Vera Institute of Justice

We’re fighting to secure equal justice for all, end mass incarceration, and strengthen families + communities.

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A 9-year-old U.S. citizen spent his birthday in federal detention—isolated from his family for nearly seven months.

This is what Trump's weaponization of the immigration system looks like in practice: https://t.co/nCpBMcl9vU

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“People...have a right to treatment.”

As Pride Month highlights the ongoing fight for LGBTQ+ rights, transgender people in prison continue to face denials of medically necessary care despite court orders protecting access.

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Explore 10 ways that the Trump administration is making the U.S. less safe: https://t.co/8k20FUpG3T

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A decade ago, Donald Trump promised voters that "safety will be restored" if he was elected.

Today, it’s clear that this president does not care about our safety, our wellbeing, or our security. Here are some of the ways Trump is making us less safe. 🧵 https://t.co/8k20FUpG3T

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Safety is about more than just preventing crime.

It also means safety gun violence, drug overdoses, disease, environmental disasters, cyberattacks, transportation failures, and more. By these measures, the Trump administration’s record is deeply alarming.

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By allowing the Trump administration to end protections for people from Haiti and Syria, the Supreme Court exposed more than a million Temporary Protected Status holders to deportation.

Congress should now create lasting pathways to legal residency. https://t.co/n031f8G3HM

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#SCOTUS just made it easier to strip legal status from 1.3M people: individuals who came to the U.S. seeking safety, who registered with the government, passed background checks, & built lives here. Vera's Insha Rahman explains why Congress must act: https://t.co/0mgqUyNoni

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❗Hundreds of thousands of people are now at risk of being deported. Congress must act to ensure a federal right to legal representation in immigration court and expand pathways to legal status.

Our full statement: https://t.co/slZ85rl1RD

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Today, SCOTUS ruled that the Trump administration can end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for hundreds of thousands of Haitians and Syrians.

❗This ruling opens the door to dismantle TPS for all 1.3 million holders from over a dozen countries.

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“This ruling underscores a troubling reality: too many immigrants in the United States, who have spent years contributing to their communities, remain trapped in temporary statuses that can be revoked at the whim of political agendas." —Vera President Insha Rahman

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Honoring this month means ensuring our communities are informed, not coerced—able to stay with family in places they have long called home, not pressured into exile.

Read the full findings: https://t.co/FVzFwFi9RF

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This #ImmigrantHeritageMonth, we honor immigrant communities by fiercely defending their right to stay.

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Most recently, a Vera report found that immigrants are giving up their claims in immigration court and choosing to leave the country in dramatically higher numbers.

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Vera was founded in 1961 based on the simple belief that no one should be locked up in jail because they could not afford to buy their freedom.

As we celebrate 65 years of fighting for justice, read co-founder Herb Sturz' account of Vera's early efforts: https://t.co/hUzAHhnCcy

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Forcing 100+ people—many without legal representation—before an immigration judge at the same time isn't efficiency. It's chaos by design.

Read the full @washingtonpost Letter to the Editor by Vera’s Insha Rahman: https://t.co/LSCJBZLSIb

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Thousands of immigrants are languishing in detention—separated from their families and communities, coerced into surrendering their right to remain in the United States. This is the reality of mega master hearings.

Universal representation has never been more urgently needed.

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In Germany, it's a constitutional mandate. Through Vera's Restoring Promise initiative and young adult housing units, it's becoming a reality in the United States too—and a blueprint for what New York City's jails could one day look like.

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Can a prison system built entirely on human dignity work?

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