AMERICAN IMMIGRATION COUNCIL • IRIS
Saint Paul City Council Approves Ordinance Requiring Additional Training and Accountability Measures Relating to Civil Immigration Enforcement Activity

Policy ID

STP-LA-2026-4-22
Local Response
Saint Paul
Legislative Action

Short Description

The City Council of Saint Paul, Minnesota adopted a new ordinance to bolster training, reporting, and accountability relating to federal immigration enforcement. The new ordinance requires: (1) All general service city employees to receive annual training and information on city policies and regulations on the city’s protocols for encountering civil enforcement activity in a city workspace; (2) Supervisors of general service city employees to receive additional tailored trainings on civil immigration enforcement activity; (3) The Saint Paul Police Department to create mandatory training for public safety employees to include guidance and best practices for personnel responding to calls for service involving civil immigration enforcement; (3) Annual reporting on the above trainings; (4) Creation of a city internal mechanism for employees to document any interaction involving civil immigration enforcement activity that occurs on city property; (5) Creation of a city reporting mechanism for the general public to use to report alleged violations of this ordinance; (6) Weekly reporting from Saint Paul Police Department to the City Council and Mayor’s Office regarding city resources expended in relation to civil immigration enforcement

Date Adopted

04/22/2026

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