In a country where state violence is routine, this moment is horrific but not new. In 2025, state agents killed an average of three people a day, with Black people three times more likely to be among those killed than their white neighbors. For decades, our immigrant neighbors have been disappeared, abused, and killed by ICE.
We stand with all members of our community in demanding that the Kalamazoo City Commission and mayor take immediate and concrete action to protect us from ICE violence.
Recent actions by federal immigration enforcement, including multiple fatal shootings by ICE agents in Minneapolis, have shown that cooperation with ICE does not make communities safer. It puts lives at risk.
Therefore, we demand that the City of Kalamazoo:
- Remove Flock cameras and cancel any contracts with vendors or agencies that provide surveillance data used by law enforcement or federal agencies, including ICE.
- Publicly commit that the City will refuse to assist or cooperate with ICE operations in any form, direct or indirect, including data sharing, detainer requests, enforcement support or use of any city resources. Our Department of Public Safety must live up to their name.
- Commit to stand on the front lines with our community when federal agents enter our city.
Anything less than these actions is complicity in violence and oppression.
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