Lawmakers and faith leaders demand Southfield (Michigan) building owners cancel ICE lease

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(Michigan Advance) Elected officials who represent Southfield on the state and federal level joined faith leaders and community members to demand that REDICO, the building management of One Towne Square in Southfield, where ICE has leased an office for its legal team, cancel the lease in a Wednesday afternoon press conference and rally near the building.

“ICE is leasing a new office here, I hate even calling it an office, a deportation machine here in Southfield, to fill it up with lawyers and administrators who will carry out this fascist police state,” said U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Detroit).

The lease, which will house the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor, ICE’s legal wing, first became known to the public in February, and this is the second such rally outside the office building.



“In early February, we learned that OPLA, the lawyers for ICE, the people whose job it is to defend the agency’s many abuses, who decide how big a child’s cage can legally be, were renting space five minutes from our beautiful neighborhood,” Lauren Fink, a member of the Southfield Neighbors Action Committee, said.

“They say that they’re proud to be headquartered here in Southfield. They say that they love Southfield too,” Fink said of REDICO. “We’ve got a great idea for how they can show it.” ...................(more)

https://michiganadvance.com/2026/03/12/lawmakers-and-faith-leaders-demand-southfield-building-owners-cancel-ice-lease/