Niraj Warikoo
Reporter at Detroit Free Press
Staff Writer for the Detroit Free Press, a daily newspaper. Reports on religion and immigration. Tips, ideas: DM or email me: [email protected]
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1 week ago |
freep.com | Niraj Warikoo
City manager Max Garbarino defended placing the police chief on leave and said that there may be ethnic bias against him. The Hamtramck City Council votes to place city manager on leave. There are three investigations underway in Hamtramck involving allegations of wrongdoing by city officials. The Hamtramck city manager raised concerns about ethnic bias against him.
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1 week ago |
freep.com | Niraj Warikoo
Border Patrol arrests Detroit high school student on way to high school field trip. Border Patrol said the man they arrested was driving a vehicle without a driver's license. Immigrant advocates expressed concern about the arrest, saying local police should not work with federal immigration agents. Border Patrol agents recently detained a Detroit high school student on his way to a field trip in a Downriver park after he was pulled over by local police.
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2 weeks ago |
usatoday.com | Niraj Warikoo
The FBI visited Hamtramck on Friday, May 23, amid several investigations into alleged wrongdoing by officials as the city council prepares for a meeting this afternoon that may decide the future of its city manager. "I can confirm that members from the FBI in Michigan were present this morning in the city of Hamtramck conducting law enforcement activities," FBI Detroit spokesman Jordan Hall told the Free Press on May 23.
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2 weeks ago |
freep.com | Niraj Warikoo
Hamtramck Police Chief Jamail Altaheri has been placed on administrative leave. The police chief feels him being place on leave is "retaliatory action," Hamtramck Mayor Amer Ghalib said. The Hamtramck police chief was previously a leader in the NYPD in New York City. Hamtramck Police Chief Jamiel Altaheri and an officer have been placed on administrative leave as an investigation opens into alleged improprieties.
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2 weeks ago |
freep.com | Niraj Warikoo
Taylor police signed a 287(g) agreement with ICE, the first police agency in metro Detroit to do so. Three counties in Michigan have also signed agreements with ICE this year. The Taylor Police Department has become the first law enforcement agency in metro Detroit to enter into an agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that, activists said, will give its officers the ability to essentially act as federal immigration agents.
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