Make the Road States

National organization that works alongside state-based Make the Roads to build power of immigrant & working-class communities of color.

[Make the Road States @MTRStates]

🎉We’re EXCITED to announce the launch of: @MTRStates!

In this critical moment, MRS will provide national campaign leadership & infrastructure support to elevate the voices of our immigrant + working-class members nationally.

Check it out ➡️ https://t.co/eKMehhtw9t

[Make the Road States @MTRStates]

After hours of detainment, Newark Mayor Baraka has been released.

This arrest is shameful. Make the Road New Jersey has been at Delaney Hall demanding accountability since day one and we will continue to fight back against any attempts to make New Jersey a mass deportation zone.

[Make the Road New Jersey 🦋 @MaketheRoadNJ]

#BREAKING: ICE just arrested Newark Mayor @RasBaraka as peacefully entered the Delaney Hall Geo Group ICE prison, accompanied by hundreds of community members and a congressional delegation.

Trump's ICE henchmen are coming for judges, mayors, parents. Who is next?

[Make the Road States @MTRStates]

In response to the announcement by the Trump administration that they are requiring certain immigrants to register with USCIS, Theo Oshiro, Co-Executive Director of Make the Road States, released the following statement. 👇

[Make the Road NY 🦋 @MaketheRoadNY]

STATEMENT: Following last night’s announcement from Attorney General Pam Bondi that the Trump admin will sue NY State over its immigration laws—incl. granting driver’s licenses to all NYers, regardless of immigration status, our @NatyAristiBeta said:

"Once again, last night’s actions have shown that the cruelty of this administration’s targeting of immigrant communities knows no bounds..." #GreenLightNY /1

[Make the Road States @MTRStates]

More than a dozen states extend drivers licenses to immigrants.

The Trump admin’s latest attack is yet another unconstitutional overreach that undermines the safety of every NYer, hurts our economy & puts our families at risk.

We won’t stand for it.

We’re ready to fight back.

[Make the Road States @MTRStates]

Don’t miss this powerful piece on @msnbc by @alexwagner on how immigrants at @MaketheRoadNJ are building power by learning their rights. #HeretoStay

[Make the Road New Jersey 🦋 @MaketheRoadNJ]

📺BIG: in the face of fear, immigrant families are standing strong 🦋

@MSNBC @alexwagner joined our Know Your Rights training, where immigrant adults & young people are learning to move from fear to power.

Check out the coverage on @RachelMaddow 

https://t.co/S54BE4Vb7E

[Make the Road States @MTRStates]

Powerful interview from @maketheroadny member Sonia on @CBSNewYork

[Make the Road NY 🦋 @MaketheRoadNY]

“That’s my biggest fear, to be taken by ICE & my children not know where I am… but we also have power if we know our rights” said our member Sonia to @CBSNewYork.

See our Know Your Rights materials to know what to do should you come in contact w/ ICE➡️https://t.co/GtEbVxjtSK.

[Make the Road States @MTRStates]

It’s no coincidence Trump announced plans to open 30,000 person immigrant prison on Gitmo the day he signed Laken-Riley into law:

It means Dreamers, parents - anyone accused but not convicted of a crime- could be subject to indefinite detention at GITMO.
https://t.co/QMcov54ANs

[Make the Road States @MTRStates]

@MtrStates celebrates yesterday's ruling temporarily blocking Trump's order to end birth right citizenship. Trump can't rewrite the Constitution or decide who is "American enough" for citizenship. Our courts will continue to stop Trump from carrying out his fascist agenda.

[Make the Road States @MTRStates]

This is what it means to stand with immigrants.

Our schools must be safe havens for all students.

Kudos to @icirr & these school officials who stood up to an attempted ICE raid on Chicago’s South Side.

https://t.co/sBlDNbdxar

[Make the Road States @MTRStates]

🚨Congress just passed the dangerous Laken Riley Act which will turn a horrible tragedy into an attack on the rights of immigrants & due process.

No one is safer when immigrant kids can face indefinite, mandatory detention for being accused of a minor crime like shoplifting.

[POLITICO @politico]

House sends first immigration bill to Trump’s desk https://t.co/DfMTUtZUZ1

[Make the Road States @MTRStates]

From coast to coast we’re calling on Congress to stop handing Trump the keys to his deportation machine.

S5/HR29 is an attack on due process and immigrant kids & adults.

[Make the Road New Jersey 🦋 @MaketheRoadNJ]

📣 BIG: immigrant families, 5th congressional district residents hold a vigil in the freezing cold to urge @RepJoshG to vote NO on anti-immigrant legislation S5/HR29.

@RepJoshG don’t supercharge Trump’s deportation machine!

2.3 million NJ immigrants & our families are at risk.

[Make the Road States @MTRStates]

Across the country @MTRStates familia is taking action to urge Congress to vote NO on S5/HR29.

From Las Vegas, NV to Hackensack, NJ, immigrants & our families are calling on Congress to stop this dangerous bill, which would be the largest expansion of mandatory detention.
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[Make the Road States @MTRStates]

BIG: @MaketheRoadNY sued the Trump administration to block the attack on birthright citizenship.

Listen to @MaketheRoadNY Co-Legal Director Harold Solis on @BrianLehrer today.

[Make the Road NY 🦋 @MaketheRoadNY]

"We're witnessing an attempt by a president to upend our Constitutional order by choosing who is a citizen of the USA."

Today, our Co-Legal Director, Harold Solis, joined The @BrianLehrer Show to explain why, along w/ other pro-immigrant groups, we're suing the Trump admin.

[Make the Road States @MTRStates]

🚨 @MtRStates responds to Donald Trump’s attacks on immigrants through his first executive orders targeting birth right citizenship, asylum and paving the way for expanded detention and deportations.

"We refuse to give in to fascism and despair."

#HeretoStay

[Ana Maria Archila🦋🐺 @AnaMariaforNY]

So excited to see @maeganllerena & @TheoOshiro take on the task of building the power and strength of immigrants rights movement. The couldn’t be a more important moment to take this on!

🙏🏽❤️

[Make the Road States @MTRStates]

Many of us are anxious of the impact a 2nd Trump admin will have in the lives of imm & working-class communities. We are building a strong & sustainable movement to defend ourselves & our neighbors. Join the movement by signing the #Solidaritypledge! https://t.co/P6qlOwlNyU

[Make the Road States @MTRStates]

“I’m grateful for Make the Road’s partnership in this fight & look forward to working with @MTRStates to continue this work.”

🦋Thank you @RepJayapal for supporting the launch of our national organization!

Learn more about this new initiative here➡️ https://t.co/eKMehhtw9t

[Make the Road States @MTRStates]

👏 As we celebrate the launch of @MTRStates, we'd like to introduce you to its newest Co-Directors: @TheoOshiro & @maeganllerena!

Meagan & Theo are strategic leaders with a track record of winning bold political campaigns + policy victories.

Join us in welcoming them!

[Make the Road States @MTRStates]

“I am proud to be a supporter of Make the Road since its inception & look forward to working together to protect immigrant families w/ the new national entity: @MTRStates.”

Gracias Rep. @NydiaVelazquez for your support!

Learn more about it here ➡️https://t.co/eKMehhtw9t