It was great to spend time with longtime partners this evening @GlobalDET's 15th anniversary! Congrats to the honorees! 👏🏽 Immigrant Advocacy: Christine Sauvé @michiganimmigrant.bsky.social Immigrant Impact: Dr. Seydi Sarr @africanbureau1 Global Detroit Champion: Karen Phillippi @WelcomingUSA

🎉 Congrats to MIRC's Christine Sauvé on receiving the Immigrant Advocacy Award from our partners at @globaldet! You can celebrate with Christine and fellow awardees at Global Detroit's event in Detroit tomorrow. 🔗 Learn more: globaldetroitmi.org/immigrant_ad...

287(g) agreements with ICE carry "so much legal liability for the municipality, can be extremely costly, and has negative consequences for Michigan residents who live, work, or travel through the community." 🔗 www.cbsnews.com/detroit/vide...

Trump's OBBBA created new financial penalties for immigrants, including unaccompanied children. “They do not have the ability to work, and they shouldn’t be expected to work because they’re children.” - Ana Raquel Devereaux, MIRC 🔗 www.mlive.com/news/2025/11...

MIRC managers from across the state had a chance to connect this week for training and fellowship, so we can continue to ensure Michigan’s immigrant communities receive high quality services. 💙

⚠️ALERT⚠️ West Branch Police Dept. has finalized a 287(g) agreement with ICE for the “Task Force” model, which gives police officers most of the powers of immigration enforcement agents and leads to racial profiling. ❓Learn about your rights: bit.ly/WestBranch287g

We testified today in support of Senate Bills 508-510! These bills promote safety, accountability, and transparency for all Michiganders. 📣 It's not too late to make your voice heard! Tell committee members to pass these bills.

📣 Make your voice heard! Tell lawmakers to support Senate Bills 508-510! ⏰ Thursday, Nov 6, 12:00 PM 📧Submit testimony or your bill position to the clerk: [email protected]

Kudos to everyone who turned out Monday night to tell Center Line City Council to rescind their city's 287(g) agreement with ICE! The community's thoughtful, passionate, and heartfelt testimony was so moving and inspiring. 💪

Today is Election Day! 🗳 Polls open 7am- 8pm www.michiganvoting.org You must be a U.S. citizen to vote. ☎️ If you have trouble voting & need assistance, call the hotline: - 866-OUR-VOTE - 888-VE-Y-VOTA - 844-YALLA-US - 888-API-VOTE

“Nationwide, data indicates that 70 percent of ICE arrests result from an interaction with local or state law enforcement agencies... Increasingly, we are seeing a more aggressive posture from local law enforcement officers.” - Christine Sauvé, MIRC 🔗 midwestmexican.substack.com/p/when-the-f...

Calling all residents of Center Line! Tell City Council to rescind the 287(g) agreement with ICE. ⏰ 7:30pm Monday November 3rd 📍 Municipal Building, Council/Court Chambers, 7070 E Ten Mile Road, Center Line, MI 48015 ❓ Learn more: bit.ly/CenterLine287g

This Día de los Muertos, we remember all those who passed away due to medical neglect in ICE detention, workplace injuries & extreme heat, gender based violence, & all the loved ones to whom we couldn't say goodbye, due to separation by distance or immigration restrictions.🏵💀🏵

BREAKING: A federal court blocked the Trump-Vance administration’s attempt to cut off food assistance for 42 million people during the ongoing government shutdown. We'll keep fighting to ensure that federal programs serve their lawful purpose: to help, not harm, people and communities.

MIRC staff, our clients, and the communities we serve face some pretty scary stuff every day. 👻 Today our staff took a break to celebrate Halloween - a beloved American holiday started by immigrants who shared their traditions with their new neighbors. 🎃

A federal judge in Maryland temporarily paused the government’s rollout of a new annual asylum application fee. Stay tuned as litigation continues. Learn more: asaptogether.org/en/new-fees/

Via @npnewamericans.bsky.social 🚨Do you have a work permit?🚨Important changes announced yesterday. Read below for more information.

Last week MIRC's Director Susan Reed joined her law school mentor Jennifer Stohl Powell, ED of @ILCM_MN, and Dr. Corey Shouse, of @CSBSJU, in Collegeville, MN for a panel discussion: “Sí se puede: creative responses to challenging times.”

MIRC, rep'd by @farmstandorg & @SugarLawJustice, filed a lawsuit in 2021 challenging Michigan's denial of workers' comp wages to undocumented workers injured on the job. The Michigan Supreme Court will issue a decision, not on the merits, by July 2026. 🔗 sentientmedia.org/michigans-un...

🎉 Metro Police Authority of Genesee County RESCINDED their 287(g) agreement, which authorized local police to act as federal immigration agents. This is great news for everyone who lives, works, or travels through the affected communities. 🔗 www.mlive.com/news/flint/2...

“It’s really about creating fear. There’s no way that a child in this situation would be able to pay this, and the penalties are so severe.” - Ana Raquel Devereaux, MIRC 🔗 theintercept.com/2025/10/24/d...

It was great to connect with partners at the Black Migrant Convening, hosted by @africanbureau, @caribbean_csc, and @Detroit_Equity!

Yesterday MIRC testified in the state legislature on SB 522-523, which we oppose in their current form. "We look forward to working with you so that these bills can protect all children, including children in farmworker families." #MIeg

Make sure ICE hears that Lue Yang has been pardoned by Gov. Whitmer! While Lue & others await imminent deportation, including one of MIRC's clients, you can ask them to #BringLueHome. 📞 Call ICE Detroit (313) 771-6601 Re: Lue Yang A023836753 📧 Email: bit.ly/RVEmailICE

Last week MIRC attorneys & paralegals sharpened their trial skills in Lansing with @NITACentral. NITA is a renowned provider of high quality trial training and we appreciate their traveling to Michigan to support our team, so we can better serve Michigan's immigrant communities! 👏🏽

⚠️ ALERTA: Center Line ha firmado un acuerdo 287(g) con ICE que efectivamente otorga a la policía la mayoría de los poderes de los agentes de inmigración y podría provocar discriminación racial. ❓ Infórmese sobre sus derechos bajo el nuevo acuerdo: bit.ly/CenterLine287g

⚠️ ALERT: Center Line has finalized a 287(g) agreement with ICE for the “Task Force” model, which gives police officers most of the powers of immigration enforcement agents and leads to racial profiling. ❓ Learn about your rights under the new agreement: bit.ly/CenterLine287g

Thanks to partners for joining us at the Council of Michigan Foundations Conference! MIRC + @wearemipoder @accesscommunity @acluofmichigan.bsky.social @songfoundation discussed the ongoing work of statewide, coalition, & resource building for Michigan’s immigrant communities. #MIphilanthropy

Today MIRC joined State Senator @stephanielilychang.bsky.social to share #KnowYourRights and citizenship information with the community. 📺 Watch: www.facebook.com/share/v/1BNZ... 👉🏾 Take steps to Prepare Your Family for Immigration Enforcement (in multiple languages): bit.ly/MIRCKYR

Thanks again to the Hispanic/Latino Commission of Michigan for honoring MIRC attorneys Tania Morris Díaz and Gonzalo Peralta, and former MIRC staff member Diana Marin, for their contributions to the community! 🎉

⚠️ ALERT: Center Line Public Safety applied for a 287(g) agreement with ICE for the “Task Force” model. This deputizes police officers to serve as immigration agents in the field & leads to racial profiling. It would be 2nd municipality in metro Detroit to participate in 287(g).

Join MIRC, Senator @stephanielilychang.bsky.social, & partners! 🗽Immigration Townhall & Citizenship Services 📅 Sunday October 19, 2-5pm 👉🏽 RSVP: senatedems.com/chang/immigr... 📍 Location: Detroit/Hamtramck; details sent day before 📞 Questions? 313-922-6941 or [email protected]

To achieve mass deportation, more people are detained and less are released as they wait for hearings. As detention centers swell, more of our immigrant friends & family languish in detention facilities, and mental health concerns & suicide risk rise.

Today we recognize #IndigenousPeoplesDay and Native American tribes across the state, as well as indigenous migrants who call Michigan home. Indigenous migrants often face persecution in countries of origin and barriers in the U.S., particularly when it comes to #languageaccess.

Thanks to @meridiantwp @shendrickson87 for encouraging the community to know their rights and directing folks to legal resources! 👏🏻 Learn about your rights and how to prepare your family for immigration enforcement 👉🏾 bit.ly/MIRCKYR 🔗 www.wilx.com/2025/10/10/m...

Thank you so much to all our friends & supporters in Grand Rapids for hosting such a memorable fundraiser! We could feel the love poured into every detail. Community support like this fuels our work, allows us to achieve our mission. We are grateful. 💗 📸 www.facebook.com/media/set/?s...

MIRC, @farmstandorg, & @SugarLawJustice were at the Michigan Supreme Court this week seeking justice for injured workers. The case is also about the rights of all Michiganders to challenge the state’s illegal conduct in court. Decision expected by 6/26. 🔗 farmstand.org/case/workers...

“We brought this case after hearing the plight of so many immigrant workers who were seriously injured on the job, after falling off roofs or crushed by tractors, and they did not receive the same benefits as their coworkers.” - Anna Hill Galendez, MIRC 🔗 www.mlive.com/news/2025/10...

📣 MIRC is looking for volunteers! Role-play as a witness in our Immigration Trial Training. Great opportunity to learn about trial advocacy & immigration law! 📅 Oct 15-Oct 17 📍Jackson Field, Lansing 📧 Learn more & sign up for shifts: [email protected]

“If we want work conditions that are dignified, fair and healthy, we must ensure the workers’ compensation system is administered as intended to protect all workers.” - Anna Hill Galendez, MIRC 🔗 www.mlive.com/news/2025/10...

We're fighting at Michigan's Supreme Court to defend the dignity & safety of immigrant workers. Watch LIVE @1pm 10/8 ➡️ michigansupremecourt.viebit.com/embed/live?v... Everyone deserves fair conditions at work, and no one should lose the ability to provide for their family because they were injured.

“Going to work should not mean having to gamble your health, your livelihood or the ability to care for your family.” - Anna Hill Galendez, MIRC 🔗 michiganadvance.com/briefs/advoc...

“Our advice for individuals & families is to remember the basic rights. Those aren’t changing, even in these more pressured circumstances...the right to consult with an attorney before signing any document, the right to choose whether to sign a document.” 🔗 www.woodtv.com/news/michiga...

✨ Have you seen our new resource about BEST PRACTICES for Local Law Enforcement in Michigan? Advocates can ask sheriffs & police chiefs to follow the recommendations to ensure local law enforcement uphold immigrant rights & keep communities safe. ➡️ bit.ly/MIRCpoliceletter

MIRC le recuerda a los niños sus derechos debido a reportes de que las autoridades de inmigración podrían estar apuntandas a los niños inmigrantes. Animamos a otros colaboradores a asegurarse de que niños no acompañados y sus familias conozcan sus derechos legales.

MIRC reminds children of their rights amid reports that immigration enforcement may target unaccompanied immigrant children. We encourage other partners who work with unaccompanied children to ensure they and their families are aware of their rights under the law.

“Many of our clients who end up in detention tell us about benign interactions with local police or sheriff's that surprisingly and unnecessarily escalate to involving federal immigration agents." 📄 Share with your chief or sheriff: bit.ly/MIRCpoliceletter 🔗 www.michiganpublic.org/criminal-jus...

West Michigan friends: We're honored to be the beneficiary of this ✨amazing ✨ fundraiser coming up on Saturday! Join us! 🗓 Saturday, October 4 🕔 5:00–8:00 PM 📍 Fountain Street Church, Grand Rapids 🎟 Suggested donation: $20 (sliding scale) 🎉 RSVP: nuestrasolidaridad.rsvpify.com

New resource from @NCFHTX - a digital story to support farmworkers in staying healthy during flu season. "Stay Safe in the Farm! Protect Yourself and the People You Care About from Influenza" Check it out and please share! English: ow.ly/CfMt50X3ZOl

Thanks to @DetroitCityFC for supporting the rights of our immigrant neighbors! MIRC staff had a great time as the 2025 Charity Partner. We did coin toss to kick it off & spoke about our work at half time. @shingypop designed a special jersey with our logo that says "No Human is Illegal." 💗