immigration

Federal judges tend to rule in favor of immigrants held at North Lake Detention Center, saying the government is illegally detaining them. That's according to an analysis of habeas corpus petitions.

As the population in the privately-run North Lake Processing Center in Baldwin grew in September 2025, habeas corpus petitions started to show up in Michigan's federal District Courts. Judges granted most of the hundreds of petitions they've ruled on.

Two members of Congress visited Michigan's largest immigrant detention center this week and they say they want more oversight of the Department of Homeland Security.

The company that owns Michigan’s North Lake Processing Center, the largest immigration detention facility in the Midwest, reported $254 million in profit last year, up nearly 700 percent from $32 million in 2024.

Michigan Public's Michelle Jokisch Polo takes us inside the North Lake Processing Center with a retired pastor.

There have been reported sightings of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents throughout northern Michigan. This place, like many in the country, is watching Minneapolis and wondering whether similar scenes could play out here.

Getting an exact number can be challenging because of how the government releases data. But recent numbers might be as close to precise as it gets.

The decision comes after years of outcry from some farmers that the cost of labor, transportation and housing for H-2A workers was making it impossible to break even.

Sheriff’s deputies along a stretch of I-75 near Grayling can now access ICE data and check legal residency documents.

Why it's so hard to find out.