In the end the council voted in favor of setting up a future meeting with city lobbyists to talk about the concerns of Yakima residents and about immigration reform in general.
A couple of women from Ellensburg urged the city to follow Seattle's lead and concluded their request by suggesting a shopping boycott of Yakima could follow.
It's unknown if the council will make any changes during the discussion on the 16th of this month, but they say it's important for the public to know how the council feels about the flights.
Council member Kay Funk motioned to have the issue of ICE flights added to the next city council agenda for discussion but no other council members seconded her motion.
And despite the city protest the ICE flights continue Today.
Between 2015 and 2017 Motel 6 allowed ICE to search records of hotel guests, looking for known or suspected illegals, including a number of wanted criminal suspects.