The City Council will take another week to finalize resolution language. The city will also fund immigrants’ defense and naturalization in 2026 budget.

Lue Yang, a Hmong refugee, was released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Wednesday, Dec. 3 after there was a monthslong effort to get him out of detention.

The forceful detention was captured on video by a local teacher who witnessed the incident with his young daughter.

Lue Yang, an auto supply engineer and Hmong refugee, was freed by ICE on Dec. 3 after spending more than four months in prison.

A senior law enforcement official told NBC News that ICE is launching immigration enforcement operations in Minneapolis. It comes as President Trump is facing backlash in the city’s Somali community over his recent comments.

City officials have said that the impact fee would apply to the ICE building in Portland only when or if the federal government renews its lease at that property. It is unclear when the current lease ends. An ICE spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment Wednesday.

ICE is on track to arrest twice as many people in New York in 2025 than in 2024. But the pace of arrests fell slightly in recent months compared to summer highs.

The city attorney's office has been silent for seven days on whether or not the latest version of a draft proposal would pass legal muster.

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