Kylie Ambu | WGVU

“Every child should be treated like a child. They deserve to be in school. They deserve to have time with their peers. They deserve to be welcomed in the U.S. and feel like any other child, but not to be forced to work for 12 hours a day and 7 days a week. This is unacceptable," Rose Mayan with Michigan United said.

Dixon said the funds would support recruitment, retainment, equipment and training of law enforcement, as well as eliminating backlogs and tracking down offenders.

A funeral for the 26-year-old Congolese refugee will be held on Friday, April 22, at 11 a.m. in the Renaissance Church of God in Christ in Grand Rapids.

As news continues to tumble in surrounding Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, local Ukrainian church leaders in Grand Rapids are asking Michigan for support.

The coalition is asking the Latinx community to celebrate women who were the first in their family to set roots in Grand Rapids.