Civil rights organizations call for independent investigation into Michigan ICE detention center

By: Katherine Dailey

Outlets: Michigan Advance

Published: April 24, 2026

Words: 462

Last Updated: 3 months ago


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The ACLU of Michigan and the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center are calling on Congress to require an independent investigation into the ICE detention center in Baldwin, Mich. amid a hunger strike by detainees that has been ongoing since Monday.

The organizations said that they have been in contact with “numerous people detained at the North Lake Processing Center who described similar inhumane conditions.”

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