Posted on 01/29/2025 12:09:38 PM PST by DallasBiff
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan announced he would not fight the Trump administration’s campaign to deport illegal immigrants.
During the 2025 Detroit Policy Conference, Duggan said that while he supported lawful immigration, the city would not resist Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents’ efforts to remove people in the United States illegally.
“Detroit is not a sanctuary city,” Duggan said. “We are a welcoming city. A welcoming city means if you are in this country lawfully as an immigrant, we encourage you to come here. We support your success. If you are in this country illegally, we should not be shielding you from ICE and federal enforcement, and the city of Detroit does not do so.”
Duggan is a longtime Democrat who was first elected mayor in 2013.
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Change of heart ?
Smart Guy. He knows what could happen if he broke the law and shielded illegals.
Probably not, just an intelligent enemy who knows when the battle, possibly the war, is lost.
Maybe he actually cares about the people in his city. Who am I kidding?
Black folks in places like Detroit, Chicago, Memphis,. etc... will vote their black racial politics - but this definitely does NOT include support for illegals, particularly from South America or mid-east.
Damn, is this the Bee? They had me going for a minute.
He does care.
Good move. The Party is over. The USA Piñata is busted and there’s nothing left. Time for you hunter gathers to go find your own 42 dollar meals.
So I'm not surprised.
The Detroit mayor is pretty sensible.
prevent defense...
I can’t remember where I saw the claim on here today, but I’d read that Mike Duggan is planning on running as an independent to be the Governor of Michigan next year. That may play into this.
The Muslims must not care for the illegal immigrants muscling in their territory ?.
Uh, Mike, You uh, may want to be careful. This is Michigan and hasn’t the Governor, Attorney General, and Secretary of State (plus Supreme Court) harassed, heavily fined and jailed citizens for spreading such anti-democratic ideas?
We know you are the Boss in Detroit, but Soros runs the state.
They’ll go after him like they are Adams in NYC.
“The Muslims must not care for the illegal immigrants muscling in their territory ?.”
Nor do the Detroit blacks. Remember... the left has, for decades, pushed the theory to their voting constituents that there is only so many “slices of pie” to go around. Illegals now horning in on “that pie” is now coming back to bite these leftists. Consequences... irony.
he was the same way with the BLM protests
he had no problems
Actually, Duggan is a decent Mayor for a large Dem City. When the 2020 riots were going on and the police in other cities were standing down and letting them destroy the cities, Duggans police chief (James Craig) said that ain’t happening here… and shut down the riots.
Black gangs have been at war with Hispanic gangs over territory in California, and have been losing. The mayor does NOT want that war in Detroit.
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