{"id":2989,"date":"2026-03-18T17:31:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T21:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/ohio\/?post_type=article&#038;p=2989"},"modified":"2026-03-18T17:31:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T21:31:34","slug":"common-cause-ohio-assists-in-victory-against-ice-in-columbus","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/ohio\/articles\/common-cause-ohio-assists-in-victory-against-ice-in-columbus\/","title":{"rendered":"Common Cause Ohio Assists in Victory Against ICE in Columbus"},"template":"","class_list":["post-2989","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"","featured_image":"","article_type":false,"authors":"","related_issues":false,"related_work":false,"location":null},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":"","name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Franklin County Municipal Court recently proposed a new rule so that, in most circumstances, ICE arrests will no longer be allowed in the courtroom. (Read about it <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dispatch.com\/story\/news\/crime\/2026\/03\/11\/franklin-county-municipal-court-publishes-rule-aimed-to-curb-ice-arrests\/89097685007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HERE<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.)\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The court\u2019s decision comes after pressure from the public (that\u2019s YOU) as well as pressure from <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reelectjudgebrown\/posts\/1737622270548975?ref=embed_post\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Franklin County Common Pleas Judge Chris Brown<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dispatch.com\/story\/opinion\/columns\/guest\/2026\/03\/06\/leonardo-fausto-ice-franklin-county-municipal-court-columbus-ohio-ice-immigrants\/89002624007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">State Senator Bill DeMora<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. This victory is a step towards making sure the courtroom is a place where everyone can access justice without fear of being abducted. <\/span>\r\n\r\n<b>You can submit a comment to the court in favor of the proposed rule change <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.franklincountymunicourt.org\/About\/Local-Rules\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>HERE<\/b><\/a><b>.\u00a0<\/b>\r\n\r\n<b>Fight back against FLOCK Cameras in Columbus<\/b>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now we have a new target and a new goal. The use of license plate-scanning FLOCK cameras has skyrocketed in recent years. But as their use has grown, so have concerns about mass surveillance and the possibility that data could be shared with ICE or used to track protesters. An increasing number of cities have terminated their contracts with FLOCK over concerns about data-sharing.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<b>Did you know that there are hundreds of FLOCK cameras spread all across Franklin County?<\/b>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It\u2019s anyone\u2019s guess what information is being collected, where and how data is being shared, and who maintains control over it. The possibilities for misuse are endless and frightening.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the current City of Columbus contract with FLOCK ending in May,<\/span><b> we have an opportunity right now to pressure Columbus City Council not to renew.\u00a0<\/b>\r\n\r\n<b><a href=\"https:\/\/act.commoncause.org\/letters\/tell-columbus-city-council-no-more-flock-cameras\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Take Action<\/a> to send emails to Columbus City Council members.\u00a0<\/b>"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_add_component","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_add_component":null},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_work","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_work":{"heading":"Work","manually_curate":false,"work":null}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_related_articles","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_related_articles":{"heading":"Updates","button_text":"See all Related Articles","manually_curate":false,"articles":null}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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