Press Releases

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Justice Prevails: ICE Releases Longtime Detroit Resident from Detention After Federal Court Order

Illegally denied due process while detained for more than two months, a father of 5 U.S. citizens and the primary caretaker for his family has been set free while his immigration case proceeds.
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

ACLU Applauds Federal Judge’s Decision to Order Immediate Release or Bond Hearing for a Longtime Detroit Resident in Immigration Detention

Father of 5 U.S. citizens, who has been living in the U.S. for 26 years and is the primary caretaker for his family, will have chance to be set free while his immigration case proceeds.
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

ACLU Sues the Federal Government for Denying Father’s Right to Challenge His Immigration Detention

DETROIT –The ACLU of Michigan filed a federal lawsuit this week demanding that Juan Manuel Lopez-Campos, a longtime Detroit resident and father of five U.S. citizens, be given a bond hearing so he can explain to a court why he is entitled to be released from immigration detention.
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

ACLU Opposes Opening of North Lake Correctional Facility, the Largest Immigrant Detention Center in the Midwest

DETROIT - The ACLU of Michigan opposes today’s reopening of North Lake Correctional Facility (NLCF), an 1,800-bed immigrant detention center in Baldwin, Michigan.
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

Michigan Immigrant Rights Center, ACLU, and U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib Call for U.S. Customs and Border Protection to End Secret Detention and Disappearance of People at the Ambassador Bridge

DETROIT -  The Michigan Immigrant Rights Center (MIRC), ACLU of Michigan and U.S. Representative Rashida Tlaib are calling on U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to end the detention and disappearance of people at the Ambassador Bridge.
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

ACLU and Michigan Immigrant Rights Center Condemn Trump Administration’s Authoritarian Attacks on International Students and Higher Education

DETROIT - The ACLU of Michigan and Michigan Immigrant Rights Center condemn the Trump administration’s continued use of authoritarian tactics to attack international and noncitizen students and our higher education system.
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

Civil Rights and Community Groups Respond to Livingston County Resolution That Targets Immigrants, Jeopardizes Public Safety, and Threatens Constitutional Rights  

DETROIT — Civil rights and community groups issued this statement in response to the Livingston County Board of Commissioners’ approval of a resolution regarding the monitoring of all contact between undocumented immigrants and the Livingston County Sheriff’s Office:
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights

Court Approves Settlement in Class Action Lawsuit to Protect Iraqi Immigrants 

DETROIT, Mich. – Today, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan approved the settlement agreement in the nationwide class action lawsuit, Hamama v. Adducci, on behalf of some 1400 Iraqis, many of whom U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) had arrested without warning an
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights