Immigrants in sanctuary, immigrant organizers, attorneys and allies in faith communities all over the US working to build collective strategies for liberation.
Watch a subtitled version of Tuesday's press conference below! Special thanks to @ifcla and the @AlexBelongs Team for putting this together.
https://t.co/r59FFQIgRy
Sanctuary Leader Carmela in Philadelphia was approved for a U Visa!
¡La Líder de Santuario Carmela en Filadelfia fue aprobada para una Visa U!
#CarmelaLibre .@ApolonioCarmela
We know that @POTUS and @SecMayorkas have the power to end retaliation against immigrants and support sanctuary leaders and other immigrant organizers and activists as we strive for to make lasting change. We hope to see these cruel fines come to an end.
President "Biden faces a crucial choice: Will he and his administration choose to defend a Trump-era policy of retaliation and fear, or will he ensure justice for these families and use his power to set them free?" Rev. Goldsmith
"The past three years have taught us that faith cannot be passive. It must fight alongside those who seek to right the tyranny of injustice. By targeting immigrants in sanctuary, Homeland Security and ICE threaten our most fundamental values." Rev. Goldsmith
This is part of a larger pattern of retaliation against immigrant rights defenders that has flared up in cases across the country during the Trump Administration, as our clinic has mapped. https://t.co/wsEwhwRb2X
MUST-READ: Immigrant families sought sanctuary, and churches opened their doors, as an act of faith. As Rev. Goldsmith of First Unitarian Church of Salt Lake City writes, it's time to end the retaliation and drop ICE's cruel fines. @POTUS@SecMayorkas https://t.co/tIjjSFSeaP
Hilda and Alirio are free!!! Even tho immigration tried to deny their stay twice we continued to pressure them and we won! We would like to thank @JoaquinCastrotx,@RepLloydDoggett@RepEscobar for their work on helping Hilda and Alirio finally leave sanctuary.
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"I am finally free. I never gave up, never lost hope. I fell and got back up and knew one day I'd be able to leave. That day has come." -Carmela. #carmelalibre