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HR 151

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2025-2026 Regular Session Introduced by Tim Briggs and 22 co-sponsors

A non-binding House resolution urges the federal government to buy the Ojibway Correctional Facility for ICE detention and deportation use.

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Bill Summary · HR 151

Summary — HR 151 (2025): Urging federal purchase of Ojibway Correctional Facility for ICE detention/deportation use

Main purpose

HR 151 is a non‑binding House resolution that urges the federal government to purchase the Ojibway Correctional Facility in Marenisco, Michigan, and convert it into a detention and deportation center for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Key provisions

  • States the Ojibway Correctional Facility was closed by the Michigan Department of Corrections in December 2018 and that the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget has sought to sell the property since 2021.
  • Cites examples and statistics to support the request, including (as claimed in the text) a 154% increase in ICE arrests in Michigan since the start of what the resolution describes as “President Trump’s second term,” and a recent Florida conversion of airport property into a large migrant detention facility.
  • Formally urges the federal government to buy the Ojibway facility and repurpose it for ICE detention and deportation operations.
  • Directs that copies of the resolution be transmitted to the President of the United States, the Speaker of the U.S. House, the Senate Majority Leader, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Acting Director of ICE, and Michigan’s congressional delegation.

Who would be affected

  • Local community and workforce in Marenisco and surrounding Gogebic County (economic effects, potential job creation or community impacts tied to reuse of the facility).
  • Detainees subject to federal immigration enforcement and ICE operations.
  • Federal agencies (DHS/ICE) if they choose to pursue acquisition and repurposing.
  • Michigan state agencies involved in selling or transferring the property.

Procedural and legal aspects

  • Classification: House resolution (non‑binding). HR 151 requests action by the federal government but does not appropriate funds, create legal authority, or compel federal purchase.
  • Introduced: September 2, 2025 (per bill metadata). Status: referred to the House Committee on Government Operations.
  • If the resolution is adopted, it functions as a formal expression of the House’s position and a communication to federal officials; any actual purchase, transfer, or conversion would require separate federal decisions and appropriations and likely state‑level property disposition actions (sale/transfer, environmental reviews, facility modification, staffing and operating plans).

Considerations and likely next steps

  • The resolution does not include funding or an implementation plan. A federal purchase and conversion would entail negotiations between Michigan (property owner or seller) and federal agencies, appropriation of federal funds, regulatory/environmental reviews, and operational planning by DHS/ICE.
  • The proposal could raise local economic, legal, policy, and human‑rights considerations that stakeholders (local officials, residents, advocacy groups, and federal agencies) would likely examine during any subsequent planning or approval processes.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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