immigrant

Michigan's tourism industry has a lot of trouble finding seasonal workers.That's especially true for all the bustling hotels, fudge shops, and other…

Grand Rapids' mayor wants to make the city more welcoming to immigrants. Rosalynn Bliss announced a new initiative at her State of the City address…

Apples and immigration documents. Soybeans and border walls. Today is a “Day Without Immigrants,” and a number of Michigan farms are quieter than…

This week, State of Opportunity explored the history of immigration policy in the U.S. and looked at what life is like for undocumented immigrants in…

A new state initiative aims to help foreign-born professionals find jobs in Michigan.The Michigan International Talent Solutions program offers skilled…

The courts may be the next step for groups fighting plans to bring dozens of undocumented children to a facility in Michigan.Tens of thousands of…

Silverio Lopez and his son Antonio run their Tequila Cabresto brand out of their house in Southwest Detroit. They say about 60 restaurants in and around…

We turn now to a little-known and absolutely fascinating slice of Michigan history: Beaver Island.It's a fairly remote island, plunked right there in the…

State Representative Harvey Santana, a Detroit Democrat, thinks we need to make this a more immigrant-friendly state. He believes that could lead to…

It was dangerous! Explosions, injuries! No, not the war for Independence, but how we used to celebrate it. On today’s show, we went back a hundred years…