30+ groups urge Whitmer to reject federal funding for new ICE detention centers in Michigan

30+ groups urge Whitmer to reject federal funding for new ICE detention centers in Michigan

Demonstrators denouncing the opening of the former North Lake Correctional Facility as an an immigrant detention center in Baldwin, Michigan. July 4, 2025 | Photo by Leah Craig/Michigan AdvanceAn open letter to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer published Tuesday is asking her to reject federal grant funding for new immigration enforcement detention centers in Michigan. The letter was drafted by the No Detention Centers in Michigan coalition following the Ju…

Will federal money-hungry Gretchen Whitmer pass up $608 million FEMA ‘detention support grant’? - The Midwesterner

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has spent months lobbying President Donald Trump for federal support for Selfridge Air National Guard Base, ice storm recovery, a Mundy Township mega site, and other priorities. But a coalition of 30 left-wing activist groups known as No Detention Centers in Michigan on Tuesday issued an open letter urging the governor to […]