Lawsuit: Michigan Farm Forced Foreign H-2A Visa Workers to Pick Blueberries for Slave Wages
A farm in western Michigan trafficked foreign workers through the H-2A visa program and forced them to pick blueberries for slave wages, a lawsuit alleges.

A farm in western Michigan trafficked foreign workers through the H-2A visa program and forced them to pick blueberries for slave wages, a lawsuit alleges.
The all-Muslim city council of Hamtramck, Michigan, voted unanimously on Tuesday to approve a resolution that would ban the LGBTQ+ Pride flag from being flown on the city’s public property.
A Michigan official says approximately 300 absentee ballots from the 2020 election were discovered in a storage unit in Genesee County.
The cowboy who lassoed a steer on I-75 in Detroit, Michigan, is getting tons of attention for his efforts.
In back-to-back years, two brothers from a high school in Burton, Michigan, have become class valedictorians.
A young man in Otsego, Michigan, is working hard to ensure his local cemeteries are spotless.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) signed red flag legislation into law Monday despite ongoing questions about whether it will enforced or, if enforced, how such enforcement would occur.
A Michigan teen saved his sister from an alleged attempted kidnapping by hitting the suspect twice with a slingshot.
A little girl in Hudsonville, Michigan, was all smiles Friday after a field trip showed how much neighbors cherish her.
Michigan State Police called off a two-day search for an eight-year-old boy after finding him in good health camping out underneath a log.
Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), who is running to fill one of Michigan’s U.S. Senate seats in 2024, touted a partnership Wednesday she made with a left-wing group that pushes extreme policy positions such as abolishing cash bail, amnesty for illegals, and ending the filibuster.
Two arrests were made when authorities found a huge amount of fentanyl in checked bags at Chicago’s Midway Airport.
President Joe Biden’s Department of Interior Secretary Deb Haaland is seemingly unaware that China controls the world’s critical minerals supply chain — the very raw materials needed to produce batteries for electric vehicles.
Ford Motor Company will make history by importing its next generation Lincoln Nautilus from China — the first time ever to do so. The move comes as backlash mounts against a planned Ford plant in Marshall, Michigan that involves China’s premier electric vehicle battery supplier.
A seventh grader in Michigan became a local hero during a school bus ride on Wednesday afternoon.
Michigan Democrat Kathy Funk, who served as the Flint Township Clerk, was sentenced to six months of house arrest on Monday for tampering with ballots in the 2020 election.
Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), who is running for Michigan’s U.S. Senate seat, reportedly won’t say why she signed a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) to talk business behind closed doors with a battery manufacturer with deep ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) signed two new gun control measures in response to the February 13, 2023, Michigan State University shooting, neither of which would have prevented that shooting from taking place.
A Michigan teenager is accused of posing as a Detriot Police officer and having been caught after allegedly trying to pull over a real cop.
Drivers on I-94 in Detroit, Michigan, recently helped save an injured German Shepherd when it became trapped on the roadway.
General Motors is buying out 5,000 salaried employees in the United States as the automaker looks to cut billions in costs with its move toward electric vehicles (EVs) which require far fewer manufacturing workers.
Two Michigan students received the surprise of a lifetime when their father, who had deployed to Kuwait with the National Guard, visited their school upon returning home.
Twenty-six Michigan Burger King franchises are slated to shut down by mid-April, according to a letter from a major franchise operator.
A professor at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, has been suspended after making threatening social media posts that suggested protestors kill speakers they disagree with, rather than simply “shouting them down” during campus events.
The first woman police officer in Iron Mountain, Michigan, had a bright outlook on her future, but it apparently went sour due to alleged conduct by fellow officers.
A man in Detroit, Michigan, who allegedly killed several people after being released on bond is now accused of killing a fourth person, a 24-year-old woman, last year.
Community members are blessing a mother who walks over an hour to her job every morning in Spring Lake, Michigan.
Representative Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), who is running to replace retiring Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), said Monday on MSNBC’s “The Last Word” that the Senate’s filibuster rule “needs to go.”
A 67-year-old Michigan resident got the surprise of a lifetime when he accidentally bought a pair of Fantasy 5 tickets for the same drawing.
Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), fresh off a tough reelection race for her house seat, has announced that she will run in 2024 for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Democrat Debbie Stabenow.
Rep. John James (R-MI) filed paperwork on Friday to run for reelection for his seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, according to the AP, meaning he is opting against running for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D) in 2024.
Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh stopped to help an Ann Arbor police officer move a fallen tree during an ice storm on Wednesday night.
A Michigan high school student was fatally shot during an attempted carjacking after he stopped to offer two younger teenagers a ride Friday, according to police.
Democrat Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer reportedly wants to give disgraced rail company Norfolk Southern $15 million in taxpayer dollars even after it had two disastrous derailments this past month.
A teen in Bay City, Michigan, was recognized Thursday for taking swift action when someone was in desperate need of help.
A focus group of swing voters in Michigan indicated Tuesday that they unanimously want President Joe Biden to opt against running for reelection and would like to see him face a challenger during the Democrat primaries.
The Ford Motor Company moved to pause production and shipments of its electric Lightning F-150 truck model soon after a battery fire erupted at one of the company’s facilities in Dearborn, Michigan.
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) says “no federal funds” should go to enrich companies linked to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), requesting a federal review of a deal between Ford and China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. (CATL) to build an electric vehicle battery plant in Marshall, Michigan.
A conservative Michigan county is sponsoring a university’s “sex week,” which features “kinky karaoke and condom cupcakes,” a local outlet reported.
Republicans slammed Ford Motor Co.’s plans to invest $3.5 billion to build a battery plant in Michigan with help from a Chinese firm.