Immigration and Customs Enforcement

A group of Michigan elected officials and leaders heard from community members who say state and local government needs to protect immigrant rights and safety.

In a press conference Thursday afternoon, elected officials, faith leaders, and immigrant rights advocates voiced their concern about the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s expansion into Michigan communities.

The Detroit Federation of Teachers’ contract with the Detroit Public Schools Community District is set to expire June 30.

A new detention facility is coming to southeast Michigan, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirms. ICE said the detention center would create more than a thousand jobs. But many local leaders have opposed the facility.

Partnerships between ICE and local law enforcement agencies have expanded widely under the second Trump administration, data analyzed by NPR shows.

Michigan’s attorney general is encouraging residents to know their rights when dealing with immigration enforcement.

Hundreds of people, chanting "Ice out now," marched in Ann Arbor Friday as part of a general strike to protest violent actions by federal agents in Minneapolis.

The bills — all sponsored by Democrats — would forbid immigration enforcement actions at schools, houses of worship, and hospitals, and bar law enforcement from wearing masks in many situations.

Michigan Senators Gary Peters and Elissa Slotkin, both Democrats, have joined other members of their party in saying Immigration and Customs Enforcement needs reforms before they'll vote to fund it.

Multiple parents of Ypsilanti Community School students have been detained by Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) late afternoon on Tuesday, Jan. 27.