Michigan ICE detention center faces complaints of medical neglect and legal access

Immigrant rights lawyers send complaint to ICE over conditions at North Lake detention facility

The North Lake Processing Center in Baldwin, Michigan. April 21, 2026 | Photo by Erick Dia Veliz/Michigan AdvanceThe mother of a man detained at the North Lake Processing Center, an ICE detention facility in Baldwin, Michigan, said Thursday that she has not spoken to her son since the end of November. She’s had to use detainee locator tools just to figure out if he is alive. His mental and physical health have now deteriorated to a point where h…

Michigan ICE detention center faces complaints of medical neglect and legal access

A woman noticed a lump on her breast while she was being held at Michigan’s largest immigration detention facility.

Advocates: ICE denying medical, legal access at Michigan detention center

A federal immigration detention center in northern Michigan is denying adequate medical care to detainees and limiting their access to attorneys, immigrant advocacy and civil rights organizations allege.