The Metro: Immigration rally in Southwest Detroit

WDET reporter Bre’Anna Tinsley joins the show and shares insights from a recent Southwest Detroit immigrants’ rights rally.

The Metro: Immigration rally in Southwest Detroit

Dr. Seydi Sarr, Adonis Flores, and other community activists at a "Know Your Rights" rally.

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President Donald Trump’s administration is making fast and far reaching changes to immigration in the U.S, during his first week in office, Trump signed 10 executive orders and proclamations centered on immigration. 

These policies have sent shockwaves through immigrant communities in Michigan, especially in Southwest Detroit, where a high concentration of Latino and Hispanic immigrants live.

WDET reporter Bre’Anna Tinsley spent some time in Southwest Detroit during a recent immigrant rights rally. 

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  • The Metro
  • Robyn Vincent
    Robyn Vincent is a co-host of "The Metro" on 101.9 WDET, an award-winning journalist and a graduate of Wayne State University. Before returning home to Detroit, Robyn worked for NPR stations in the Mountain West, where she amassed several awards for her work, which often focuses on structural inequities and abuses of power.
  • Bre'Anna Tinsley
    Bre'Anna Tinsley is a reporter for Detroit Public Radio, 101.9 WDET. She covers city government and housing, as well as co-hosting the "Detroit Evening Report" podcast.