Posts Tagged ‘immigration’
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 […]
ReadDay After DACA Repeal, Immigrants Take Down Statue of Jeff Sessions Outside the DOJ
After yesterday's announcement that the White House is terminating the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, groups rallied in front of the Department of Justice to condemn Attorney General Jeff Sessions for his role in ending DACA and promoting hyper discriminatory, anti-immigrant, and pro-prison practices. Groups Mijente, Organized Communities Against Deportations (OCAD), Juntos, United [...]
ReadMijente Reacts to Trump’s Cancellation of DACA
September 5th, 2017We Will Organize Against this White Supremacist President’s Agenda September 5, 2017 In response to the announcement that the White House is terminating the deferred action for childhood arrivals (DACA) program, Marisa Franco, director of Mijente, issued the following statement: “Jeff Sessions is a living monument to the Confederacy. He and Donald Trump’s white [...]
ReadDemanding that Congress Defend DACA, TPS and Initiate an Investigation on ICE
August 14th, 2017Undocumented and immigrant leaders were joined by community organizations and labor unions on Monday to demand Members of Congress to defend DACA and TPS, to investigate ICE’s rogue actions and to hold the line on all hate legislation that further criminalize immigrants.
ReadAfter Health Care Loss, Trump Goes to Long Island to Beat Up on Immigrants
“At a time when the administration is trying to defund health care, PBS, or almost all other government agencies over their supposed costs, it’s ridiculous to see it also trying to inflate ICE’s payroll.”
ReadWith 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.
ReadNew Toolkit gives Workers Tools to Fight against Raids and Audits
Mijente Members and labor leaders at the AFL-CIO, Neidi Dominguez and Rosa Lozano along with others just dropped “We Will Resist and Defend,” a powerful toolkit for organizers and advocates on workplace raids and audits.
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.
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