Tlaib Slams ICE Expansion in Southfield and Romulus

DETROIT — Today, Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (MI-12) released the following statement:

“ICE has no place in Michigan. This is an unaccountable and violent agency that terrorizes and brutalizes our communities every day. We have all watched as ICE agents execute American citizens in broad daylight and detain and deport our immigrant neighbors with no regard for their wellbeing, right to due process, or the myriad other laws and court orders restricting their illegal operations. ICE is now attempting to expand its unwanted presence in Southeast Michigan, with a new office building lease with REDICO in Southfield to intensify their operations against our communities and a new warehouse jail in Romulus to cage hundreds of our neighbors in unsafe conditions. Across the country, people are coming together and fighting to prevent this massive expansion of ICE’s network of abuse and cruelty. We must organize and use every tool at our disposal to keep ICE out of our neighborhoods. I will continue working hand in hand with advocates to protect our communities from ICE.”

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