Hamtramck Mayor Talks Reelection, Representing Increasingly Diverse City
City of Hamtramck One of the more interesting elections outside the city of Detroit on Tuesday was in the enclave...
Hamtramck Mayor Talks Reelection, Representing Increasingly Diverse City
City of Hamtramck One of the more interesting elections outside the city of Detroit on Tuesday was in the enclave...
Michigan MacArthur ‘Genius’ Grant Winner Uses Artifacts to Explore Immigration Policies
University of Michigan Immigration has long been one of the most contentious issues in our country. But it has stirred up...
Puerto Rico Getting Help from Detroiters
Families living in Puerto Rico’s aftermath of Hurricane Maria are getting support from a new locally-based organization. “Detroit-for-Puerto Rico” plans...
How Has Detroiter Maria Juarez Fared Since Being Deported to Mexico in May?
Jake Neher/WDET Back in May, Maria Juarez, a Detroiter who was brought to the United States as an infant, was...
Reporter and Photographer Talk About New WDET ‘Framed By’ Project ‘Beyond Balkanization’
Taken by Doug Coombe / Framed by WDET We all know that our region is rich with ethnic and racial...
U.S. Government Will Appeal Order Blocking Iraqi Deportations [COURT FILING]
DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government says it will appeal an order that suspended the deportation of 1,400 people to...
Former Mexican President Vicente Fox Speaks in Detroit About DACA, Auto Industry
Jake Neher/WDET Former President of Mexico Vicente Fox has no shortage of grievances against President Trump's policy goals. And those grievances...
Freedom House’s TJ Rogers on Welcoming Asylum Seekers, Surviving Threat to Funding
Jake Neher/WDET Freedom House Detroit houses and provides services to asylum seekers who arrive here in Southeast Michigan. It’s an organization...
Vicente Fox’s Message of ‘Build Bridges, Not Walls’ Has Become Quite Literal
Vicente Fox When former President of Mexico Vicente Fox visited Michigan in 2008, he said he didn't understand building walls,...
Detroit DACA Recipients Vow to ‘Continue to Fight’
Jake Neher/WDET Hundreds of people attended rallies across Metro Detroit on Tuesday in support of the federal Deferred Action for...
The High Cost of Bringing Farm Workers Into U.S.
A program to help U-S farmers find summer workers appears to be working but Michigan farmers say the “H2A Program”...
Detroit DACA Recipient with Dreams of Practicing Law: ‘I’ll Lose All of That’
Jake Neher/WDET Dozens of Detroiters and local immigration activists are protesting the Trump Administration’s decision to end the federal program...