Posts Tagged ‘criminalization’
Shackle Sessions, Not the People #FueraSessions #SessionsOUT
March 26th, 2018Washington, D.C. – A statue of Attorney General Jeff Sessions was be unveiled in front of the U.S. Supreme Court today by Latinx and immigrant rights organizers, calling attention to the defense of the Department of Justice in favor of chaining and shackling all people appearing before a federal judge. In the case, United […]
ReadWe 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.
ReadTrump 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 […]
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With DACA & TPS Threatened & a Dream Act Introduced, How We Chart Our Way Forward Matters
July 21st, 2017Let us seize clean opportunities and quickly condemn anything that turns a Dream into a nightmare, anything that would increase the criminalization of any of us.
ReadA Guide on Organizing as Defense Against Federal Investigations and Prosecutions
Mijente and the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild release a guide that outlines how community-based organizations can develop a security and defense plan in the event that federal law enforcement targets leaders or staff for federal investigation and prosecution.
ReadThree Lessons from Fighting Obama Raids to Organize Under a Trump Regime
While enforcement under the new regime represents an expansion and escalation, it is built upon past practices that can provide us with key lessons now.
ReadExpanding Sanctuary Policy Solutions – A Crowdsourced Guide
This is a living list of legislation that has been passed or proposed to address increasing protections and/or reducing criminalization.
ReadUna Expansión del Santuario: Pasos en Desafío del Orden Ejecutivo de Trump
Si Trump busca despojarnos del santuario, entonces debemos desafiarlo. Y nuestro desafío no debe simplemente recrear lo que existió, sino ampliarlo, reimaginarlo y darle vida a sus posibilidades.
ReadChicagoans Push Mayor & Council to Expand Sanctuary Further in Defiance of Trump
“Sanctuary in Chicago today means a commitment not just to symbolically defy Trump but to actually transform our city’s policies to stop targeting us for imprisonment, risk of removal, and state violence at the hands of police and aggressive immigration agents.”
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