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Last discussed Mar 30, 2026.
Public comments (16)
District 2 social worker supporting $1M legal defense fund, $750K general aid fund, and local interpreters.
City Council Budget Hearings · 22:10 →District 6 resident with Mipovid asked for $1M defense fund, $750K aid fund, and $250K for local language services.
City Council Budget Hearings · 22:02 →Undocumented District 6 resident of 26 years shared her family's deportations and backed all three funding asks.
City Council Budget Hearings · 27:27 →District 6 community leader of 28 years spoke through a translator about her brother-in-law's detention and family separation.
City Council Budget Hearings · 31:07 →Described children at her kids' school afraid of deportation to countries they've never known.
City Council Budget Hearings · 35:11 →Southwest Detroit rep for State of Southwest urged all three ICE funding asks, noting impacts on schools and youth mental health.
City Council Budget Hearings · 41:26 →District 6 resident noted Minneapolis, Oakland and LA already have such funds; also backed right to counsel, Office of Community Safety and participatory budgeting.
City Council Budget Hearings · 43:30 →Springwells community worker said ICE detentions are hitting every district — students pulled from school, parents afraid.
City Council Budget Hearings · 49:04 →District 7 educator said her students are afraid their parents won't come home; backed all three ICE funding asks.
City Council Budget Hearings · 1:04:56 →District 6 organizer said 25 people were detained in one week and pushed back on officials saying ICE presence isn't that bad.
City Council Budget Hearings · 1:08:19 →Read testimony from a detained resident describing racial profiling by immigration agents near Vernor and Dix.
City Council Budget Hearings · 1:11:54 →30-year resident shared how his uncle's 2009 deportation upended his family; called it a civil rights and due process issue.
City Council Budget Hearings · 1:17:30 →Michigan United organizer marked 11 years since her father's deportation and backed all three funding asks.
City Council Budget Hearings · 1:19:24 →District 6 caller voiced support for all three ICE funding asks, calling family separations dishonest and dishonorable.
City Council Budget Hearings · 2:08:33 →Urban Neighborhood Initiatives director said families in Southwest are choosing between food and utilities; asked for $2M in supportive services.
City Council Budget Hearings · 2:23:33 →Southwest Detroit rep said legal representation can cost $10,000+ in immigration cases and backed the funding asks citywide.
City Council Budget Hearings · 2:25:41 →