Demonstrators gather on Independence Day to protest ICE detention center in Baldwin

(Michigan Advance) Approximately 100 demonstrators gathered Friday in West Michigan to denounce the reopening of what was previously the North Lake Correctional Facility in Baldwin.

The detention center was opened on June 16, and, with a capacity of 1,800, the facility, now referred to as the North Lake Processing Center, has been called the largest ICE detention center in the Midwest, as well as the subject of several earlier protests this year.

The Independence Day event was organized by local immigrant advocacy groups, including No Detention Centers in Michigan, Cosecha Michigan, GR Rapid Response to ICE, and Lakeshore Rapid Response to ICE.

The date was an intentional choice: July 4, the media release noted, is a day for “reflecting on freedom as an ideal and spending time with family and loved ones.” As such, advocates gathered outside the facility to highlight the apparent disconnect between Independence Day and mass incarceration. ...................(more)

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