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Job Announcement: Immigration / Detained Staff Attorney
POSITION: The Michigan Immigrant Rights Center (MIRC) is seeking candidates for full-time staff attorney position providing trauma-informed legal services to detained low-income immigrants as part of the statewide detention team. This position is open in any of our five offices--Detroit, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Lansing, and Ypsilanti. This is a chance to join a talented team doing important and challenging work at a critical time.
Job Announcement: Supervising Immigration Attorney
POSITION: The Michigan Immigrant Rights Center (MIRC) is seeking a Supervising Attorney to help lead MIRC’s dynamic and committed immigration legal services team, assigned as a local supervising attorney. Please note that this position is funded in part through a federal contract that is currently being renewed under a shorter funding cycle. Employment offers will be aligned with our current contract period (through July 31, 2026), with the expectation and hope of extension as additional funding becomes available.
House Bills 4338, 4339, 4340, 4341, and 4342
On Thursday April 24, 2025 the House will hold a hearing on bills HB 4338-4342. Click to see MIRC’s summary and analysis of each bill: HB 4338, HB 4339, HB 4340, HB 4341, and HB 4342
MIRC strongly opposes these bills. We encourage you to voice your opposition to Michigan legislators.
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Attend the hearing or give testimony
- House Committee on Government Operations
- Date: Thursday, April 24, 2025
- Time: 9:00 AM
- Location: Room 307, Anderson House Office Building, 124 N Capitol Ave, Lansing, MI 48933
- Contact: Keith Feldpausch, Committee Clerk, 517-373-1260, kfeldpausch@house.mi.gov
- Contact your elected officials.
House Resolution 19
MIRC strongly opposes House Resolution 19. We encourage you to voice your opposition to Michigan legislators.
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Attend the hearing or give testimony
- House Committee on Government Operations
- Date: Tuesday, February 11, 2025
- Time: 10:30 AM
- Location: Room 307, Anderson House Office Building, 124 N Capitol Ave, Lansing, MI 48933
- Contact: Keith Feldpausch, Committee Clerk, 517-373-1260, kfeldpausch@house.mi.gov
- Contact your elected officials.
New Service Locations for Unaccompanied Children in Michigan
On an ongoing basis, the federal government contracts with local agencies to expand short and long-term custodial services to immigrant children in Michigan. When new facilities open or current facilities expand, legal services contracts are sought to support the children who will come to these new placements.