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La cooperación con las autoridades federales de inmigración no es nueva. Pero se ha intensificado enormemente desde 2025. -
We used dozens of records requests to build the most comprehensive available list of immigration arrests by Michigan police departments. -
Revisamos cientos de informes policiales que dan evidencia de colaboración entre policías municipales y las autoridades de migración.
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Cooperation with federal immigration authorities isn’t new. But it has been supercharged since 2025.
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![PLACEHOLDER: An editorial collage set against a muted gray-purple background, combining three layered elements. On the left, a torn envelope or piece of mail bearing the logo and address of the GEO Group's North Lake Processing Center. In the center, a heavily distorted, glitched portrait of a person whose face is obscured through digital fragmentation, suggesting anonymity and erasure. On the right, a partially visible medical report form with several fields heavily redacted in black. Visible handwritten entries include an incident date of 3-16-2026, a time of 09, a checked "Yes" box next to "necessary to notify physician?", "N/A" written next to a "Fighting" checkbox, and a handwritten description reading "Sexual assault from housin[g]" occurring at "3-4am."](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/9b8d60f/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1920x1070+0+5/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F9f%2F3d%2F1547e7294b60b5ff7f4823f3a84d%2Fq-story-headers-wip-10.png)
Una ex detenida asegura que sufrió agresiones sexuales reiteradas en North Lake Processing Center y que sus intentos de reportarlas a los administradores del centro no recibieron respuesta inicial. -
A conversation with a reporter covering Detroit's efforts to increase rental safety. What happened when a sexual assault was reported at Michigan's largest immigrant detention center. And the latest episode of On Hand on where Up North begins. -
A former detainee says she was repeatedly sexually assaulted at the North Lake Processing Center and that her attempts to alert administrators initially went unheeded.
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The story of a Chaldean Michigander in hiding in Iraq after being deported from the U.S. Plus, an iconic Olympic gymnast who graduated from University of Michigan. And, catching a wave on Lake Michigan with our latest episode of the podcast Beyond the Shore.
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The largest immigration detention center in the Midwest is in Michigan. Since October, the average daily population there ballooned to more than 1,300 people. Each week, a retired evangelical pastor from West Michigan goes to visit people there. Our producer Michelle Jokisch Polo tells that story.
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A federal judge ordered ICE to release Jose Contreras-Cervantes, a longtime Michigan resident who lacks legal status. The ACLU says he was detained without consistent treatment for his leukemia.
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![PLACEHOLDER: An editorial collage set against a muted gray-purple background, combining three layered elements. On the left, a torn envelope or piece of mail bearing the logo and address of the GEO Group's North Lake Processing Center. In the center, a heavily distorted, glitched portrait of a person whose face is obscured through digital fragmentation, suggesting anonymity and erasure. On the right, a partially visible medical report form with several fields heavily redacted in black. Visible handwritten entries include an incident date of 3-16-2026, a time of 09, a checked "Yes" box next to "necessary to notify physician?", "N/A" written next to a "Fighting" checkbox, and a handwritten description reading "Sexual assault from housin[g]" occurring at "3-4am."](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/750b7f9/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1920x1070+0+5/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F9f%2F3d%2F1547e7294b60b5ff7f4823f3a84d%2Fq-story-headers-wip-10.png)
