WASHINGTON, DC — Freedom for Immigrants is proud to support the office of Representative Jason Crow (CO-6) joined by Sylvia Garcia (TX-29) and Veronica Escobar (TX-16) in leading the introduction of the End Transfers of Detained Immigrants Act in the House of Representatives. Companion legislation was introduced in the Senate on September 25 by Senators Michael Bennet (D–CO) and Jeff Merkley (D–OR)
Immigrant Rights Groups Call on Hudson Co. Freeholders to End Contract With ICE
NEW JERSEY - As Hudson County nears the end of its contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on December 31, 2020, 61 immigrant rights advocates submitted a statement to county freeholders, urging them to stay true to their commitment ending the contract.
McFarland residents vow to keep organizing after court lets GEO expand immigration detention, look to incoming administration for support
McFarland, CA—On Monday, October 26th, the Ninth Circuit ruled to permanently vacate a district court’s preliminary injunction in Immigrant Legal Resource Ctr., Freedom for Immigrants v. McFarland, Geo Group, Inc, allowing private prison company GEO Group to expand immigration detention in the city of McFarland.
Immigrant rights organizations, attorneys file complaint against local Immigration Judge
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA -- On November 12, 2020 a coalition of legal service providers, community members, the San Francisco Public Defender, and the National Lawyers Guild - San Francisco Bay Area filed a complaint today with the Department of Justice (DOJ) Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) against San Francisco-based Immigration Judge Nicholas Ford for his racist, ableist and hostile treatment of immigrants, attorneys and witnesses.
‘After about 5 minutes of struggle, they forced my index finger on the paper’: ICE Forcing More Asylum Seekers to Sign Deportation Paperwork as Another Deportation Flight to Cameroon Looms
NEW ORLEANS – On Thursday, November 5, immigrant rights organizations filed a new multi-individual Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) complaint with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Civil Rights and Civil liberties (CRCL) and DHS Office of the Inspector General (OIG), detailing Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) continued use of force and torture against Cameroonian asylum seekers to sign their own deportation paperwork.
Freedom for Immigrants Calls on Biden Administration to Abolish Detention
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA — Freedom for Immigrants Deputy Executive Director Layla Razavi issued the following statement in response to the 2020 presidential election results:
“The past four years have laid bare the stark reality that the U.S. immigration detention system cannot be reformed. It must be abolished.
Abolish ICE NY-NJ Delivers Platform Outlining Vision for Immigrant Safety & Justice Amid COVID-19
NEW JERSEY - Last week, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed a bill to implement emergency public health credits in order to release thousands of people nearing the end of their sentences from incarceration during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. While this legislation is an important step toward reducing detention levels to comply with public health guidance and ensure the safety of our communities, nothing in the bill prevents non-citizens eligible for release from being transferred into U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention.
“We Breathe the Same Air”: Black Immigrants Speak Out Against Abuses in Jail and Get Deported
WASHINGTON – Despite the global pandemic which has slowed most international travel, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is accelerating the deportation of Black migrants to countries they fled, retaliating against those who speak out about abuses in detention. On October 13, a group of nearly 60 Cameroonian and 28 Congolese immigrants were deported despite grave concerns for their safety voiced by the immigrants themselves, their lawyers and loved ones.