OTTAWA COUNTY — As public outrage and attention are focused on the deadly surge of federal agents in Minneapolis, immigration operations have continued across the U.S. — and West Michigan faith leaders are asking local elected leaders to take a stand to protect their residents.
As of Dec. 14, ICE arrested more than 328,000, deported nearly 327,000, and was holding 68,400 people. Shortly after Christmas, the agency changed tactics from targeting local jails as a pipeline for detaining immigrants to deploying to specific cities for raids.
After two shooting deaths of U.S. citizens at the hands of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, demonstrations opposing the Trump Administration’s Operation Metro Surge took place across Minnesota late last month, drawing tens of thousands of protesters…