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Protestors gather outside Baldwin, MI facility as immigrant detainees held by ICE launch hunger strike

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By Austin Linfante Verified
| WCPT 820 Weekend
At the North Lake ICE Processing Center in Baldwin, the biggest in the Midwest with 1,800 beds, several hundred detained immigrants started a hunger strike on Monday, refusing to eat or work, according to immigrant rights advocates and relatives of the detainees in Michigan.
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Democrats propose ‘Green Amendment’ to Michigan Constitution, establishing environmental rights

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By Austin Linfante Verified
| WCPT 820 Weekend
Michigan state Rep. Donavan McKinney (D-Detroit) discusses how a Green Amendment to Michigan’s constitution would benefit communities harmed by cumulative pollution. April 22, 2026 | Photo by Kyle Davidson/Michigan Advance In celebration of Earth Day, a group of Democrats from Michigan’s House and Senate gathered at the Capitol to announce an effort to bring a “Green Amendment” to voters in November.
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Milwaukee prohibits masks for law enforcement

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By Austin Linfante Verified
| WCPT 820 Weekend
A masked ICE agent knocks on the window of an observer’s vehicle in Minnesota in January. Some Democratic states want to restrict the actions of federal immigration enforcement officers. (Photo by Nicole Neri/Minnesota Reformer) An ordinance that prohibits local or federal law enforcement officers from wearing face masks, except in dangerously cold weather, passed the Milwaukee Common Council Tuesday. The measure is part of a package the council considered under the heading “ICE Out Milwaukee”.
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