St. Louis adopted welcoming-city policies in 2017 limiting local cooperation with ICE detainers, but Missouri's 2021 SAPA framework and §67.307 force the city to honor most federal cooperation requirements.
Mayor Lyda Krewson signed welcoming-city Executive Order 60 in 2017, directing SLMPD and city staff not to honor most ICE civil detainer requests and limiting city participation in federal immigration enforcement. Missouri's 2021 statutory environment — including §67.307 banning sanctuary policies that prohibit cooperation with federal immigration agencies — forced the city to narrow the order. SLMPD will not stop or arrest based solely on immigration status, but will share information when state law requires. Federal funding tied to compliance with 8 USC §1373 also constrains city policy. The Civil Rights Enforcement Agency handles discrimination complaints arising from interactions.
City employees who ignore mandatory federal information-sharing requirements under MO §67.307 can expose the city to loss of state funding and litigation; civil-rights violations against residents are enforced separately.
See how St. Louis's sanctuary policy preemption rules stack up against other locations.
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