Michigan Immigrant Rights Center

The Michigan Immigrant Rights Center has had to lay off employees and scale back several of its programs across all five of its offices, including the Ypsilanti location, due to cuts in federal funding. WEMU’s Ana Longoria has the details.

The Ypsilanti Community School District has clarified that school staff will not ask families about their immigration status or voluntarily coordinate with immigration control and enforcement officers. Immigrant students are anxious that, when they get home from school, their parents may not be there. Rebecca Olszewski is the managing attorney at the Ypsilanti office of the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center. She joined Rylee Barnsdale to discuss how to keep up with the needs of Ypsilanti's immigrant community.

The Ann Arbor Police Department has confirmed that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have been sighted in the city. This has led to raising concerns from the local migrant community. WEMU’s Ana Longoria has more.

Today is Inauguration Day. President-elect Donald Trump will officially be sworn into office, and immigration reform is at the top of his agenda. There are fears that could result in more profiling of foreign visitors and deportations of immigrants. Those fears are certainly a part of the dialogue among documented and undocumented immigrants in Washtenaw County. WEMU's David Fair spoke with Christine Sauve from the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center about what comes next in our community.