ACLU of Michigan

A federal judge in Detroit says he plans to sign a settlement in a case involving the detention and attempted deportation of around 1400 Iraqi nationals. The Trump Administration arrested the Iraqis with old criminal convictions or immigration violations in 2017.

The ACLU of Michigan says it’s reached a landmark legal settlement with the Detroit Police Department over the department’s use of facial recognition technology.

The civil rights group’s digital map pinpoints Michigan communities that it says have seen organized book censorship campaigns, or local governments banning LGBTQ Pride flags from city property.

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In a letter sent Tuesday to UM President Santa Ono and General Counsel Timothy Lynch, the civil rights organization said the school’s actions reflect “a rising nationwide McCarthyite wave of retaliation against speech related to Palestine and Israel.” It claims the university’s actions violate First Amendment protections, as well as UM’s own free speech policies.

Police arrested Porcha Woodruff, a 32-year-old Black woman, for robbery and carjacking based off a facial recognition hit from surveillance footage. But Woodruff didn't do it, and critics say this is more proof the technology is flawed, racially biased, and dangerous.

Today, we spoke with an ACLU attorney about the decades-long push for LGBTQ+ rights in Michigan. Plus, we revisited a conversation with Iraqi American writer Dunya Mikhail, author of the book The Bird Tattoo.

The American Civil Liberties Union is urging the Michigan Department of Corrections to lift its restrictions on foreign-language books.

The case involves a fingerprinting policy the city says it ended in 2015.