Overview
- Michigan and the City of Romulus filed suit Tuesday seeking a court order to pause work at a warehouse slated for an ICE detention center.
- Federal immigration officials bought the vacant Cogswell Street building near Detroit Metro Airport about a month earlier with plans to convert it into a detention site.
- Attorney General Dana Nessel says DHS and ICE violated the Administrative Procedure Act by skipping alternatives like existing jails and has received no response to her office's records request.
- The Romulus City Council voted unanimously to join the case after passing a resolution against the facility, and city officials say they have received no formal communication from federal authorities.
- ICE counters that the project would add nearly 1,500 jobs and tens of millions in tax revenue, while residents have held protests and city leaders report strain on a small police force.