MI Immigration Court service stopped by executive order
KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WOOD) — Major immigration information services have been stopped around the country and in Michigan, according to a U.S. Department of Justice email sent to groups providing these services earlier this week.
Michigan Immigrant Rights Center Director Susan E. Reed said the nonprofit ran a help desk in the Detroit Immigration Court since 2021. That service helped 4,000 people last year navigate things from simple legal forms to translating more complicated documents. That came to a screeching halt when notices were sent out Tuesday afternoon.
“It’s so disappointing to be part of just a blanket order stopping that work. Again, because this is really an ‘everybody wins’ kind of project to get justice done,” Reed said.
For decades, across both Republican and Democratic administrations, the DOJ has issued federal funding in the form of grants and other agreements to groups around the U.S. providing legal services and information as part of the immigration court process. Reed said it has been a tool to keep the legal process moving forward by handling questions that would otherwise overwhelm court workers.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mi-immigration-court-service-stopped-by-executive-order/ar-AA1xON3w?ocid=widgetonlockscreen&cvid=fc216a03af6146c793a3938296c7b60b&ei=110
