title: MICHIGAN City With First MUSLIM-MAJORITY City Council In America Announces “Safe Haven” For Refugees, Immigrants In Schools
text: It s good to know that illegal aliens, potential terrorists and their families have a place they can go to and feel  safe  from law enforcement in Hamtramck, MI As a MI resident, I feel  safer  already Hamtramck, MI Public Schools will provide  community resources  and  access to legal services  for any families negatively impacted by President Trump s policies, according to a statement published in a Detroit newspaper. All Hamtramck schools are safe havens with a commitment to help all immigrant families connect with the needed resources to avoid deportation,  Superintendent Thomas Niczay told the Detroit News.Hamtramck passed a resolution with the  safe haven  designation in January, before Trump even took office. As a board and a school district, we thought ahead and wanted to have a resolution in place to make our community know that whatever happens after January, Hamtramck Public Schools will be home away from home for their children,  Hamtramck school board secretary Salah Hadwan, whose family emigrated from Yemen, told the News.Hamtramck achieved notoriety in November 2015 when it elected the nation s first Muslim-majority city council, after which it took on the name of  Shariahville  among some Michiganians who saw the town as an example of what they didn t want their cities to become.Hamtramck also became one of the first cities to allow a mosque to broadcast the Islamic call to prayer over loudspeakers in 2004, leading many ethnic Polish residents to move out of the city and head for the suburbs.  WND 