Throughout the University of Michigan’s (UofM) central campus, hundreds of high school and college students, parents and teachers could be heard chanting and marching in protest of the ICE administration.
UofM student Ali Bialek is a part of Wolverine for Abdul at the University of Michigan, one of several organizations that worked to organize the protest within the university.
“We’re trying to help people support any way we can, control the crowd and just encourage people to speak up and use our voice,” Bialek said. “Everybody just wants somewhere to be able to express their frustration.”
The protest took place at The Diag at 11:30 a.m. on Jan. 30th, 2026, joining a nationwide wave of protests against the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and federal immigration policy. The protesters marched near the University of Michigan’s main campus in temperatures as low as 11 degrees. Participants chanted, carried signs and called for an end to aggressive enforcement tactics after recent fatal shootings involving federal agents in Minneapolis sparked national outrage…