Michigan Mayor Withdraws Recusal, Urges Approval of Resettlement Facility for Illegal Alien Teens

A young migrant waits for his turn to take a shower at the Department of Homeland Security holding facility in Donna, Texas, on March 30, 2021. Dario Lopez-Mills/Pool/Getty Images

ALMA, Mich.—Mayor Greg Mapes sent a letter on Sept. 7 to the Alma, Michigan, city commission requesting to undo his recusal from voting on and discussing a controversial plan to turn a former nursing home owned by Masonic Pathways into a resettlement center for unaccompanied alien minors.

Mapes, a longtime Mason, is an outspoken advocate on behalf of the project.