ICE-free zone resolution

MIRA advocate urged a strong resolution against ICE tactics, citing deaths in custody and over 2,300 people disappeared in Michigan.

Thanked the board for the ICE-free zone resolution and read local residents' fearful accounts, urging passage.

Dexter Township advocate personally asked each commissioner to support the resolution, citing a 43-person township meeting on immigration enforcement.

Yielded time to Laura Sanders but asked the board to expand the resolution to all county property, not just buildings.

Workers Strike Back member urged outright defiance of ICE and criticized the board's earlier decision on employment records.

Called for banning ICE from all municipal buildings and framed the issue around historical displacement.

Described an ICE detention of a mother that left Ypsilanti schools managing her children's crisis; urged extending the resolution to all county property.

Argued ICE presence in public spaces erodes trust in local law enforcement and pushed for the resolution.

43-year Old West Side resident invoked Holocaust history, urging the board not to be 'good people who do nothing.'

Supported the resolution but pressed on enforceability — what happens when ICE violates it.

Said the resolution is 'just a piece of paper' and urged directing county enforcement to actively oppose ICE on all county property.

Described legal-immigrant relatives in Minneapolis too afraid to leave home since the Renee Good shooting.

50-year Ann Arbor resident and son of immigrants demanded urgent countywide policy barring ICE and DHS from all county facilities.

Retired Lutheran minister cited 37 deaths in ICE detention this year and his church's refugee resettlement history.

Ann Arbor resident urged the county to say 'no, this is not normal' to masked federal enforcement.

Ann Arbor worker called county facilities spaces that should be safe for citizens and non-citizens alike.

Hispanic American speaker supported ICE enforcement, criticized the protest signs, and defended the voting requirement.

Recounted ICE arrests across the county, including her spouse's, and asked the board to make county buildings ICE-free zones.

Urged the board to adopt a resolution banning ICE from county buildings, properties, and programs.

Asked the board to ban ICE from county facilities, citing Willow Run deportation flights and detention abuses.