Immigration detention

An asylum-seeking mother returned to Venezuela after months in immigration detention. Just weeks after her husband and children joined her, the region where they were restarting their lives was devastated by two of the worst earthquakes in Latin American history.

Over the last year, members have been convening “circles” of immigrants across the state to better understand what legislative proposals they see as most important to create their platform.

Today on Stateside: An immigrant family facing deportation finds support at their children's school. Then, why "zombie fish" in Lake Superior are stunning scientists. And a conversation with the author of a novel set at the Grand Hotel, plus the story of the inmate who escaped a Michigan prison by plane in 1975.

After Hector Marin’s wife, Osmary Garcia, was arrested by immigration officers, he worried that the same thing could happen to him – leaving the couple’s six children to fend for themselves. He didn't know where to turn, until he remembered a flier for a Detroit Public Schools Community District staff person who was helping immigrant families navigate the immigration system in the wake of increased enforcement.

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is calling the move a "victory" for the Detroit region. The New York Times is reporting the Romulus location is one of seven nationwide ICE is looking to sell.

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 former detainee says she was repeatedly sexually assaulted at the North Lake Processing Center and that her attempts to alert administrators initially went unheeded.

Those who – like the plaintiffs in this case – have lived in the U.S. without incident should be able to request bond, according to the 2-1 ruling from a panel of judges on the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals. The court found the Trump administration’s “mandatory detention” policy to be an unconstitutional denial of due process rights.

What a new ruling by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals means for immigrants being held in Michigan. Plus, how a black bear made its way to Southeast Michigan. And, a new film follows the childhood of a Detroit native and the complicated tale of his return to the city.

The case seems likely headed for the U.S. Supreme Court.