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Private prisons utilize multiple strategies toward keeping the incarceration of people as a business alive. As outlined in this report, they often become a carceral carousel that switches which group of people get criminalized to sustain itself. 👩🏽💻 Read:
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Don't be fooled by Trump's
#ExecutiveOrder
: family jails are NOT solution to family separation. As long as Trump continues to prosecute migration, children WILL be torn from parents. Only REAL solution=END prosecutions & end family detention, period.
#FamiliesBelongTogether
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SF Standard’s recent piece on fentanyl in San Francisco uses outdated “War on Drugs” tactics to criminalize undocumented immigrants. In an environment ripe with hate crime and systemic violence against marginalized communities, this disinformation piece merits debunking. [1/5]
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What Do I Need to Know if
#DACA
Ends? This resource includes things to keep in mind if program ends:
#DefendDACA
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What a start to the New Year! The
@nytimes
reports that nearly 1M immigrants became US citizens in 2022 — their most cited reason? Anti-immigrant political sentiment that inspired them to take the steps needed to be able to vote 🗳️
Read more 👇🏽
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As immigrant rights advocates, we recognize that our fights for justice are inextricably tied w Black community members & allies across the country who continue to call out the broken systems of oppression.
Here are resources for immigrants who want to show up for the cause!✊🏾⬇️
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It is with heavy hearts that we share the passing of our beloved colleague & Special Projects Attorney, Valerie Zukin this past weekend.
@the_ILRC
will remember Valerie for her fierce dedication to social justice, her wisdom, kindness and endearing personality. 🧵👇🏾
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It's official -
@GavinNewsom
has signed
#AB32
into law! 🎉🎉🎉
THANK YOU to the Governor,
@RobBontaCA
, and all of our amazing coalition partners!
#CommunityNotCages
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🚨 Mass deportations are continuing under the Biden administration. 🚨
Tomorrow, ICE plans to deport 50 people to Cameroon! Please call & email your congressional reps and ask them to
#STOPTHEFLIGHTS
!
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We begin 2022 with a resounding truth about the Biden administration: It's still detaining migrant children and deporting parents 💔
And now the government wants to hear the public's ideas on how it can avoid more devastating family separation 😮
#EndFamilySeparation
🧵⤵️
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#BREAKING
: US District Court enjoined the fee rule in its entirety, effective immediately!
Thank you to our amazing partners and everyone who joined the critical fight against a
#wealthtest
for citizenship.
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Former Immigration Judges 👩🏽⚖️ with DECADES of experience as Imm Law EXPERTS state plainly -
The proposed TX legislation, HB4 & SB4, which would allow a [STATE] court magistrate judge to issue a removal order is NOT LAWFUL ‼️ 🧵
Read their statement below 👇🏽
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Texas has been criminalizing immigrants for decades, buckling down recently w/threats of border walls, the persecution of sponsors of unaccompanied children...& now this.
@POTUS
needs to stand up to
@GovAbbott
's attempts to create another family separation tragedy at the border.
UPDATE: Texas prison system confirms. They have, at
@GovAbbott
's orders, cleared out one prison "to arrest & confine those individuals crossing the border unlawfully" by having troopers arrest them for other crimes. Instead of jail or detention, they're going straight to prison
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Did you know? Migrant workers from Mexico, Venezuela, Guatemala, Honduras + other countries are at the CENTER of the multibillion 💵 disaster recovery industry.
Despite that, these workers are inhumanely recruited, defrauded + set up for deportation 🧵
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Immigrants Stage A Hunger Strike for Black Lives Inside ICE Detention Facility by
@jherrerx
“We want to bring awareness to the people who are protesting not just in the streets, but also in here..."
#BlackLivesMatter
#FreeThemAll
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The reality is Texans are paying the price for Governor
@GregAbbott_TX
+ his dehumanizing policies ⬇️
What is Operation Lone Star? Watch to learn how this racist, heinous policy impacts + criminalizes border communities + Black/brown folks❗️
#EndOLS
NOW!
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"America doesn’t have to be this way. We can chart a
#newwayforward
..."
Thank you,
@dianeguerrero__
, for joining us in the fight to dismantle the 1996 laws that tear families apart.
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While we celebrate
#WorldChildrensDay
this week, the Biden administration continues to detain thousands of migrant children at influx and intake sites filled with neglect and abuse.
So we sent
@POTUS
,
@SecBecerra
, and
@SecMayorkas
a reminder... 👀
#FreeThemAll
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🎥 Liyah Birru, incarcerated DV survivor who was transferred to ICE, asks us: “Can you imagine how heartbreaking it is when a mother asks her child when she’ll be coming home, and there is no answer?” Today, the CA Assembly can end this injustice. Vote for
#VISIONAct
today!
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We can ALL help our community members learn about their rights!
We've gathered a variety of materials we’ve created to educate the community & prepare individuals for possible encounters with
#ICE
.
For resources in multiple languages, visit:
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ILRC Statement on Trump administration's immediate implementation of
#MuslimBan
:
#NoBanNoWall
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ILRC Puts Forth a Blueprint for the Biden-Harris Administration to Undo Egregious Trump Policies
#Election2020results
Read our full statement here:
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Alex Francois has been released! Thank you to everyone who took action and helped return Mr. Francois to his family.
@amergateways
@bakerbotts
@laredoimmialli
@DetentionWatch
@BAJItweet
@CWS_global
@HaitianBridge
@SA_Stands
@ImmJustice
@NIJC
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🎥WATCH NOW: A small town confronts the expansion of an immigrant detention facility in their backyard.
#FreeThemAll
#CommunityNotCages
Support the community of McFarland by sharing and using the toolkit at .
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No matter your status, you have a constitutionally-protected right to free speech and lawful assembly 🪧➡📜
If you are taken into custody by law enforcement while on the streets, however, the legal outcomes and threats may differ for you if you are a noncitizen.
🧵
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#BREAKING
: Judge Temporarily Blocks GEO Group's Plan For Detention Centers
Full statement from
@the_ILRC
@MigrantFreedom
@FaithinValley
below ⬇️ and here ➡️
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Today’s the day 🗣️
We’re kicking off this Texas tour of the We Will Resist Rally with a strong NO
#SB4
chant!
Texans are HERE — will you LISTEN?
#NOSB4
We are teaming up with a host of AMAZING partners to march and rally in ATX this Saturday, March 9th — and YOU’RE invited ✊🏽✊🏼✊🏿✊🏻✊🏾
What do we want? A repeal of
#SB4
and an END to
#OperationLoneStar
🚨
The Lone Star State is a State for ALL 📣
See y’all there!
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Another win for
#DACA
recipients and the movement! Today, a federal court ruled that Chad Wolf was not lawfully appointed, invalidating his latest attempt to restrict DACA.
Shout out to
@WiracYls
@NILC
@MaketheRoadNY
& all the organizers & movement lawyers who made this happen.
🎉 VICTORY! A Brooklyn court ruled in our case with
@MaketheRoadNY
and
@WIRACYls
on DACA that Chad Wolf was not lawfully serving, and his memo was not lawfully issued. We are still reading the opinion and will provide more details soon.
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Judge Rules DACA Program to be Restored in Full 🎉
Read our full statement➡️
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Thanks to all who are joining today’s
#FreeThemAllGov
Twitter Chat!
We’re so excited to have
@DianeGuerrero__
,
@ImmJustice
, the
#DignityNotDetention
Coalition, and so many other advocates and leaders with us today.
#FreeThemAll
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People tell us who they are, and we simply just have to listen and believe them.
We don’t know about y’all, but all life is precious to us, and offhandedly violent comments like this are not a reflection of the Texas we want to live in. People’s lives matter.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) tells Dana Loesch the "only thing we're not doing is shooting people" crossing the border because "the Biden Administration would charge us with murder."
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From the Bay Area in the West Coast to Washington DC in the East, we join rallies across the country demanding
@POTUS
Biden fulfill his promise to end ICE detention!
#CommunitiesNotCages
Learn more:
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This political stunt comes on the heels of the discovery that a family of four — including a baby — were found drowned in the Rio Grande River.
These political stunts do not stop migration.
These political stunts are murdering people.
New marine barrier installation on the Rio Grande begins today.
Texas DPS is overseeing the project in Eagle Pass.
More to come.
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HE SAID WHAT HE SAID!!! 👏🏽 When asked about WHY he re-introduced the
#NewWayForward
Act,
@RepChuyGarcia
made it CLEAR:
“Because my neighbors are immigrants!
Immigrants bring ✨VITALITY & SAFETY✨ to our communities!”
Rep Garcia, thank you for your bold & kind leadership 🙏🏼
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For her tremendous, tireless work with
@weareoneamerica
& her continued relentless fight to defend immigrant rights on Capitol Hill,
@RepJayapal
has earned the Nancy Pelosi Award for Policy at the
#PhillipBurtonAwards
on 5/24! 🏆🙌🏽
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(TW for death)
The tragedies in TX compound + our message remains —
How we recklessly treat the lives of those we “other” + marginalize is a DIRECT result of the same politicians + propaganda machines that spend hours dehumanizing the lives of people seeking a better life.
BREAKING: Seven people are dead and at least six injured after being struck by a vehicle at a bus stop near a shelter for migrants in Brownsville, Texas, police said.
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Karen Muñoz, co-founder ID
@ManoAmigaSM
kicks off our State of the People, discussing todays goal “We wanted to bring together community because clearly Greg Abbott does not represent Texan values!”
#EndOLS
#StateoftheState
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🎉 We're very excited to share that students enrolled in California Community Colleges can get immigration legal services at NO COST TO THEM.
#FindYourAlly
or help someone find theirs at 🦋
#spreadtheword
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Imagine getting arrested for “trespassing” a public park?
It’s happening now in TX under
@GregAbbott_TX
’s Operation Lone Star.
Dozens of immigrants have been arrested for “trespassing” Shelby Park — a PUBLIC park — in Eagle Pass, TX.
How does this keep our communities safe? 🧵
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(TW for gun violence)
This past week there was a tragic shooting in Cleveland TX — Abbott’s public message to his constituents who are already flooded w/ deceiving + dehumanizing anti-immigrant rhetoric defines the victims (one as young as 8) by their immigration status 🧵
I’ve announced a $50K reward for info on the criminal who killed 5 illegal immigrants Friday. Also directed
#OperationLoneStar
to be on the lookout.
I continue working with state & local officials to ensure all available resources are deployed to respond.
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🚨 HAPPENING SOON!
Today at 12pm ET: Rally to
#ProtectBlackImmigrants
! 🗣️
This is a call to end deportation, empty detention centers and bring back people who were unjustly deported, in front of the MLK Memorial.
#Act4BlackImms
#CameroonTPS
#MauritaniaTPS
#FreedomTogether
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🚨 URGENT: Videos captured by
@NatButterflies
' surveillance show to what lengths TX nat. guard will go to enforce the state's illegal & racist LoneStar scheme.
The Nat. Butterfly Center continues to be incredibly courageous as they shout
#EndOpLoneStar
🗣️
1)
#OperationLonestar
has no immigration enforcement authority, yet we have video of them drawing long arms & now what appears to be a snub nose handgun the soldier points at the migrant's head & back. They claim it is a night vision scope, but they have lied about everything...
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🚨 BIG NEWS! A federal court in Illinois has blocked the public charge rule in its entirety.
NEW! 🚨 Public charge is BLOCKED, yet again. A federal district court in Illinois has granted summary judgment vacating the rule in its entirety.
Because the previous stay decision in that case related to the preliminary injunction, it does not apply.
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ICE is a
#COVID19
Super Spreader
"ICE has spread COVID-19 across detention centers in the US by regularly transferring immigrants from the criminal legal system to the immigration system..." writes Nithya Nathan‑Pineau, ILRC Policy Attorney & Strategist
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Heard of HB20 in TX? Strap in:
"..House Bill 20, proposes creating roving police units consisting, in part, of "law-abiding citizens" – raising the specter of armed vigilantes confronting asylum-seekers at the border."
What does this signal?
Read⬇️
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When we organize, we WIN!
Last night, the McFarland community was successful in stopping GEO from converting two prisons into detention centers. This was a showing of community power at its finest. THANK YOU to all who were part of the fight.
#CommunityNOTCages
#SiSePudo
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⚠️Rules around public charge have *changed* and go into effect on 2/24/2020. HOWEVER, there are many dangerous misconceptions about the change that risk producing a panic in the immigrant community.
We're clearing the air on what the change means, who it impacts, and more. 💭1/
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🚨 BREAKING 🚨
As of an hour ago
#SB4
is formally IN EFFECT in the state of Texas.
Community is exhausted and we are all wondering what next steps are.
Read our full statement live now 🔗
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🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨
The ILRC applauds a federal judge’s decision today ordering
@GregAbbott_TX
to REMOVE the dangerous buoys in the Rio Grande that have injured many migrants and killed others.
Read our full statement now👇🏽
#EndOperationLoneStar
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We're SO proud of ILRC Ambassador
@dianeguerrero__
on today's release of her new autobiography!
#InTheCountryWeLove
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🚨 BREAKING 🚨
Today is March 5th and do you know what DID NOT go into effect?
#SB4
— the state deportation law
@ACLUTx
@ACLU
+
@TXCivilRights
took to court this past month ⚖️
Want to know why the law didn’t go into effect? Let’s do a quick refresh on what SB4 entails 🧵
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⚠️
#BREAKING
: Trump's harmful and inhumane Remain in Mexico policy (MPP) has been ❌blocked❌ in its entirety by court order. 🏛
This is a huge victory for human rights! ✊🏽
#immigrant
#rights
#MPP
#immigrantrights
#humanrights
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.
@theintercept
's and
@ICIJorg
's reporting found that ICE has used isolation cells to punish immigrants for offenses as minor as consensual kissing, & to segregate hunger strikers, LGBTQ detainees, and people with disabilities.
#SolitaryVoices
#DefundHate
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To carry on her legacy, several colleagues and friends have set up the Valerie Zukin Memorial Fellowship, an initiative to raise funds in Valerie’s honor to advance the development of more fierce immigration lawyers like her.
Find more info here:
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Our hearts are with the Baltimore community during this stressful time.
Our migrant community is no stranger to the impacts of infrastructure and climate catastrophe — they are often the most vulnerable groups in times like these.
We hope for reunification for these families.
The missing men are from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras & Mexico, and live in Dundalk & Highlandtown. They are in their 30s and 40s, he said, w spouses & children.
All of them came to the city for a better life.
“They are all hard-working, humble men"
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As political tides begin to stir in the new presidency, it’s important that we continue to ground our migrant justice work on the lessons learned these past few years. We must embrace the humanity of immigrants who have been criminalized.
#CenterTheCriminalized
#FreeThemAll
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BREAKING: Today, we joined a coalition of orgs in filing a lawsuit to stop the
@USCIS
@DHSgov
fee rule from going into effect.
The fee rule isn’t just a
#WealthTest
that puts citizenship out of reach for millions of low-income immigrants—it's also blatantly illegal.
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Undocumented youth and liberated leaders have spoken! These are the Ten Demands
@JoeBiden
and
@KamalaHarris
need to prioritize to undo the history of harm done to immigrant families by the US immigration system, only made worse by 4 years of hate
#DignityNotDetention
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It’s been 10 years since DACA was announced. Though it has provided much-needed relief for many, its tumultuous decade of existence has also created heartbreak and confusion. DACA has kept many immigrants in a legal limbo while excluding other community members along the way.
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.
@ICEgov
is NOT equipped to handle an outbreak of COVID-19. They are putting our family members at risk of severe illness and death.
Demand ICE to release people in their custody NOW.
#FlattenICE
#FlattentheCurve
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We’re here at San Marcos, Texas kicking off our State of the People addressing
@GregAbbott_TX
’s State of the State in community 🏡
Folks are here to show that Abbott is NOT our Texas🚨
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Overturning Roe v. Wade will no doubt deter immigrant women from seeking the reproductive care they deserve. This ruling is a blow to human rights. We will not stop fighting for immigrant communities, and are in solidarity in the fight for a just and better future for all.
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Looking forward to joining
@dianeguerrero__
,
@AleLaPlebe
, and immigrant rights & criminal justice leaders in a convo about the 1996 immigration laws.
Tune in on Wednesday (7/24) @ 10am PT. It’s up to us to create a
#newwayforward
!
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Congratulations to our very own Grisel Ruiz for being honored at
@SIRENImmiRights
’s 35th anniversary for her continued commitment to legal advocacy!
And congratulations to SIREN for 35 years of serving the immigrant community!
#RebelliousLawyering
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Deportation flights to Haiti must be immediately stopped & people seeking safety at our borders must be granted their legally assured chance to seek asylum.
@POTUS
:
#StopDeportationFlights
NOW!
#CommunitiesNotCages
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Seems as of now the
#SB4
ruling is indefinitely extended until SCOTUS has ample time to review —
In short:
🚨 SB4 CANNOT GO INTO EFFECT 🚨
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.
@GavinNewsom
, the ball is in your court! We need to set an example for the rest of the country!
#SignAB32
Thank you,
@dianeguerrero__
, for helping us raise awareness!
#CommunityNotCages
.
@OITNB
showed how immoral it is to profit off mass incarceration and how sentencing laws disproportionately hurt black and Latinx communities.
#AB32
@robbontaCA
would shut down private criminal and immigration jails and
#SB136
@Scott_Wiener
, would undo unjust tough on crime laws
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The reality is that the creation of a civilian deputized “police” group meant to “deter migration” is an alarming issue that will impact ALL Texans —
How do you or anyone determine who is or isn’t an “undocumented immigrant” without using your own racial or social biases? 🚩
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Eagle Pass folks feel “local voices who actually live on the border…have been largely excluded from the media conversation” and they are CORRECT.
Faith + community leaders will host a conference today, 12:30PM @ San Juan Plaza uplifting EP voices + taking back the narrative 🗣️
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Justice for immigrants means ending the prison to deportation pipeline.
#AB1282
would have prohibited CA prisons from turning immigrants over to private contractors paid by ICE to conduct unlawful immigration arrests.
@GavinNewsom
's veto of
#AB1282
is wrong and disappointing.
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Amazing victory for due process out of
#ClarkCounty
Georgia! Kudos to the local folks who made worked hard to make this a reality
#PeoplePower
#ICEOutofEverywhere
#Not1More
GREAT NEWS out of
#Athens
!
#ClarkCounty
Sheriff's Office has changed its policy & will no longer honor immigration hold requests in absence of judicial warrant! Kudos to Dignidad Inmigrante En Athens & others for working for years to achieve this victory!
#Not1More
#DismantleRacism
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🚨 There is now a 15 yr old violently harmed by a deputy in Kinney County, TX under Op. Lone Star.
Take a look at the incident ⤵️ shared by the county sheriff's dept on FB. The lawlessness law enforcement agencies enjoy in Kinney County, TX is downright appalling.
#EndOpLoneStar
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Read this powerful joint statement from TX organizations on why ICE doesn't need a new leader, it needs to be abolished.
@ImmJustice
@UNITEDWEDREAM
@MOVE_Texas
@houston_leads
@workersdefense
@OfficialBLMP
@TXCivilRights
@restoringjustic
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The ILRC is live in Austin, TX showing solidarity for our local partners from Eagle Pass and Texas community in front of the Austin Federal Courthouse speaking out against
@GregAbbott_TX
’s border buoys and the heinous
#OperationLoneStar
🧵
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BREAKING: We sued the Trump administration... and we WON.
Today, Judge Chesney issued a preliminary injunction blocking DHS’s effort to make it harder for low-income immigrants to access fee waivers when applying for citizenship.
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Today,
#SCOTUS
rejected the Trump administration's challenge to CA's sanctuary state law.
What are "sanctuary" policies - and what do we mean when we say
#sanctuary4all
?
An important 🧵⬇️
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🚨 It's more necessary than ever to educate and inform our community members of their rights.
#KnowYourRights
📜 Here are a few helpful reminders regarding ICE arrests and raids that could help protect families. Share this thread to
#SpreadTheWord
.
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“This Supreme Court decision reaffirms that there is no such thing as a fair day in court for immigrants.” -Grisel Ruiz, staff attorney.
Full statement on the unfortunate
#SCOTUS
immigration bond hearing decision here:
#DignityNotDetention
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Wow - we are blown away.
THANK YOU to all of our amazing participants today, and especially to
@AleLaPlebe
and
@DianeGuerrero__
for helping us shed light on these important
#crimmigration
issues. Together, we’ll create a
#newwayforward
.
Now, let's keep this discussion going!!
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Priscilla Lugo with
@latinojustice
is here at todays State of the People address demanding we INVEST in communities and DIVEST from inhumane + wasteful policies such as Abbott’s Operation Lone Star
#EndOLS
#StateoftheState
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There will be no exceptions to our sanctuary city policies. This isn’t about soundbites; it’s about real people and real lives. -
@chesaboudin
#ImmForumSFDA
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