Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey told the Pennsylvania Press Club Monday that he would not work with ICE but instead work to make his city “more welcoming."

Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey said his administration will not work with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement following an appearance in Harrisburg Monday.

Statements this week by Mayor Ed Gainey and his Democratic primary challenger, Allegheny County Controller Corey O’Connor, have raised the question of the City of Pittsburgh’s cooperation with deportation actions by the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency,

McCormick stated: "Gainey needs to follow the law and the lead of some other democratic mayors working to keep our cities safe."

Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey said on Monday that his administration will not work with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in deporting immigrants who entered the country illegally.

Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey’s decision not to work with ICE was more about trying to excite his left-wing base ahead of the May primary.

The mayor argued Monday intervention by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will not resolve the country’s immigration issues.

Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey on Monday said his administration would not work with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. His comments come amid heightened concerns from the local immigrant community about ICE raids as President Donald Trump has issued quotas for the immigration enforcement agency to ramp up arrests,

President Trump's executive orders have prompted some families in the Pittsburgh area to call immigration attorneys for help.

The locations expected to be targeted by deportation teams from ICE include those with large populations of immigrants, one source said.

Agents from a handful of federal agencies combined to arrest more than 40 people in the country illegally early Sunday during a raid in Adams County, the local office of the Drug Enforcement Administration said.

The Trump administration’s high-profile crackdown on undocumented immigrants has included businesses — and experts say there’s a lot business owners need to know if federal agents show up at a workplace.