Communities across Metro Detroit are reporting surges in Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids and arrests, particularly in areas with bustling businesses and growing families.
Detroit City Councilmember Gabriela Santiago-Romero says the presence of ICE agents in her community is nothing new, but adds the recent ramping up of raids, detentions and arrests reported in federal records and analyzed by the Council on American-Islamic Relations Michigan Chapter has left many of her constituents in fear.
“We’re leaving families to fend for themselves, because now they’ve lost transportation, they’ve lost income, they’ve lost support,” said Santiago-Romero…