Dearborn Fallout: Condemnation and Security Measures Amid Racist WSJ Op-Ed

Two Democratic state lawmakers in Michigan have condemned an op-ed piece published in The Wall Street Journal that labeled a Detroit suburb as "America's jihad capital," calling it "racist and Islamophobic." The lawmakers are urging the newspaper to retract the piece and issue a public apology to the City of Dearborn. The op-ed has sparked increased police presence in Dearborn and exacerbated tensions, particularly in light of the Israel-Hamas war. The author of the op-ed, Steven Stalinsky, defended his piece, while Michigan lawmakers continue to grapple with how to address the conflict's impact on Dearborn, which has a significant Arab American and Jewish population.