Alisa Wellek

Founding Attorney and Principal at Just Counsel, former executive director @ImmDefense

[Alisa Wellek @WellekAlisa]

Howard Bailey,a deported veteran & advocate just came home after a decade in exile. If you have been moved by Howard’s story & his sacrifice, please help support him with a new start. #ChanceToComeHome https://t.co/TmoDEVVeo1 @NIJC @ImmJustice @ImmDefense @SenAlexPadilla

[National Immigrant Justice Center @NIJC]

The Wash Post's @petulad spoke w/ U.S. Navy vet Howard Bailey the day after his family welcomed him home to Virginia. He talked about his first peaceful night's sleep in 11 years since his unjust deportation. Let's ensure others have a #ChancetoComeHome https://t.co/wsD17hn6Cg

[Alisa Wellek @WellekAlisa]

@KAFcampaign @ImmDefense @ImmJustice @NIJC @rapid_defense I still remember that first call with you Ale. I could tell you were going to become an incredible advocate for yourself and others. Can’t wait to see Howard, you, and other targeted folks take down these systems

[Alisa Wellek @WellekAlisa]

I’m so grateful to all who contributed to Howard’s legal & advocacy team over the https://t.co/Ac1Viy5uJP was pure joy seeing him reunited w his family last night.We must change these cruel racist laws. @ImmDefense @ImmJustice @NIJC @SenAlexPadilla @ClearyGottlieb @rapid_defense

[National Immigrant Justice Center @NIJC]

Welcome home, U.S. Navy veteran Howard Bailey! Howard reunited with his family yesterday evening in Virginia after a decade of living in exile in Jamaica following his unjust deportation. Read more here: https://t.co/gaz30ot1vY

[National Immigrant Justice Center @NIJC]

Today Howard Bailey testifies before a US Senate Committee. An honorably discharged veteran of the US Navy, Howard calls on the Biden administration to establish a meaningful #ChanceToComeHome for people who have been unjustly deported -- like himself. https://t.co/VuIVA50fov

[Immigration Coalition @ImmigCoalition]

.@POTUS @AliMayorkas Are you ok with this??? Thousands are suffering on your watch. No half measures. You can stop this today. #FreeThemAll NOW!!

[Immigrant Justice Network @ImmJustice]

The “good vs. bad” immigrant narrative and flawed ideas of criminality have helped build the mass immigrant detention system and indiscriminate enforcement apparatus we have today. 7/

[Immigrant Justice Network @ImmJustice]

Sanctuary policies should mean freedom from all forms of police and state violence. 6/

[Immigrant Justice Network @ImmJustice]

We must stop using messages that just end up being racist dog whistles at the expense of black communities. 5/

[Immigrant Justice Network @ImmJustice]

Carceral responses lead to carceral results. Our response to violence, including state violence, shouldn’t lead to more policing, surveillance and incarceration. 4/

[Immigrant Justice Network @ImmJustice]

The fight against ICE, DHS, and CBP must also include police, sheriffs, and other “law enforcement” agencies that arrest and incarcerate our community. 3/

[Immigrant Justice Network @ImmJustice]

The U.S. system of policing is inherently racist and anti-black. We must make sure that the policies we support align with the demands of the movement for Black lives. 2/

[Immigrant Justice Network @ImmJustice]

🧵THREAD: As immigrant rights organizations, we must drop policies that only lead to more criminalization, policing and incarceration.

Here are 5 policy and messaging ideas immigrant rights groups should STOP using. 1/

[Immigrant Defense Project @ImmDefense]

🎊VICTORY🎊The #ProtectOurCourts Act officially passes the NYS Senate! Thank you @bradhoylman and all the Ayes!

Having passed both the NYS Assembly & Senate this week, we're just awaiting a signature from @NYGovCuomo to get #ICEOutofCourts in NYS PERMANENTLY!

[Immigrant Defense Project @ImmDefense]

1/ On #PortlandProtests & DHS presence: let's make it clear that Portland is NOT a testing ground; for years, immigrants in this country have been subject to unidentified agents, arrests that look like kidnappings, & unmarked vans.

[The Bronx Defenders @BronxDefenders]

We must stand with immigrant NYers in this critical moment and do everything possible to protect them from the harms caused by ICE.

@AndreaSCousins and @CarlHeastie need to pass the #ProtectOurCourts Act, keep #ICEOutOfCourts for good!
https://t.co/rR5xNW4jxY 3/ end

[Immigrant Defense Project @ImmDefense]

BREAKING: We & 190 orgs call on @AndreaSCousins @CarlHeastie to address racist state violence from policing to courts to jails & prisons.
✅Full #Repeal50a
✅Police STAT Act
✅Elder Parole
✅Fair & Timely Parole
✅#HALTsolitary
✅Repeal #WalkingWhileTrans Ban
✅Protect Our Courts

[Immigrant Defense Project @ImmDefense]

Welcome to today’s #ICEOutofCourts Twitter Chat, where we’ll be talking about the latest legal victory from @NewYorkStateAG, why New York needs the #ProtectOurCourts Act, and ICE policing during #COVID19!

[Immigrant Justice Network @ImmJustice]

Our statement on today's #SCOTUS decision allowing #DACA to continue!

[Immigrant Defense Project @ImmDefense]

Thanks to a legal victory last week, ICE cannot make arrests at NYS courthouses! Now, we need @AndreaSCousins @CarlHeastie to call #ProtectOurCourts Act to a vote & get #ICEOutofCourts permanently! Sign here to show your support for immigrant NYers! https://t.co/DCNEI5nivh