Anti-ICE coalition asks Slotkin to help end ICE use of county jails for detention in Michigan

The Coalition to Shut the Camps has sent a letter to U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin requesting her assistance in ending the use of Michigan county jails as detention centers for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The advocacy group seeks to terminate local contracts with federal authorities as part of a broader effort to phase out immigration detention facilities within the state.
A Michigan-based group of organizations working to end immigration detention has sent a letter to U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Holly) calling on her to help end the practice of Michigan county correctional facilities and jails being used as detention centers for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The letter from The Coalition to Shut the Camps, […]
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