Lawmakers and civil rights groups in Michigan are demanding an independent investigation of the North Lake Processing Center in Baldwin. The initiative came after immigrants under custody in the privately operated ICE facility launched a hunger and labor strike to protest what advocates described as medical neglect, inadequate food, and prolonged detention.
The ACLU of Michigan and the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center called on Congress to require an independent investigation of North Lake, including a medical audit, an oversight visit, and a formal inquiry to ICE. The groups said they have been in contact with detainees who described "similar inhumane conditions" over the 10 months since the facility opened as an ICE detention center.
