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MI HR0151
Resolution
Status
8/19/2025
Primary Sponsor
Gregory Markkanen
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AI Summary
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Urges the federal government to purchase the closed Ojibway Correctional Facility in Marenisco, Michigan and convert it into an ICE detention and deportation center
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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
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Cites a 154% increase in ICE arrests in Michigan since the beginning of President Trump's second term as justification for additional detention space
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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
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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