Erick Diaz Veliz, El Central

In Michigan, across the Lower Peninsula, from transportation networks, whistles, fundraisers, to patrols and monitoring ICE presence, communities from Grand Rapids to Detroit have adopted self-defense methods because of their effectiveness against these agents in cities like Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York. 

In Michigan, from a sandwich shop in Muskegon that has banned ICE agents to pronouncements from political leaders, the same polarization of views was also reflected.

The capture of Maduro was preceded by the fierce “war on drugs” that Trump launched in mid-2025.