On May 15, the City of Richmond is going to vote on a sanctuary city law to prohibit contracts with ICE data brokers.Press Conference at 6pm. Council meeting starts at 6:30pm.

Bloomberg: CA Cities ICE Out Contractors Helping Feds Track Immigrants
LA Times: TechnologyTurns Our Cities Into Spies for ICE
SF Gate: Immigrant Activists Ask Livermore's Vigilant Solutions To End ICE Contract

In Richmond, the bill sponsors are Councilmember and AD 15 candidate Jovanka Beckles and Councilmember Ada Recinos.

This will be the first Deport ICE ordinance in the Bay Area, but more are coming in Alameda, Berkeley and Oakland.

We need to support our elected officials all over the Bay Area in standing up with our immigrant communities to the deportation machine.

Please come to the press conference Tuesday, May 15 at 6pm at Richmond City Hall and reach out to friends and colleagues.  You can RSVP on PeoplePower or on Facebook. Or just show up.

To write or call the Council Members :

Tom Butt, Mayor 510-620-6503  tom.butt@intres.com
Melvin Willis, Vice Mayor  510-412-2050  melvin_willis@ci.richmond.ca.us
Ben Choi  510-620-6565  ben_choi@ci.richmond.ca.us
Jovanka Beckles (sponsor) 510-620-6568  jovanka_beckles@ci.richmond.ca.us
Eduardo Martinez 510-620-6593  eduardo_martinez@ci.richmond.ca.us
Ada Recinos (sponsor) 510-620-5431  ada_recinos@ci.richmond.ca.us
Jael Myrick  510-620-6636 jael_myrick@ci.richmond.ca.us

#DeportICE is a coalition of advocacy groups striving to make sanctuary protections real in cities and counties across California.#DeportICE welcomes fellow advocacy groups to join the coalition and accepts submissions of information regarding additional data brokers for ICE. We have a Signal Tip Line set up for anonymous contributions.

Share your thoughts on our #DeportICE hashtag twitter feed. Join the conversation.

More details at www.deportice.org