Memphis City Council Requests ICE and National Guard Leave City
The Memphis City Council has formally requested that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the National Guard leave the city.
Memphis, TN, October 20, 2026 —
The Memphis City Council has formally requested that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the National Guard leave the city, according to the information provided. The summary does not give the date of the request or describe how the council formally conveyed it.
No explanation for the request was included. The available information also does not say whether the request followed a council vote, identify any members who supported or opposed it, or provide details about the circumstances prompting the action.
The summary does not specify whether ICE or the National Guard have responded, whether either agency has agreed to leave, or what steps might follow. It also does not describe the agencies’ activities in Memphis or indicate how long they may have been there. Those details cannot be established from the information provided.
The stated action is a request by the council. The summary does not clarify whether it is legally binding or whether it changes the agencies’ operations. It gives no information about the request’s intended timing or implementation.
Further details about the council’s rationale, the process behind the request and any response from the agencies were not provided. As a result, the known information is limited to the council’s formal request that ICE and the National Guard leave Memphis; the outcome remains unspecified.
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