Michigan mayor says federal immigration authorities are 'terrorizing' people
Sterling Heights Mayor Michael C. Taylor blasted President Donald Trump's national deportation efforts Tuesday, saying, during a city council meeting, that federal authorities had been "terrorizing" peaceful communities and Trump's political opponents.
Taylor, a former Republican who's now a political independent, gave a fiery, 22-minute speech that focused on three individuals who were passengers in a vehicle that was stopped by Sterling Heights police on Jan. 9. The three people didn't have proper documentation to be in the U.S. and were held by local police until they were picked up by Border Patrol agents, Taylor said.
"I’ve been mayor for the last 11 years. I’ve been on the city council for 16 years," Taylor said. "During that period of time, I haven’t taken a strong interest in what the police department does because my assumption is that we have a functioning society, we have a functioning federal government, we have a federal government made up of people who care about the rights of the people in this country.
"I can say with complete certainty that is not the case anymore ... The current regime does not care about the Constitution. The current regime does not care about the laws."
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