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The complaint alleges the facility lacks the space, health and sanitation systems and infrastructure to handle as many as 500 detainees at a time
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Two Grand Rapids immigrant advocate organizations protested during today’s Kent County Commission meeting, forcing it into an early recess
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Two Grand Rapids activist organizations accuse federal officers of using unreasonable force when it arrested an Ecuadorian man seeking legal asylum
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Two Michigan congresswomen visited the state’s largest immigrant detention center Tuesday. They are calling for stronger oversight of the Department of Homeland Security
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Mayor McCraight said that the detention center would be opposed by the city
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is planning to open a new administrative office in Southfield
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Senators Elissa Slotkin and Gary Peters voted against a funding package that included money for the Department of Homeland Security. It’s part of an effort to reform Immigration and Customs Enforcement
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The ICE reforms that Peters and Slotkin demand include a ban on agents wearing masks, that they visibly identify themselves, and only enter homes with valid judicial warrants
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Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer says President Trump is taking a dangerous step by threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act to stop protests in Minnesota
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The city was listed in a Washington Post story as a potential site for a small processing facility