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Michigan Requires State-Contracted Child Welfare Agencies to Accept All Qualified Families

The state of Michigan today announced that it will require all state-contracted child welfare agencies to comply with its non-discrimination requirements and accept all qualified families, including same-sex couples.

March 22, 2019

ACLU and Michigan Immigrant Rights Center Appeal Decision Exonerating Grand Rapids Police Captain Who Called ICE on American Citizen and Marine Veteran Jilmar Ramos-Gomez

ACLU and MIRC Also Ask Grand Rapids Civilian Appeal Board to Conduct Full Review of Grand Rapids Police Interactions with ICE Regarding Jilmar Ramos-Gomez and Make Appeal Process More Accessible and Fair

March 7, 2019

ACLU of Michigan and Michigan Immigration Rights Center Respond to Grand Rapids Placing Police Captain Curt VanderKooi on Administrative Leave After He Called ICE on U.S. Citizen and Veteran, Jilmar Ramos-Gomez

ACLU and MIRC Call for Broader Systemic Changes In Grand Rapids Police Department Beyond Placing One Officer On Leave

February 28, 2019

Grand Rapids Police Department Officer Who Called ICE on U.S. Citizen and Marine Vet, Jilmar Ramos-Gomez, Racially Profiled and Mocked His Disability, Show Documents Obtained By ACLU and Michigan Immigrant Rights Center

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Michigan Immigrant Rights Center (MIRC) today released documents obtained through a public information request of the Grand Rapids Police Department that show that the officer who called U.S.

February 25, 2019

ACLU of Michigan Legal Director Michael J. Steinberg To Leave Civil Rights Organization After Building Premier Legal Program

Steinberg to Establish Civil Rights Initiative at the University of Michigan Law School

February 21, 2019

ACLU and Michigan Immigrant Rights Center Demand That Grand Rapids Police Department and U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement Investigate Detention of American-born Citizen and Decorated Marine

Grand Rapids Police Department called ICE on Jilmar Ramos-Gomez, and ICE sought to deport him, even though he had his U.S. passport and military ID.

January 23, 2019