December 21, 2020 – Seven-year-old G came to the US from El Salvador to avoid threats of violence, and was sent to the Clint, TX Customs and Border Patrol facility She was first housed in an unheated tent, then was separated from her aunt and was kept with other girls in a room in the […]
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Freedom for Immigrants Launches “Detention In Your District” Project
LOS ANGELES, CA, Feb. 13, 2020 – Freedom for Immigrants is excited to launch a project titled “Detention in Your District,” a series of informational briefs highlighting US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention centers in Congressional districts throughout the country. An essential component of ending immigration detention is understanding its scope and methods of […]
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Freedom for Immigrants Celebrates the Release of El Paso Hunger Strikers
Oct. 2, 2019 – Freedom for Immigrants and Advocate Visitors with Immigrants in Detention (AVID) in the Chihuahuan Desert are elated that Ajay Kumar and Gurjant Singh have both been released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody in El Paso, Texas and are free to pursue their asylum cases free from the confines of […]
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ICE Terminates National Detention Hotline, After Orange Is The New Black Highlights Its Power
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 23, 2019 – Freedom for Immigrants issued a cease and desist letter yesterday to Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) after the agency’s latest attack on the organization’s First Amendment right to freedom of speech. It was accompanied by a letter of support signed by seven producers and actors of the popular Netflix […]
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Freedom for Immigrants Featured In ‘Orange Is The New Black’
LOS ANGELES, CA, July 26, 2019 — Freedom for Immigrants is excited to be featured in the latest season of the Netflix hit show Orange Is The New Black. “We are incredibly grateful to the actors, writers and producers of Orange Is The New Black for including Freedom for Immigrants and highlighting our work and […]
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Jenn Bud: Open Letter from An Ex-Border Patrol Agent
July 1, 2019 – Jenn Bud is a former Senior Border Patrol Agent. Dear former colleagues at the U.S. Border Patrol, I know that you’ve been working long hours with families seeking safety and protection at our nation’s borders. I remember what those shifts were like when I worked at the Campo, California station: people […]
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As Caravan Approaches, Immigrant Rights Groups Condemn Session’s Threat to Keep Immigrants Indefinitely Detained
Washington, DC, Oct. 29, 2018 – As a caravan of thousands of people seeking asylum approaches the United States, Attorney General Jeff Sessions is preparing to make a move that would allow him to keep any asylum seeker detained indefinitely. Today, immigrant rights advocacy groups and community leaders across the country joined to condemn Attorney […]
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People Nationwide Pledge To Host Asylum Seekers In New Freedom for Immigrants Campaign
LOS ANGELES, CA, Sept. 13, 2018 — Freedom for Immigrants is officially launching “Sponsor Freedom,” a program encouraging people nationwide to pledge their support for community-based alternatives to detention as a way to demonstrate that as a country we can build effective and humane pathways away from our punitive immigration detention system. “When a person […]
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Report Documents Increase in Hate Incidents in Immigration Detention in First National Study
LOS ANGELES, June 26, 2018 — Today, Freedom for Immigrants (formerly known as CIVIC) released the first national study focusing on abuse motivated by hate and bias toward asylum seekers and other individuals in U.S. immigration detention. “We are releasing this report at a critical moment in our nation’s history, when more parents and children are being […]
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Advocates rally at State Capitol in support of CA Laws targeted by Trump Administration
SACRAMENTO, CA, June 20, 2018 – Immigrant rights advocates, lawmakers, community and faith leaders, and attorneys will gather at the California State Capitol to defend immigrant rights in response to the Trump administration’s lawsuit against the state. Today is the first hearing in United States v. California, the lawsuit brought by the U.S. Department of […]