MichMash: Attorney General Dana Nessel talks ICE detention center lawsuit, data centers and more
In this week’s MichMash, Attorney General Dana Nessel discusses why she finds issue with how the Department of Homeland Security is acting in Michigan, as well as data centers and the Trump administration’s immigration policies as a whole.
The State of Michigan and the City of Romulus have sued the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to stop them from converting a warehouse into an ICE detention center.
This week on MichMash, Gongwer News Service’s Alethia Kasben talks with Attorney General Dana Nessel to discuss her concerns about the department’s actions and much more.
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In this episode
- Why did the State of Michigan and the City of Romulus sue the U.S. Department of Homeland Security?
- Attorney General Nessel’s take on Pres. Trump attending Supreme Court hearing on birthright citizenship.
- Data centers in Michigan
- What Attorney Nessel plans to do after leaving office this term.
Nessel felt that the legality of the Romulus warehouse purchase was in question, and even pointed out the irony of the DHS operation.
“They are taking people who mostly have no criminal records of any kinds and [saying] that these people didn’t come into the state properly so we are going to detain you or deport. Well, DHS didn’t come in to Romulus properly. They are not abiding by the laws. So I think it’s a bit of hypocrisy by the federal government.”
Nessel said they filed a preliminary injunction so that DHS could not proceed with the project while the legal battle evolves.
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