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MI HR0151

Resolution

Status

Introduced

8/19/2025

Primary Sponsor

Gregory Markkanen

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Origin

House of Representatives

103rd Legislature

AI Summary

  • Urges the federal government to purchase the closed Ojibway Correctional Facility in Marenisco, Michigan and convert it into an ICE detention and deportation center

  • The Michigan Department of Corrections closed the Ojibway facility in December 2018, resulting in the loss of hundreds of jobs; the state has been attempting to sell the property since 2021

  • Cites a 154% increase in ICE arrests in Michigan since the beginning of President Trump's second term as justification for additional detention space

  • References Florida's conversion of a Miami-Dade County airport into a migrant detention facility ("Alligator Alcatraz") with capacity for approximately 3,000 detainees as a model

  • Directs copies of the resolution to be sent to the President, congressional leadership, the Department of Homeland Security Secretary, acting ICE Director, and Michigan's congressional delegation

Legislative Description

A resolution to urge the federal government to purchase the Ojibway Correctional Facility and turn it into a detention and deportation center for United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Last Action

Referred To Committee On Government Operations

8/19/2025

Committee Referrals

Government Operations8/19/2025

Full Bill Text

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