Freedom for Immigrants Issues Statement on Biden-Harris Immigration Bill
While acknowledging that the Biden-Harris bill is an important step forward, FFI urges the administration to take bolder steps to protect immigrants.
While acknowledging that the Biden-Harris bill is an important step forward, FFI urges the administration to take bolder steps to protect immigrants.
Take time today to remember all the immigrants around the county who, like Dr. King, have been thrown in solitary confinement.
Children who arrive at our borders alone should be placed in small, community-based settings that provide the support they need and facilitate their prompt release to their families.
“If employers in any industry were to tell their American workers, ‘You cannot leave your worksite,’ there would be a societal outcry.”
"Like a stone in water, the impact of ICE enforcement ripples out to the family of the person targeted."
"...the men are facing intimidation and threats ...Guards have threatened some of the men with physical harm if they do not abandon their protest."
"I think a part of the reason why the hotline is so powerful is because of the bravery of people inside who are able to call and report the things they’re going through."
"Most of us, despite respective COVID-19 hurdles, can at least get through our day without wondering if our 9-year old has remembered to feed their newborn sibling, or how our oldest daughter will fare stepping out of high school and into the fields."
The hunger strike of a detained person at NWDC has reached 32 days - and more are joining him.