500+ women and children freed after ruling; donations needed
500+ women and children recently freed from family prison camps in Texas are in need of donations after ruling.
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.
By Zeke Peña
3/16 SAN ANTONIO: ICE Advisory Committee Meeting on Family Residential Centers
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.
By Zeke Peña
AUSTIN | Feb 4: Register to speak at Tx DFPS hearing on licensing family prisons as “childcare facilities”
JOIN US! We need your help to stop prisons from being licensed as child care facilities! #EndFamilyDetention
#EndFamilyDetention hashtag campaign goes international
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
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…
TAKE ACTION: Send letter to Obama and DOJ not to appeal Flores settlement enforcement decision for imprisoned families
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!
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Rio Grande Valley Immigration Humanitarian Crisis Response
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!
Honor Mothers' Day this year by joining the fight to release mothers and children in detention!
Online protest in solidarity with the 41+ mothers fasting for freedom at Karnes
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…
BREAKING: Women in Karnes family detention camp start work strike and fast for Holy Week! Demanding freedom!
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…
Tues 3/31 Day of action: Protest and vigil in San Antonio
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…
TAKE ACTION: Call ICE to release Sonia and her 3 children from the Karnes family prison
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,…
Tues 3/24 – National Day of Action: Freedom for All Refugee Families
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…
Five reasons to CONTINUE to oppose family detention: Feb 24 declaration of support
We must not only continue, but also escalate, our opposition to family detention for FIVE reasons
PRESS CONFERENCE: Wednesday, Feb 25 @ 11 am in San Antonio
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…
Release Sonia and her three children from 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…
Resolution calling for release of women & children; end ICE’s no-release policy
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. …
Fuerza y Fianzas: a proposal for people to support families in a concrete way
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…
Help Maria Estela and her 3 young daughters be released from detention at the Karnes “Family” Detention Center.
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…
URGENT Stop deportation of Salvadoran refugee family
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…
Call for release of all speakers of Mayan languages
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,…
What you can do: Take a field trip to immigration court.
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 […]
Each of us has a duty to report child abuse or neglect
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 […]