There are several ways that you can help. From talking to your friends and family to participating in email and call-in campaigns, your contribution will make a difference. Please see the posts below for a list of the current campaigns.
500+ women and children recently freed from family prison camps in Texas are in need of donations after ruling.
On Wednesday, March 16, 2016 the Advisory Committee for ICE will hold a meeting to discuss "family residential centers." We need your help to TAKE ACTION NOW by submitting your comment opposing family detention.
JOIN US! We need your help to stop prisons from being licensed as child care facilities! #EndFamilyDetention
This week, the internet saw photos from across the world with the #EndFamilyDetention hashtag go viral. The movement to expose and end the rampant human rights abuses of "family detention."
Action Alert to End Family Detention Once and for All Last Friday, Judge Dolly Gee of the Central District of California ruled that current U.S. family detention policies violate a…
This week Obama and the DOJ were dealt a blow when the Flores settlement enforcement decision was upheld and they were ordered to no longer detain families. However, they are expected to appeal this decision. Please send letter to Obama and DOJ not to appeal Flores settlement enforcement decision for immigrants -- THANK YOU!
Refugees continue to arrive in growing numbers at the Humanitarian Respite Center at Sacred Heart Church in McAllen, Texas. In fact, this past week, the numbers doubled, with upwards of 150 people now arriving daily. So the need for volunteers and donations is growing!
Honor Mothers' Day this year by joining the fight to release mothers and children in detention!
CALL TO ACTION: Take a picture with friends and family and use it as your profile/cover pic on social media. Hashtag #EndFamilyDetention and #FastingForFreedom to join the international call to end…
by Cristina Parker, Grassroots Leadership Click here to sign the petition in support of the women in Karnes! The women detained in the Karnes detention camp in South Texas released…
On Tuesday, March 31 in San Antonio there will be a day of action to call for an end to family detention and support the hunger striking mothers and two…
Please call ICE and demand that Sonia and her 3 children be released from detention. Sonia and her three young children have spent more than 7 months in a privately-owned,…
National day of action: Freedom for all refugee families at Karnes and Dilley detention centers Press conference this Tuesday, March 24 LINK TO FACEBOOK EVENT: https://www.facebook.com/events/729044737210190/ In commemoration of Monsenor…
We must not only continue, but also escalate, our opposition to family detention for FIVE reasons
Wed 2/25 SAN ANTONIO: Please attend press conference, Wednesday, Feb 25, 11 am, front of San Fernando Cathedral, Main Plaza, corner of Commerce and Soledad, San Antonio, Texas Subject: Detention…
Sonia and her three young children have spent 6 months behind bars, after fleeing horrific violence in their home country of El Salvador, including the brutal rape and murder of…
Please read and sign this resolution and --- far more importantly -- take it to the groups to which you belong. Ask your group to sign and date the resolution. …
The problem The Dilley ICE prison is about to open. There, families – up to 2400 people -- will be incarcerated based on the thinnest and most transparent of irrational…
These three young girls are detained at the Karnes "Family" Detention Center with their mother and need our help! PLEASE CALL ICE AND DEMAND THAT MARIA ESTELA AND HER 3…
Dear friends, Maria Estela Marquez Marquez and her three daughters — Melissa (15 years old), Carmen (13 years old), and Jackeline (11 years old) — are refugees from El Salvador…
The Honorable Jeh Johnson, Secretary U.S. Department of Homeland Security Washington, D.C. 20528 The Honorable Eric H. Holder, Jr. Attorney General U.S. Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington,…
Want to understand what’s going on with refugees, immigrants, and immigration courts? Go. Take a morning or an afternoon and visit the immigration court closest to you. Look. Listen. Draw. Take notes. Then talk about it. (Talk about it. Talk about it….) Most immigration hearings are public, although judges typically close cases when 1) either […]
According to Texas law, “if you suspect the abuse or neglect of a child, it is your duty to report it immediately.” Did you read any qualifiers or exceptions? Did you read that “it’s your duty to report child abuse or neglect immediately, EXCEPT if – the abuse or neglect is at the hands of […]