'It sickens me': Former GOP mayor slams Trump admin in profane rant

A Michigan mayor is now directly calling out President Donald Trump's administration over its heavy-handed treatment of both U.S. citizens and immigrants alike.

The Detroit News reported Wednesday that Sterling Heights Mayor Michael C. Taylor — a former Republican who is now a registered independent – used part of a city council meeting to denounce the Trump administration for "terrorizing" American cities. Taylor spoke for roughly 22 minutes about an incident in which local police pulled over three men who didn't have documentation to be in the United States. They were held by local police until Border Patrol agents picked them up, with Taylor saying he no longer felt confident in turning over people to the Trump administration.

Taylor said in his speech that while he had normally tried to not get involved in local policing under the assumption that both the police and the federal government were operating in good faith, he felt that federal authorities no longer "care about the rights of the people in this country."

"I can say with complete certainty that is not the case anymore," Taylor said. "The current regime does not care about the Constitution. The current regime does not care about the laws."

The Sterling Heights mayor cited various recent events in Minneapolis, Minnesota, like the fatal shooting of U.S. citizen Renee Good at the hands of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent Jonathan Ross, to understate his claim that city officials should no longer turn over anyone "peacefully existing" in Sterling Heights to "those monsters."

"I am absolutely dismayed at what this country has become, what we are accepting right in front of our own eyes, some of us out there cheering it on," Taylor said. "It sickens me. It disgusts me. I have never been less proud of this country."

When the Detroit News asked Taylor if he regretted his public criticism of the Trump administration, the mayor conceded that he briefly considered not making his speech out of concern that the administration could one day target his city.

"F—— that," Taylor said of his decision to make the speech. "That is not courage. That is not leadership. That’s not taking decisive action. That’s being a coward."