Pa. Senate passes bill requiring DAs to notify ICE if they encounter a criminal defendant illegally in U.S.
The bill was mostly endorsed by Republicans, with four Democrats signing on. None of are from the Philadelphia area.
John Rice holds a sign during a rally outside of City Hall in support of Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestinian activist and former Columbia University graduate student, on Monday. Khalil was arrested by immigration authorities, fueling tensions between the Trump administration and student movements over immigration policy. Adding to the unease is a new proposed bill in the state Senate that would compel district attorneys to alert ICE if a defendant is an undocumented immigrant.Read moreYong Kim / Staff Photographer
