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March 21st, 2018

We Do It For Our Gente: Release Ale Now

Alejandra Pablos is a beloved Mijente member and fierce organizer that has been in ICE custody since March 7th.

March 21st, 2018

March 13th, 2018

Undocumented Activist Targeted by ICE Asks Immigration Judge to Throw Out Case Based on First Amendment

Maru Mora-Villalpando, a Washington-based organizer facing her first immigration court date, files Motion to Terminate her deportation proceedings, citing First Amendment violations.

March 13th, 2018

March 12th, 2018

10 Ways to Fight for Ale #ReleaseAle #AlevsICE

One day before International Women’s Day, nationally renowned immigrant rights and reproductive rights organizer and long-time Mijente member Alejandra Pablos was detained by ICE. She is the latest immigrant rights advocate facing deportation and is currently being held without bond at Eloy Detention Center in southern Arizona. Since her detainment last Wednesday, Ale has […]

March 12th, 2018

February 27th, 2018

Trump Supreme Court Gives ICE Power to Hold People Indefinitely, Making Private Prisons Millions

The Supreme Court of the United States ruled today that U.S. Immigration officials can hold people indefinitely, without receiving bond hearings. Carlos Garcia, Mijente member and Executive Director of Puente Human Rights Movement in Arizona, issued the following statement on behalf of the organizations: “The decision of the Supreme Court will have a permanent impact […]

February 27th, 2018

February 26th, 2018

ICE Targets Undocumented Immigrants Who Share Their Story in the Media

Immigration agents claimed they pursued activist Maru Mora-Villalpando when they found her name and story in a local newspaper, labeling her an “anti-ICE” activist. The Seattle Field office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) released documents stating that immigrant rights organizer Maru Mora-Villalpando came to their attention after she “stated that she is ‘undocumented’ in […]

February 26th, 2018

February 15th, 2018

Washington State Sent Information on Undocumented Activist to Immigration Enforcement Agency

Documents show the WA Department of Licensing (DOL) shared personal information used in the targeting of activist and mother Maru Mora-Villalpando. See the e-mails from DOL and ICE below. Maru and Washington-based organizers are asking the state and the DOL to take steps to address the harm they have caused all people whose information was [...]

February 15th, 2018

February 1st, 2018

Resistance to the Trump Agenda Must Include ICE and the Department of Justice

Our resistance to a Trump agenda and our fight for immigrant rights needs to go beyond the halls of Congress. As the White House proposal is exposed as yet another racist puzzle piece in the administration's ploy to advance white supremacist values, we must strategize to also bring down the two agencies that continue [...]

February 1st, 2018

January 16th, 2018

ICE Serves Deportation Notice on Undocumented Leader for Organizing Detained Immigrants

The recent deportation notice filed against Washington-based immigrant rights activist and mother, Maru Mora-Villalpando, is a clear sign that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is turning into Trump’s secret police and silencing immigrants who fight back. Click here to support Maru and sign her petition. . The Seattle office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has [...]

January 16th, 2018

January 9th, 2018

Arpaio Run for Senate is Desperate Attempt to Save Failed Legacy

Phoenix, AZ – This morning the infamous former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio announced that he would be running for United States Senate in the state of Arizona. Carlos Garcia, Executive Director of Puente Human Rights Movement, the organization that has led campaign against Arpaio for the last 10 years for his violent and […]

January 9th, 2018

December 14th, 2017

Why Is Mijente Mobilizing Latinx for Stacey Abrams?

Endorsement December 12, 2017 As a national political home for Latinx and Chicanx organizing, Mijente calls for a mobilization in support of State House Minority Leader Stacey Abrams for Governor of Georgia as part of a pro-Black, pro-Woman, pro-community agenda to show Latinx power, elect progressive candidates of color, and defend US born and immigrant Latinx communities. […]

December 14th, 2017

November 27th, 2017

The Death of a Puerto Rican Lie

While desperation is brewing in Puerto Rico after Hurricane María, anger is reaching a boiling point in its Diaspora. The few U.S. media to care enough to report, detail an accelerating scarcity of safe drinking water, gasoline, and food. Most islanders are without electricity, so the Diaspora linger with the unknown, left to see a [...]

November 27th, 2017

November 13th, 2017

National Lawsuit Seeks to Expose Secrecy of Immigration Raids

Immigrant and civil rights groups around the country file lawsuit after ICE fails to disclose information regarding recent mass raids and threats of mass raids. Groups also highlight abuse of ICE agents and current harsh immigration enforcement tactics through coordinated events. Click here to read the lawsuit (Washington D.C) -- Organizations around the country are [...]

November 13th, 2017

November 9th, 2017

Mijente Crew in Louisville, KY push forward Sanctuary Ordinance

Mijente members in Louisville, KY advance Sanctuary for ALL

November 9th, 2017

November 2nd, 2017

Ancestral Spiritual Resistance Zine – For Our Collective Healing

This Ancestral Spiritual Zine offers this collection of prayers, practices and intentions for the sake of the ancestors, for the sake of our families and the Earth who made us, and for the generations to come.

November 2nd, 2017

October 27th, 2017

The People’s Sermon, by Paulina Helm Hernandez

I’ve seen May Day co-opted over the years and real working people stomped over on the way to socialist rallies organized by people that cannot imagine such suffering. But our parents faces remind us of the true cost of sacrifice, and what it means to cross a river into a better life.

October 27th, 2017

October 10th, 2017

The Niña, The Pinta, and Hurricane Maria

There are ways we, of the diaspora, and allies can alleviate the humanitarian crisis plaguing the island and work with those there to right a history of economic exploitation.

October 10th, 2017

October 3rd, 2017

Five Things the ‘Safe City’ Raids Can Teach Us About the New Era of Enforcement

In an era where any contact with local law enforcement becomes an opportunity to detain, deport, and incarcerate, highlighting the role of local governments in creating real sanctuaries and pushing back against criminalization is key.

October 3rd, 2017

September 12th, 2017

Immigrants to ICE: Show Us Your Papers – Launch of National Challenge to Raids

Groups across the country file FOIA requests at every single ICE field office to prevent agency from acting with impunity, investigate plans for raids WASHINGTON — In every single field office in the country, Mijente, Detention Watch Network, the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild and close to fifty organizations representing immigrant communities […]

September 12th, 2017

September 10th, 2017

Prepare Against Raids: New “Defend Your Rights” Materials Available

Even under the Trump regime, there are things we can do to protect ourselves and our loved ones and prepare to better defend ourselves against raids. ICE may be acting with impunity, but people power will always be more powerful than the people in power. With rumors swirling of massive raids being planned and with […]

September 10th, 2017

September 6th, 2017

Mijente Hosting First Ever National Gathering of Members!

This Fall, Mijente is hosting a Sazonblea, the first official national gathering of Mijente’s membership. We will be coming together to connect, strategize together and build shared vision for the work of Mijente.

September 6th, 2017

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We Do It For Our Gente: Release Ale Now

Undocumented Activist Targeted by ICE Asks Immigration Judge to Throw Out Case Based on First Amendment

10 Ways to Fight for Ale #ReleaseAle #AlevsICE

Trump Supreme Court Gives ICE Power to Hold People Indefinitely, Making Private Prisons Millions

ICE Targets Undocumented Immigrants Who Share Their Story in the Media

Washington State Sent Information on Undocumented Activist to Immigration Enforcement Agency

Resistance to the Trump Agenda Must Include ICE and the Department of Justice

ICE Serves Deportation Notice on Undocumented Leader for Organizing Detained Immigrants

Arpaio Run for Senate is Desperate Attempt to Save Failed Legacy

Why Is Mijente Mobilizing Latinx for Stacey Abrams?

The Death of a Puerto Rican Lie

National Lawsuit Seeks to Expose Secrecy of Immigration Raids

Mijente Crew in Louisville, KY push forward Sanctuary Ordinance

Ancestral Spiritual Resistance Zine – For Our Collective Healing

The People’s Sermon, by Paulina Helm Hernandez

The Niña, The Pinta, and Hurricane Maria

Five Things the ‘Safe City’ Raids Can Teach Us About the New Era of Enforcement

Immigrants to ICE: Show Us Your Papers – Launch of National Challenge to Raids

Prepare Against Raids: New “Defend Your Rights” Materials Available

Mijente Hosting First Ever National Gathering of Members!

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