all of the things that they need for those. So that's just like that. A small snapshot of what our federal grants. Support at the city level. Risk mitigation and next steps of what we've been doing. We've been working really closely with the city attorney's office to review. All of the materials that we've I have been issued from executive orders memos on the ongoing litigation communications that we've received federal agencies at just help understand what they need, but also the impact that they 4 city departments. We've also been working departments
maintaining really strong grant management practices. So staying in compliance with a parent's not giving any reason for grants be canceled. We've been staying on top of investment request and trying tell how specific request is within the normal time frame versus a longer than usual time saying. And to make sure that making those requests more regularly than they would be otherwise. And also having a strong documentation practices. What do we what guidance that we following at a specific time? And really documenting and making sure that all status that up in case we needed some day. We're continuing to plan open and upcoming funding opportunities that we know about. We've also working with departments to prepare contingency plans for a range
of situations. When and trying at night and think about al of the different things that could this that's to do list. I feel like in terms of what we should be preparing for all of the options that that we should be thinking for South I think hope we probably won't use most of them that I think they'll be good to have if we We are also exploring non-federal grant opportunities, another option, the funding sources. So that's both for current projects that are underway. If there's a project that suddenly has its funding last midway through how we plan for that and then future projects of. I don't make sure that we're accessing the most secure money that we can to help with that plan
this. It's everything that I have for you right now. Thank you so Any other. Comments colleagues? Yes, considering. This was a really helpful presentation. So thanks so much for. All of the prep you didn't feel that you shared a day. I have a question looks like the 4 slide here able and the funding freeze. You shared a followed. A federal judge issuing preliminary injunctions. On a couple of these lawsuits here, can you talk a bit about what? But what that legal process is after this. For these cases, sometimes I feel like often hear about how it says for a lawsuit is resolved until it's like either the past or if it's really high profile. So and basically the status that
this is our if I's like closed or if if there's still some more next steps to. The one. I would say the last one in particular that Minnesota is involved in. Yeah, not being an attorney and will defer to any release specifics of it. My understanding is the preliminary injunction. Pauses the impact litigation. For the until the lawsuit to solved. So, you know, you know, those usually take years. I don't now how long any of these will take. Okay Okay. Great. Thank you. And then just a question free boxing pass federal grants that this it's helpful to just to even learn what portion of the nearly 260 million dollars like under contract. And then currently in a negotiation p award
phase. Really interested in learning overall just basically what federal grants. Our finding currently in our city and what those specific projects that are in the negotiations Slash pre award not sure. Catholic, a just a simple spreadsheet somewhere where we can skim through it to get a better understanding of it. But it's not something that you'd be able to share with us. Yeah, I'd be happy follow up outside and you know, at a later date and mostly okay. Great. And my - last question is for the following slide Paul's federal grant impact the the different projects that you have listed here are any of them. Currently in at the negotiations slash Pia worked phase. These are all active. Okay. It's thank you. Thank you so much for the
time and all the geat information. Sounds like they'll be a follow-up. I suspect other words are similarly interested in sort of like how this impacts the projects in their words as possible follow for you. But really appreciate. Really appreciate your time. Time and attention. All the work that goes into both present day, but also doing your job and so looking forward more updates Thank you. Is there anything else like to add know? I'm just happy to have individual conversations I'm sure you have questions. So we can set those Yeah, that sounds wonderful. Thank you so much your time. We really appreciate Thank you. We will move her second presentation for the day coming from. City attorney's office. Welcome to the chamber's. Please introduce yourself to millions of viewers at council
members. Good morning. I mean, when do home an assistant city attorney with the city of Saint Paul and I managed immigrant refugee program for the city. I just want to say thank you for giving me the opportunity to address and discuss recent events changes in federal immigration policy that MAY be impacting our city. There's been a lot coming from the White House since JANUARY. 20th almost more than we can kind of keep up with. But I did. Before I start on the presentation itself, which highlights some specific executive orders and policies that I wanted to focus on today. I just want to kind of give you a laundry list of some of the things that that we've been looking at and had and having to understand and try and give both to the city. Departments, city council
mayor and department heads several executive orders. They were about 10 issued on the first day of the administration that related to immigration. Some of them had immediate actions. Some did not. It was more policy changes and actions be taken later. There is one of the more noted once was birthright citizenship. The administration was trying to revoke birthright citizenship for children born in the United States to parents who are undocumented. There was a pause ing of the refugee resettlement programs which can be quite devastating to many, many of our resettlement agencies here in Minnesota, specifically and International Institute of Minnesota, which is in Saint Paul. Also the
center for Victims of Torture. Had to lay many of their staff internationally and locally due to some o the funding cuts related to the pause the resettlement programs. There's a reinstatement of expedited removal, which is a process for removing foreign nationals from United States. With limited hearings. I do get a little bit more into what that means exactly little bit later. There ws a designation of cartels as terrorist organizations, which a little different than how we traditionally designate organized crime. The cartels are being designated as threats to national security, which I think opens the door for the federal government to use the military in immigration enforcement. There is also the replication of the
sensitive locations policy, which I'll talk about a little bit more later. Basically that policy. Prevented ice from making arrests in schools, religious institutions. Weddings, funerals, protests. There are there are several locations they they would not arrest because created some public safety concerns. There was executive order securing the border, which topped the use of the cbp. One app which basically terminated anyway for people who are coming to the border from applying for asylum seeking asylum, United States there was stoppage of the Cuban Haitian Nicaragua and Venezuelan pearl programs, it's how many of Nationals from those countries were able to come up over the last
couple years. Also impacting pearl programs for Afghans and Ukrainians. And there is termination of tps for Venezuelans, Haiti, which is temporary protected status as a way for people temporary status while they're here because it country conditions make very difficult if not impossible for tem to return to their home countries. There is a registration requirement going possibly going into effect APRIL. There was a federal register notice published last week indicating that the administration was creating new forms and new processes for having all non citizens. The registered with the United States government. There's already old provision in the Immigration Act that requires registration. But this would be a a more of an effort to get many undocumented. People to
register with the government, which As you can imagine, creating a lot of anxiety and fear and our communities. There's immigration enforcement impacting. People who engage in political speech, demonstrations and protests, as you know, publicized. The arrest of the student from Columbia University, who was detained, taken into custody. And I understand that being released from custody will go forward with a hearing in New Jersey. But there's going to be more. Arrests people place to move procedures based on political speech. There's an anticipated travel that previously from the several Muslim countries. A list of countries greatly extended Bianchi's Muslim countries. So there's a lot going on. That's just kind case all the different things
that are going on. But today, when I really want to focus on, are a couple of executive orders. The rescission of the previous say sensitive locations, policy a memo that was issued by the Justice Department regarding Century 6 cities. First, I'm going jump around a little My thing that's really going to sort I'm going to start with the executive. Order protecting the meaning and value of American citizenship. That's the birthright citizenship. Provision. It's a provision of the 14th Amendment. It's it's a constitutional amendment. So it can't be changed by executive order. In addition, the Supreme Court on 2 occasions since the Civil War have have ruled on on the 14th Amendment finding that is a
valid provision in the 14th Amendment. And any one point in the United States is is a u.S. Citizen except for possibly children diplomats because in that situation, the U.S. Government doesn't have jurisdiction over those individuals. And that's the kind of the same fact that the U.S. Has jurisdiction over in individual that they're they're a citizen. If they're born here. More to come. There's been at least 3 lawsuits filed in that case. Minnesota is a party to one of those law school atorney general did join one of the lawsuit would believe 12 other attorney generals from across the United States. I believe that case is pending in the Maryland court. Next on talk a little bit about the registration form again again, that's that is there's a wreck. There's that notice. Publix published in the Federal Register and
there's a comment period. Because in order to change regulations, government has to follow the Administrative Procedures Act that registration when it goes forward is going cause a lot of fear and apprehension because people are going to have to choose. Between following the law and registering or they're not registering and failing to register is going to be a crime. So there's going to also be criminal sanctions imposed. So more to come on that policy as we move forward but let's let's talk a little bit executive order. 14, 1, 5, 9, protecting the American people against invasion. This particular time executive order Applies to to the city of Saint Paul because does it
prohibits what's called sanctuary cities from enforcing their sanctuary with the called Sanctuary Policies. It resists it rates and establishes the policy. The United States to firmly. And faithfully execute the immigration laws against all inadmissible and removal noncitizens. Now the term alien is used throughout throughout this order it's a term Texan in the statute. So it's it's a term of art and basically means any non-citizen. So it's feel here often interchanged aliens with noncitizen. So at times I'm a I'm a dressed the statute because it's a legal term as our people as aliens. For the order states, the policy United States to achieve the total inefficient. Enforcement of those laws,
including through lawful incentives and detention capabilities. So this border actually. Increases detention removal efforts by the United States. And we're seeing so many people being detained. We're at a jail space here in Minnesota and starting to see folks who are whose families are here, whose cases are venue here in court In Fort Snelling. They're being transferred to facilities in Colorado, Louisiana. I don't believe any that. I know of any cases where people transferred Guantanamo Bay, some For nationals were being held to taint Guantanamo Bay. I don't think I'm not sure if the goat federal government still doing that. But I do know of of situations where
where Minnesota residents were being central, Luisiana, Colorado. I think there is a Start to be an article this past weekend that talked about that. And but most importantly, to Saint Paul is is section 17 of particular order because it it calls for the denial of federal funding to sanctuary jurisdictions. I want to talk a little bit about sanctuary jurisdictions it's not really defined. It is a term. That was used by the city of San Francisco starting in the in mid to lte 80's when they were a lot Individuals from. Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua from Central America coming seeking sanctuary from oppression. A
lot of violence, civil war. So temps Cisco start using that term where a sanctuary city. But it's I think the term is misleading. City cannot grant sanctuary to anyone. We can't prevent someone from being deported. We can't prevent federal law enforcement from enforcing immigration laws our city. So I think the term is misleading. We have always refer to ourselves as welcoming city and many other cities. We for themselves is welcoming City City, Minneapolis Chicago City of Denver. They always himself is welcoming cities and basically what this order is getting at for any. Cities seek to Not enforce federal immigration law. 8 days. They don't ask
about immigration status. Unknown. They don't assist in the federal enforcement of immigration law or turn over data that they MAY have regarding someone status. This executive order basically will will orders the Justice Department, departments the federal government to deny funding to cities that that have sanctuary policies. And we do have what? What's considered a sanctuary policy policy. It's our separation ordinance. I think it's really important to understand the separation ordinance. And the separation ordinance, which passed in APRIL of 2004 can be found a chapter. 44 city's administrative code. And we don't necessarily speed in APRIL 2004. So almost 21 years
it's in fact, and it basically states that city employees do that, enforce federal immigration policy. And with limited exceptions, city employees will neither ask for immigration documentation or status in exchange for city services. City employees. Don't solicit immigration information or inquire about immigration status unless it's specifically required to do so by law, our program, the federal government, there are certain times that funding is tied to immigration status. We'll have to ask about that. Its status in order to determine whether some qualifies for that program. We don't need MISTER Public Benefits program. So we sell them. Asked that question. There are some exceptions for law enforcement fire department in the city attorney's office will sometimes inquire around immigration status because
sometimes it's element across state crime that police will need to investigate or sometimes the fire department maybe administrating a federal program. Such as their during 9-1-1. Call on you. Who gets to pay for the ambulance and sometimes fire department. Employees will have to ask about immigration status and in the course of the seat attorney's office. Sometimes in prosecutions, we find out about immigration status because it impacts whether or not someone's going to plead guilty to a certain offense. If there's gonna be immigration consequences and we will work with defendants to avoid immigration consequence, wherever possible, because of the adverse effect it has on families. It's not necessarily
promoting justice. If someone gets exiled from the United States for rest of their life based on a pretty fairly minor offense. And the reason we us in enforces separation ordinance is not because immigration policy. We're not going post immigration policy. We are We are foremost promoting public safety, effective law enforcement requires the trust of all community members. One forsman officers rely on with presidents too provide information. To prevent and solve crimes. And if and if community members stopped talking to us, they stopped reporting crime. They sop victims of crime. Stop coming forward. Witnesses stopped talking fully because very difficult for law enforcement us not only prevent crime solve crimes. Happened. So that is the main reason for separation ordinance week. We
know that immigrants with and without lawful immigration status mistress, law enforcement agencies. If officers are perceived to be involved in immigration enforcement. So our our position on on immigration enforcement is it is a federal policy. Ed's enforce federal immigration law. We don't are are role is to enforce state law and city ordinances. Then there's authority for that. It's in the 10th Amendment. United States Constitution. It's basically says that. States have retained the rights. The federal government is giving rights that are enumerated in the Constitution. Whichever writes, I'm not a new word in the Constitution are retained by the states and we as a city, a political subdivision
of the state of the state, retain those rights as well. And there is a provision within within the 10th amendment called the anti comment during doctor which basically says the federal government cannot commandeer the services or resources of the state in order to enforce federal law. It's been several lawsuits decisions from the Supreme Court which wreak reinforce that doctor. Basically says that the federal government cannot force us or they commandeer our services and our resources to enforce federal law. Federal immigration policy. So based on on that. As well some of the other and requirements of the Constitution, such a separation of. Powers doctrine and how and how federal laws
created. It's certainly this type of Of action or executive order forcing us to enforce federal immigration law or are you know, risk losing federal funding is not within the powers of the executive. No weather deciding whether or not. Funds can be restricted is is a function the of the Legislature of Congress. And so based on those provisions as well as violations, possibly of the Administrative Procedures Act many, many jurisdictions have filed lawsuits against pro government on on this particular executive order as well as other. In the past that the first Trump administration try to impose. So we But in.
FEBRUARY, 5th, 2000, 25. The city of San Francisco County Santa Clara, California, several other cities filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration to and join and prohibit the federal government from going forward from withholding funds based on cooperation with immigration enforcement. City of Saint Paul City of Minneapolis. Joining that lawsuit. In FEBRUARY. Want every 27 to 2025. Lawsuit is going forward. There was a motion for a preliminary injunction that was filed last week. Councilmember Yang, you're as as to your question about preliminary injunctions and how that all works. Basically, what happens a lawsuit is filed trying to
stop the pass from going forward. If the plaintiffs can show there's going to be harmed, irreparable harm done if if that policy goes forward, while the lawsuit is pending. A judge can an injunction, a temporary injunction preventing the implementation that policy work. And it's effort kind of keep things that the status quo before the policy was enacted. Some of the factual things that will happen are done. So going whether whether the funding can held, whether it's going cause irreparable harm, whether its future funding, whether it's currents, funding, where that was already promised. And cities MAY Brady relied on that funding to carry a programming. So there's going to be some of that. Determination done. But if a
preliminary injunction is. Granted. Most likely the program is going to appeal it to the Court of Appeals. Maybe the Supreme Court. So it can take a long time. Usually takes about 2 to 3 years for it to get work through the system. S injunctions filed funding continues to go forward during during this lawsuit. But it's very important challenging because these executive orders not necessarily. Based time law. They're just they're just executive orders at current administration believes they have the authority to make. And so it's important for us challenge you also asking questions about what rights to immigrants have. And I want to talk briefly about those rights. Basically nncitizens have every right to it contained in U.S. Constitution where it talks about persons,
persons having that right. So immigrants have the right to remain silent. They have the right to speak to an attorney even if they're detained by ice, even though it's not a criminal proceeding, they have the right. Peak with their attorney and a lesson ice agent has a warrant signed by a judge. Person has a right to refuse entry. Refuse them entry into her. They still need a warrant to enter that home. They have the right to to a search of their belongings and they have a right decline. Any sign any documents without first seeking to their attorney and people have a right to an attorney in removal proceedings, although it at no cost to the government is how eat. So they have so they don't have the right to an attorney. All right. Attorney won't be pointed to them as it would in a criminal proceeding. They do have to come up with their own
attorney. They're paying for them finding a nonprofit can provide with free legal services. So based on all these changes and was going Mayor Carter did make a statement early on JANUARY talking about how our city workers and firefighters investigate crimes, fill potholes and provide safe spaces for you no regard for citizenship status. We've never had a role in enforcing federal immigration laws as for paper as a condition to receive city services and we never will. So that it's basically our separation earnings. And we continue to follow separation ordinance. But there's been a lot mistrust was it's been a very interesting to see how quickly the level of mistrust in community rose when when
things changed we have just interject quickly. We've think you as we just have 5 minutes left, I didn't want ask them a question here. And I really appreciate you having the slide about legal rights that immigrants have. This is definitely a common question that I get in a question that I have for you based off of, you know, on the comments that heard from from residence and just people who have questions regarding rights mean sometimes there there is a figure of authority and and I have been here. Well, if you even if you have these legal rights if you are not complying, then you're gonna get. Get into more trouble, you know, for lack of better words and soul and wondering like, what is your what is your response to that for for
people who often are? Are you getting, you know, that sort of hearing that sort of fear-mongering rhetoric? Sure. Well, I tell them. First of all, I'm I'm an attorney for the city and i can't give them legal advice. So I say they need to talk to an immigration turn and understand their rights because enforcing their rights is not something that. Should get the money, any worse position. And there. When they when they get pain and they need to be able to understand what's going on. They need to be able to if themselves in order to do that. They need to understand their rights and they need to and the need to have an attorney or at least have consulted with an attorney ty to really emphasize that they need to talk to an attorney and that they have rights and they
shouldn't be afraid to to to. Enforce those rights or use those rights to protect themselves. Thank you. I really appreciate that. I do. I do think that the education piece is so important. And want to say thank you for all the work that you're doing all Thank you. I just want to also talk about resources and organizations that exist in our community. We've created good Web page for the meeting left program created qr code that we give out to people so they can just zap it on their phone in JULY to the resources and the Web, our Web page that, you know it. You're welcome to take look at and utilizing gave to constituents who MAY have questions includes resources related to food, health care, housing, legal assistance, Education, transportation, some of our
programming around citizenship and the legal Defense Fund we provide funding for legal defense. Organizations to provide. Legal assistance and a lot more. Resources people are welcome to either reach out to me directly through my e-mail or call the office. And fact that if there's any other place happy to answer. looks like if you can in the next 120 seconds. It looks like you one additional slide around which communities in Saint Paul know and how can they best protect themselves in this moment? Sure. You know, the most important thing I think for for families right now is to is to develop an emergency plan because if they feel believe that someone in their family MAY be at risk
detention or removal, they need to have a point. And it's it's it's it's kind of like, you know, having a will are having implants, someone in your family passed away and each person's situation is unique and advice is usually has to be individualized. So what what a lot of the legal service organizations are doing are giving consultations to folks to help them kind come up with an emergency plan. Also to prepare documents, called it a dope, declaration of parental delegation parental authority. Which would give someone they designate authority over their children about school decisions. Doctors season should that parent be taken into custody and detained and not able to make those decisions for the child. There's also what's called a limited power of attorney, which has a little bit more authority. Are those children
because some people decide if they get removed, they're going to they're going to leave the children here who MAY be U.S. Citizens to to get educated family members or friends helping with those children so those are individual decisions. But the family also has to think about, you know, do we have a mortgage? Do we have a lease? You know, do we have our passport? Europe have burst tickets. We have a massive really collectibles document. Keep them in one place. Just being ready to have someone people to pick them up and saying here's everything that's important. Immunization records, all kinds of things that people, you know, don't sometimes ask me, I don't know where that is. But, you know, they need to get it together. What we found is that if people developing emergency plan, while there MAY still be afraid of being removed are detained, they at least had
some level rings it because they're doing something positive and they're kind of preparing. And I think that helps quite a bit. So I just wanted to mention that that we we are working with some of the legal service providers to in near future. We're going to be doing some sessions where the providers will be out people can come and talk to him. About to go up there. And appreciate that. I think just the last that suspect that the could someone doesn't agree interested in supporting those sessions awards community. So please keep us posted. I And so appreciate your time and all the work that you've put in both again presenting to council. It's one thing to sort of calling it all the information in a way that we receive that where we can make decisions is policymakers. And it's another thing to then continue to do to do the hard work of the city. So thank you so so much for your time. And I think your tenure at the
city as well. Just it's thank you very deeply appreciated. So. Thank you so much. And with the or committee of the Saint Paul City Council is adjourned. Thank you.