State Rep. Dylan Wegela has introduced a ban on state property being sold to Immigration and Customs Enforcement or becoming ICE detention centers.
Wegela (D-Garden City) said in a release that 2025 tied for the deadliest year on record for deaths in ICE detention centers; 32 people were killed in ICE custody.
“Some might say there’s not much we can do here in Michigan, or at the state level, to fight against this administration. That’s wrong. We can fight against ICE right here at home,” he said in the release.
“We’re seeing targeted killings against those peacefully resisting ICE in their assault on Minneapolis, like the shootings of Renée Good and Alex Pretti.
“We continue to get horrific news of how those same agents treat people out of the public eye. One of the first deaths in custody this year was Geraldo Lunas Campos. ICE deemed it a suicide. The El Paso County Medical Examiner’s Office revealed the truth: it was a homicide. Lunas Campos died due to compression on his neck and torso.”
House Bill 5494 would ban the state from conveying property to ICE and would implement a deed restriction on all property conveyed by the state, banning it from being used as a detention center.
“These detention centers should not exist. What we can do in Michigan is make it clear that ICE is not welcome here,” Wegela said. “And we can make it so that even if private contractors try to get around a ban on selling state property to ICE but are still running detention centers, that they have to forfeit their property back to the state.”
Wegela represents the 26th District. In addition to Garden City and some of Romulus, the district includes Inkster and part of Westland.
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