Created Equal: New book explores the complicated practice of migrant smuggling
Author and anthropologist Jason De León spent seven years documenting the lives of “coyotes,” or smugglers who help migrants...
Trump to visit Grand Rapids Tuesday
Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to be in Grand Rapids Tuesday. The Kent County GOP says it will not...
President Joe Biden shouts out labor, defends immigration policy during spirited State of the Union
President Joe Biden delivered his third State of the Union address on Thursday, speaking on wide range of themes, from the economy,...
Created Equal: Our immigration system is broken. What does the Constitution say about it?
Immigration has been synonymous with the United States for centuries, but what do the country’s founding documents actually say about who...
Detroit Evening Report: New census data shows slight population increase in Michigan
Michigan’s population grew slightly in the past year, gaining roughly 4,000 residents between July 2022 and July 2023, according to...
Detroit Evening Report: Gov. Whitmer signs language access bills into law
Two new state laws aim to help more than 900,000 people in Michigan who are not proficient English speakers. House...
Detroit Evening Report: Advocacy group reports increase of Muslims detained during border re-entry at DTW
An advocacy group says it’s received an increase in grievances from Muslims detained during border re-entry at Detroit Metropolitan Airport....
DER Weekends: Bengali Harlem
The film ‘In Search of Bengali Harlem’ documents comedian Alaudin Ullah's search for his Bengali father. What Ullah and...
Detroit Today: How the end of Title 42 affects US immigration policies
Late last week, several news outlets were predicting that many immigrants would try to enter the country. As of today,...
Civic dinner event highlights immigrants and refugees in Detroit’s Filipinx community
Michigan State University Extension’s Wayne County office and Baon, a monthly subscription food service that serves curated Filipino food, are...
New book explores what it’s like to grow up undocumented in the U.S.
In many discussions, immigrants are often reduced to crude stereotypes. They’re cast as bad actors —people who want something they...
Reporting shows the harshness of Trump’s Zero Tolerance immigration policy
During the first half of the Trump Administration, the Zero Tolerance policy was implemented. It split asylum-seeking families trying to...