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TAYLOR, MI, May 6, 2025 ~ The Taylor Police Department recently became the second Michigan department to officially partner with ICE to crack down on undocumented immigrants.
The agreement, made on April 28, brought the department into the 287 Program, which lets federal immigration authorities give some immigration enforcement powers to local authorities, such as questioning and detaining non-citizen suspects. The city of Taylor has an immigrant population of over 4,100 people, or 6.6%, as of 2023.
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May 6, 2025 ~ WJR Senior News Analyst Marie Osborne discusses DHS‘s offer to pay $1,000 to migrants to self-deport and Taylor police making a deal with ICE.
(CONTINUED) Taylor Police Chief John Blair claims this program won’t change procedure at the department, only contacting ICE if a suspect in a crime is an undocumented immigrant. The Trump administration has been slammed for its escalated raids and arrests of immigrants, including the deportation of legal resident Kilmar Abrego Garcia to an El Salvador megaprison, which the administration has admitted was a mistake.
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