Michigan’s Labor Movement Calls for Completion of Withdrawal of ICE from Minnesota, Rescinding of ICE Deportation Funding, and to Stay Out of Michigan

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: February 16, 2026
Contact: Leah Leszczynski, lleszczynski@miaflcio.org, 989.316.6044  

LANSING, MI — The Michigan AFL-CIO released the following statement in solidarity with the Minnesota AFL-CIO and every community across the nation impacted by ICE: 

“The presence of ICE in Minnesota is a threat to all Americans and our sacred rights. Michigan’s labor movement calls for the completion of the planned withdrawal of ICE in Minnesota, accountability for the actions of ICE to the fullest extent permitted by law, and the rescinding of ICE’s massive deportation funding,” said Ron BIEBER, president of the Michigan AFL-CIO. “ICE is not about safety — it is about intimidation, control, and extremism. The working class must stand united against attempts to intimidate us. To Trump’s plans to have ICE set up shop in Michigan, we say: hell no. Get out and stay out.”   

The Michigan AFL-CIO, Michigan’s largest labor organization, is a federation representing forty different labor organizations, eighteen different central labor councils, and eight constituency groups representing over 1 million union members and their families. 

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