Police arrest man accused of threatening Islamic Community Center
Published on Jun 30, 2026, 3:38:59 PM
Total time: 00:03:27
Published on Jun 30, 2026, 3:38:59 PM
Total time: 00:03:27
A man who allegedly threatened a Madison Heights Mosque was arrested today. On Sunday, someone left voicemail messages threatening the Islamic Community Center on Dequindre near 11 Mile Rd. Police say the man said he would kill people and suggested Muslims are terrorists.
The Council on American Islamic Relations Michigan chapter praised police for their swift action in identifying a suspect.
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the Trump Administration's efforts to end Temporary Protected Status. TPS allows people fleeing violence abroad to live and work in the US. The ruling may affect people from Lebanon, Haiti, Honduras and Burma, among several others.
Republican Steve Frisbie represents Michigan's 44th state House district, which includes the Battle Creek area, home to a Burmese community of thousands.
Frisbie says he supports the high court's ruling, but adds that people fleeing Burma should apply for asylum.
"I'm all in favor of letting them come to the country. Sort them out and look at them on an individual basis or a family basis to figure out what they're fleeing from and why and if it's legitimate and they're not from the military side of things in Burma."
The government has deported thousands of immigrants while they waited for courts to hear their asylum claims and some who showed up to their hearings were arrested.
Immigration advocates met in Detroit to adopt a list of policy goals. Strangers No Longer is a Catholic-led organization active across Michigan. The group adopted policy objectives to bring to people running for state and federal offices.
Those include allowing people to secure driver’s licenses regardless of immigration status, more oversight of immigration detention centers and for local police to stop working with federal immigration enforcement. Advocates also want more due process protections for detainees.
Governor Gretchen Whitmer is threatening to bring home 170 Michigan National Guard troops from Washington D.C. if the Trump administration uses them for crime and immigration enforcement.
Whitmer says she deployed the troops to assist with security for celebrations surrounding the country's 250th anniversary.
The Dossin Great Lakes Museum has announced the art for its community paint-by-number project. Brontae Williamson’s "Currents in Color" was chosen after the museum accepted submissions this spring.
The 32 by 8 foot mural will be painted by the community over the summer then hung on the museum building on Belle Isle. The Dossin says it will release information to the community soon about how people can come to paint.
Dan Robbins is the Detroit-born artist who developed paint by number.
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