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Los Angeles seeks to create ICE-free zones to protect residents

The Board of Supervisors urged its lawyers to draft an ordinance to create 'ICE-free zones' to prevent the use of its facilities by federal agents

Los Angeles seeks to create ICEfree zones to protect residents
Maharanee Kumari
Maharanee Kumari Jan 15, 2026 - 12:01 UTC
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE ) agents are no longer present in the new spaces that Los Angeles County is working on.

The state Board of Supervisors gave the county's attorneys the task of creating "ICE-free zones" and forbid county-owned facilities from acting as staging facilities or control centers for federal immigration authorities.

The movement, introduced by Supervisors Lindsey Horvath and Hilda Solis, was inspired by a Chicago mayor's executive order from October that forbids immigration authorities from using area properties while conducting business.