​AG Nessel issued a statement in response to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Agency has decided to abandon its plans to convert the Romulus warehouse into an immigration detention center and instead will sell the facility. ICE purchased the warehouse, located at 7525 Cogswell Street in Romulus, in February of this year without notice to the State, to the City, or to the general public, and without fulfilling various statutory requirements. The decision follows a lawsuit, filed by Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, that challenged the purchase and intended conversion.

“Romulus simply was not – and never would be – the appropriate place for a large-scale detention center. The decision to sell the facility is a victory not just for the residents of Romulus whose day-to-day life would have been negatively impacted by its presence, but for the entire metro region. The ICE warehouse proposal was every bit as ill-conceived as it was cruel and unnecessary, and I am relieved that this chapter is coming to a close." -AG Nessel