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Resident urges Taylor council not to join 287(g) agreement with ICE
Summary
A resident delivering public comment urged the council to decline participation in a 287(g) immigration-enforcement agreement, citing regional opposition and concern about large detention facilities opening near the airport; no formal council action was recorded in response.
During the public-comment period, a resident identified as Timothy of Ramsey Street urged the Taylor City Council to oppose any local participation in a 287(g) agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Timothy described the prospect of a large detention facility opening near the airport and said the city should not replicate other jurisdictions’ past cooperation with ICE.
"I just ask that the issue needs consent and that we not take part in the 2 8 7 g agreement," Timothy told the council, urging the new council to reconsider actions taken by prior administrations.
Timothy referenced regional responses—he cited recent actions in other Michigan cities and expressed solidarity with Romulus leadership opposing a facility near the airport. The comment called the issue increasingly concrete as nearby facilities move toward opening and called for local refusal to enter or renew participation.
No council motion or recorded response adopting Timothy’s request appeared in the meeting transcript. The public comment was entered into the record during the open-business public-comment period; any official consideration would require future agenda placement or formal council action.
The council did not take an immediate vote or issue a direct verbal response on the matter during this meeting; the record shows the comment as part of the open-business public-comment docket.
