A Michigan man was visiting Saudi Arabia on a pilgrimage when he was detained.
Author: Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press
‘Please, calm down’: School board meeting descends into chaos as protesters target LGBTQ books
Hundreds of protesters shut down a school board meeting with cries of anger over certain LGBTQ books they said are too sexually explicit for children.
40 years after Vincent Chin’s death, Asian Americans continue fighting against hate in Detroit and beyond
Vincent Chin, a Chinese American man, was beaten with a bat in 1982 in an enclave of Detroit. His death sparked a national movement against Asian hate
Children of immigrants fear deportation when they turn 21
There are about 200,000 children who may have to self-deport when they turn 21 because of a green card backlog that affects their parents.
Judge says she ‘made a mistake’ berating an elderly cancer patient over weeds
Michigan Judge Alexis Krot has apologized to an elderly cancer patient she threatened with jail time over some unkempt weeds after a video went viral.
Civil rights leaders, legal experts call on Michigan Board of Canvassers to certify election
Civil rights advocates called on the Michigan Board of Canvassers to certify election results, saying the canvassers’ role is largely a technical one.
Immigrant workers at Michigan greenhouse: We were cheated, tricked into deportation
Migrants from Mexico came to Michigan to work at a greenhouse, but were cheated of pay and tricked into being detained, according to a lawsuit.
‘Every day I was praying’: Detroit dad deported after 30 years returns home to US
Jorge Garcia was deported on Jan. 15, 2018, and was stuck in Mexico for almost two years, separated from his family in Michigan.
Undercover ICE recordings reveal tactics of fake university that led to 250 students arrested
The University of Farmington, a fake school in Michigan, was the product of a four-year undercover operation by the Department of Homeland Security.
ICE arrests 90 more foreign students at fake university created by DHS in Michigan
Since January, ICE has arrested about 250 students who were enrolled at a fake university in Michigan created to lure in students.