Advocates at Michigan town hall call for defunding ICE, passing law enforcement reform bills

By: Katherine Dailey

Outlets: Michigan Advance

Published: February 5, 2026

Words: 815

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 1 day ago

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In a town hall hosted by the MI Freedom Coalition, a group of nonprofit and advocacy organizations throughout Michigan, leaders called on elected officials — specifically U.S. Sens. Elissa Slotkin and Gary Peters — to defund ICE and halt funding to the agency.

Ryan Bates, executive director of End Gun Violence Michigan, decried the fact that many Democrats are asking for Homeland Security funding to be contingent on body cameras and codes of conduct for …

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