Oakland City Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan is following a recommendation from the city's privacy committee and requesting a council vote to slice ties with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency.
Last week,the Oakland privacy committee held a hearing on the city's multiple task force agreements with federal law enforcement agencies, focusing on ways these joint operations agreement could violate people's privacy and civil rights. The hearing uncovered a previously unknown memorandum of understanding between the Oakland police and ICE that allows OPD officers to work in task forces alongside ICE agents.
OPD told the privacy commission that they haven't conducted any joint operations with ICE under the agreement.…
Source: eastbayexpress.com