CT Cities Move To Limit ICE: Data-Sharing Bans And Mask Rules After Courthouse, Car Wash Raids

Multiple Connecticut cities — including Bridgeport, New Haven, Hamden and Middletown — are advancing rules to curb local cooperation with ICE after a string of arrests at courthouses, downtown areas and a Hamden car wash where eight people were detained. Measures under debate or adoption include bans on sharing resident data with ICE, limits on access to city cameras and license plate readers, and requests for agents to remove masks and identify themselves. Gov. Ned Lamont says the state is reviewing reports of destabilizing enforcement actions and considering policy options around courthouse safety and data privacy. The push reflects rising municipal resistance to an apparent ICE enforcement surge and calls for greater transparency and due process protections under Connecticut’s Trust Act.