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Detroit residents urge council to ban ICE activity on city property and end police cooperation
Summary
Dozens of residents and community groups urged Detroit City Council to adopt a sanctuary-city ordinance and to restrict Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations on city property, citing recent deadly incidents and alleged deportations and raids in Detroit neighborhoods.
Dozens of residents and community organizers urged the Detroit City Council on Jan. 9 to adopt sanctuary-city protections and sharply limit Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity on city property, saying existing local practice has endangered families, students and community trust.
Speakers during a lengthy public-comment period repeatedly backed a memorandum introduced by Councilmember Gabriela Santiago Romero that asks the city to explore legal steps to keep ICE off city-owned sites and to prohibit Detroit Police Department cooperation with federal immigration enforcement unless required by law. “We need a sanctuary city and nothing less,” said Daniel Weber Alatorre, an emergency medical technician who said police should not be detaining neighbors for ICE.
Community groups — including the Detroit Community Action Committee, the Detroit Alliance Against…
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