Apr 23 2026
For Immediate Release: Thursday, April 23, 2026
Media Contact: Daniela Perez, [email protected]
PHILADELPHIA — The National Domestic Workers Alliance celebrates Philadelphia City Council’s final passage of the ICE OUT legislative package and the powerful coalition of immigrant workers, community members, advocates, and elected leaders who fought to move these protections forward. With today’s vote, the legislation now heads to Mayor Cherelle L. Parker’s desk.
Today’s action marks a major step toward ensuring that Philadelphia’s laws reflect what immigrant families, domestic workers, and entire communities have long known: fear should never be a condition of going to work, taking a child to school, seeking health care, or accessing city services.
NDWA lauds Councilmember Kendra Brooks, Councilmember Rue Landau, the bill’s co-sponsors, and the numerous immigrant-led organizations, labor allies, faith leaders, and community members whose leadership and persistence helped bring the package across the finish line.
“ICE OUT’s final vote’s passage is a victory for immigrant communities, for domestic workers, and for the dignity and safety of our city,” said Aurora, Pennsylvania Organizing Manager at the National Domestic Workers Alliance. “Domestic workers and low-wage workers know what is at stake when immigration enforcement reaches into everyday life. Fear keeps workers from reporting abuse, asserting their rights, seeking care, and showing up fully in their communities. This legislation is about making sure our city chooses people over fear.”
The ICE OUT package would strengthen limits on city collaboration with federal immigration enforcement, protect sensitive data, prevent city spaces from being used to fuel raids and fear, and establish “citizenship or immigration status” as a protected class under Philadelphia law. The legislation would prohibit ICE from using city-owned property as staging or processing areas, restrict access to nonpublic city facilities without a judicial warrant, bar certain forms of data-sharing and collaboration, and prohibit discrimination based on immigration or citizenship status.
This effort builds on Philadelphia’s recent track record of worker protections, particularly those that protect Philadelphia’s immigrant workforce. In 2025, NDWA helped pass the Protect Our Workers, Enforce Rights (POWER) Act, a historic anti-retaliation law that strengthened enforcement and expanded protections for workers across the city.
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