Making Fremont an ICE-free zone would forbid federal immigration enforcement from using city property: this means federal immigration enforcement would not be able to stage, park vehicles, etc. Fremont is already a sanctuary city – meaning many City of Fremont employees, such as the police, do not work with ICE. However, ICE and other federal immigration enforcement can still show up in Fremont, like they did in the Sundale neighborhood back in November 2025. They are not currently banned from using city property. If we ban federal immigration enforcement from using city property, it will be harder for them to harass and terrorize our neighbors.

 

On May 5th, City Council is considering an item to start the process of making Fremont an ICE-free Zone. The City staff would return to Council in 30-days to present legal language that would make Fremont an ICE-free Zone. We are hoping for the Council to pass this first item on May 5th to begin the process, and then for Council to pass the second item when it returns to the body to complete the process and have Fremont as an ICE-free Zone.

 

Have other places done this? Yes! Other jurisdictions in our area including Alameda County, Santa Clara County, Oakland, Pinole, San Jose, and Santa Rosa have passed similar ICE Free Zone laws. Fremont is the largest Bay Area city that doesn’t have an ICE Free Zone law!

 

What can you do? Show up and let the City Council know that we want Fremont to be an ICE-free zone! You can send an email to your Councilmember in support of this, and/or you can speak up during the public comment period at the meeting this Tuesday (5/5).

 

To email your city council member:

• You can email your Councilmember or the entire council:

  • Mayor Raj Salwan: rsalwan@fremont.gov

  • Vice Mayor Yajing Zhang: yazhang@fremont.gov

  • Councilmember Teresa Keng, District 1: tkeng@fremont.gov

  • Councilmember Desrie Campbell, District 2: dcampbell@fremont.gov

  • Councilmember Kathy Kimberlin, District 3: kkimberlin@fremont.gov

  • Councilmember Yang Shao, District 4: yshao@fremont.gov

  • Councilmember Raymond Liu, District 6: rliu@fremont.gov

  • You can find out who your Councilmember is at this interactive map linked here

• We have a few example email templates you can use linked here

 

To speak during the council meeting this Tuesday (5/5)

• The council starts its meeting at 7:00pm

• You fill in and submit a speaker card by the start of the meeting or before the agenda item is reached

• We have a few talking points you can use linked here

If you have any further questions, please feel free to get in touch with Indivisible Fremont and our organizers Annie Koruga and Bryan Tor at fremontindivisible@pm.me