Michigan Congresswoman Haley Stevens Visits Largest ICE Detention Facility in the Midwest
Baldwin, MI – Today, Michigan Congresswoman Haley Stevens, along with Michigan Congresswoman Hillary Scholten, toured the North Lake Processing Center ICE detention facility in Baldwin. The visit follows their demand for answers regarding the December death of detainee Nenko Gantchev.
During the visit, the lawmakers inspected living conditions, reviewed medical care protocols, and met with facility leadership to raise concerns about Congressional oversight and detainee health and safety. The visit marked the latest effort by Rep. Stevens to demand transparency from ICE and hold the Trump administration accountable for its treatment of individuals in federal custody.
“An inmate died in ICE custody in Michigan, and ICE’s leadership has been silent in response to our requests for information and oversight,” said Congresswoman Stevens. “Over the past year, ICE has seen an alarming increase in detainee deaths at facilities nationwide. Oversight matters. It is important for members of Congress to see these facilities firsthand rather than rely solely on public reports. Today was about getting answers for Nenko Gantchev’s family and demanding accountability from ICE on behalf of all the detainees who are being held in Michigan.”
Congresswoman Stevens has consistently stood up to the Trump administration, called for transparency, and pushed for a drastic overhaul of ICE to ensure humane treatment and accountability within the immigration detention system.
Stevens has been leading the fight to hold ICE accountable in Congress and to rein in Donald Trump’s repeated abuses of power during his Administration.
Stevens cosponsored H.R. 7163, a proposal to divert ICE’s $75 billion slush fund to state and local law enforcement agencies.
Stevens voted against the Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill, refusing to fund ICE’s operations without major reforms or accountability measures.
Last year, Stevens cosponsored the VISIBLE Act to prohibit ICE agents from wearing masks and concealing their identities.
Stevens joined over 150 of her colleagues in demanding that ICE end its surge of officers in Minnesota and conduct a thorough investigation into the death of Renee Nicole Good at the hands of an ICE agent.
Stevens and her Michigan colleague, Rep. Hillary Scholten, demanded an investigation into the death of Nenko Gantchev, an individual who died in ICE custody in Baldwin, Michigan.
Following a lack of accountability or answers related to Gantchev’s death and the death of Renee Nicole Good, Stevens called for the immediate removal of Secretary Kristi Noem and cosponsored an effort to impeach her in the House of Representatives.
Stevens voted against the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” which gave ICE its nearly $75 billion windfall.
Stevens introduced the Stop Trump’s Abuse of Power Act, legislation to prevent the President from deploying the military against Americans without express consent from state officials, an authoritarian tactic this President has used repeatedly to fuel fear and intimidation during aggressive ICE crackdowns.
Stevens voted against the Laken Riley Act, which would sweep thousands of people into jails and detention centers at enormous taxpayer expense while diverting key law enforcement resources and potentially violating civil liberties.
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