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Celebrating a Wave of 2021 Community Wins!
In 2021, Mijente saw a wave of wins that were possible because you! The organizers and volunteers, advocates and activists that pushed for justice made space for community victories. These flowers are yours, and we want to celebrate the wins with you. The start of the year found us in the final sprint of our […]
ReadSafer Communities Without ICE: Our 2021 Big Wins
This has been a year of big wins for the #NoTechforICE campaign. Today we’re celebrating the fact that ICE has been cut off from accessing the utilities data of 171 million people. This step forward blocks ICE from using personal information to surveil, arrest, detain and deport our community members. This is just the first […]
ReadDeportation Defense under the Biden Administration
November 18th, 2021This past September, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released its policy for how ICE will conduct immigration enforcement in our communities. Though the new prosecutorial discretion memo (PD Memo) falls short of centering a protection-based framework, there are key opportunities for organizers and advocates to use in pushing back against abuses of power by […]
ReadAssuring Latinx Voters Make their Mark in Atlanta Politics
In 2020, Mijente PAC made history alongside GLAHR Action Network (GAN) by knocking on every Latinx voter door in Georgia for the Senate runoff election. This year, GAN was back on the doors. The Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights (GLAHR) was founded in 2001 to educate and organize a base of Latino […]
ReadHighlighting Partner #CommunitiesNotCages Actions in Atlanta, Phoenix, & Seattle
On Thursday September 23, over 70 civil and immigrant rights organizations gathered to host actions across the country in the Communities Not Cages national Day of Action. This national Day of Action was coordinated to demand that President Biden shut down all detention centers, reunite currently detained people with their families and community, and stop […]
ReadThe Block: New Face of Resistance in Georgia
The Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights (GLAHR) is a Mijente hub organization, and we are proud to support GLAHR in their latest initiative, The Block. Through The Block, GLAHR works with and organizes Latinx youth across Georgia in rural and urban communities. This initiative continues the developed work of GLAHR by providing political consciousness […]
ReadEl Pueblo Se Defiende, Local Deportation Defense
July 9th, 2021During Part 2 of our El Pueblo Se Defiende series, grassroots organizers shared their experiences fighting deportations under the current Biden administration and the strategies they suggest to others who want to be involved in deportation defense work in their local community. We spoke with Xanat Sobrevilla, organizer with Organized Communities Against Deportations, Carlos Sauceda […]
ReadThe Marching Orders To ICE Agents & Our Intervention
Deportations and immigration enforcement have continued to be a part of our daily lives. In the past few months, we’ve seen detention rates rise and President Biden call for an $18 million increase in ICE funding. And just last week the Supreme Court made it harder for immigrants with temporary protective status (TPS) to become […]
ReadEyes On ICE: Truth & Accountability Campaign
May 5th, 2021On March 1, 2021, we launched Eyes on ICE: Truth and Accountability Forums under the We Are Home Campaign. This series of virtual and in-person events were designed to expose the truth of immigration enforcement practices, spotlight the stories of those who have organized and been impacted by ICE, and share solutions for a free […]
ReadBiden’s First 100 Days on Immigration
April 30th, 2021As President Biden’s first 100 days come to a close, here is where we are in the fight to make sure the administration addresses deportations and immigration enforcement, and listens to the voices of our communities: We’ve made our voices heard. As President Biden launched a review of immigration enforcement policies, we launched the Eyes […]
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