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Hundreds of residents demand Southfield block ICE office; council adopts resolution but stops short of banning lease
Summary
Residents packed a Southfield council meeting to protest an ICE administrative office leased at One Town Square, urging the city to ban ICE from public property, refuse cooperation with the agency and pressure landlord Redico to cancel the lease. The council adopted a resolution clarifying police policy and pledged to pursue additional legal and policy options.
Hundreds of residents urged the Southfield City Council on Feb. 23 to take stronger action against an Immigration and Customs Enforcement administrative office leased at One Town Square, telling elected officials that a statement of values is insufficient and asking the city to press Redico to cancel the lease and to bar ICE from city property and polling places.
The meeting began with the council reading and adopting a resolution affirming Southfield’s commitment to community safety and civil rights and clarifying that the Southfield Police Department “does not participate in immigration status investigations or enforce federal immigration law,” a position the mayor read into the record before the council approved the resolution unanimously.
Public comment then filled the bulk of the evening. Elena Berg, a community liaison for Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, described local constituent services and federal funding for…
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