A coalition of immigrant and civil rights organizations declared a victory Thursday after Center Line city officials cancelled an agreement with federal immigration officials that would have seen local police officers deputized to enforce immigration laws.

The move follows a standing-room only Center Line City Council meeting earlier in the week where opponents of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) spoke for nearly an hour against the so-called Section 287(g) memo of understanding between the city and ICE.

After listening to their concerns, council members directed city administrators to withdraw from the ICE plan.

“The ICE 287(g) Task Force model, which deputizes local police to perform federal immigration enforcement duties, has been repeatedly linked to racial profiling,

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