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Commissioners said they were moved by the comments, but had no plans to make the declaration.

The order was issued in an email to federally funded legal service providers across the country, and followed President Donald Trump’s promises of mass deportations.

Today, Michelle Jokisch Polo takes us through the Laken Riley Act and it's impacts on immigrants without legal status.

Today, Michelle Jokisch Polo covers a Grand Rapids protest over Trump's immigration changes.

Attorneys general from 22 states, including Michigan, have sued to block President Donald Trump’s move to end a century-old immigration policy known as birthright citizenship.

Dozens took to the streets in Grand Rapids Monday — the day of President Donald Trump's second inauguration — in protest of his deportation plans.

Today, the impacts of increasing minimum wage on business owners. Then, the story of a citizen and veteran assumed immigrant and threatened with deportation. Plus, a visit to the Auto Show.

Today, Michigan Public's Adam Yahya Rayes talks to Basel Alyasin, vice president of the American Syrian Arab Cultural Association, about the impacts of the regime change in Syria.

Today, Syria, at a distance: what it’s meant to witness the civil war from thousands of miles away in Michigan. Also, Michigan State University devises a new system for handling ethics concerns about its investments. Plus, neighbors in Benzie County offer a hand to folks facing fiscal emergency.

As President-elect Donald Trump prepares for his return to the White House, advocates for immigrants say his mass deportation plan threatens to disrupt Michigan's vital migrant workforce. They say local protections may provide some safeguards, but say many immigrants in Michigan, both documented and undocumented, are anxious about the future of their families and livelihoods.