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migrantfreedom.bsky.social @migrantfreedom.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The blueprint to Trump’s mass detention and deportation agenda has been hiding in plain sight for 30 years. Racist, criminalizing laws is the through line from past to present, explains Laura Hernández, FFI's Executive Director, in this new must-read Op-Ed ⬇️ truthout.org/articles/cli...

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Clinton-Era Laws Passed 30 Years Ago Enabled Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Agenda.

Clinton’s ‘96 laws provided the legal foundation for mass detention, rapid deportations, and the evasion of due process.

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ICE Out of CA coalition @iceoutofca.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

BREAKING: We are outraged by Governor Newsom's veto of the No Side Jobs for ICE Act, AB 1537 by Asm Isaac Bryan. This veto leaves Californians completely in the dark. How many officers are secretly moonlighting for ICE? We must uncover the truth! 1/

Black and red graphic with images of masked officers in background. Text reads: How many police are SECRETLY moonlighting for ICE? We must uncover the truth. Gov Newsom VETOED AB 1537 "The No Side Jobs for ICE Act." His veto leaves Californians in the dark.

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Rep. Summer Lee @repsummerlee.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

A government that cages children, denies them medical care, and subjects them to inhumane conditions is choosing cruelty. Every child deserves dignity, safety, and freedom. Free the children. End family detention. Shut down Dilley.

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Haitian Bridge Alliance @haitianbridge.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

📣 1,804 CALLS FOR HAITI TPS! 🇭🇹📞 Join Haitian Bridge Alliance and @amnesty.org this Thursday, July 23rd, for a virtual phone banking event to call our senators and demand that they protect Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti.

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ICE Out of CA coalition @iceoutofca.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

The CA Assembly just PASSED AB 1537, The No Side Jobs for ICE Act, by Asm. Bryan @ib2real.bsky.social! This bill will ensure local police and sheriffs can’t “moonlight” as deportation agents. THANK YOU to Asm. Bryan, coauthors, all members who voted yes, and supporters. Now, on to the Senate!

Image of California's Capitol with the headline: AB 1537 Passes Assembly Floor and text: "Thank you to Asm. Bryan, co-authors, all legislators who voted "yes" and every org supporting "No Side Jobs for ICE"

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migrantfreedom.bsky.social @migrantfreedom.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

"Removing agents from the streets in exchange for increased cooperation with jails and prisons is not a true de-escalation — it will simply result in a quieter, more covert operation of family separation and misery," continued Hernández. Read more: www.freedomforimmigrants.org/news-and-upd...

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Jail-to-ICE Transfers Are Unjust: Minnesota Must Hold the Line — Freedom for Immigrants

MINNEAPOLIS — Following reports that the federal government is pressuring Minnesota officials to expand local jail cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials in order to ...

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migrantfreedom.bsky.social @migrantfreedom.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

“Minnesota officials must hold the line and not throw incarcerated community members and their families under the bus," said Laura Hernández, Executive Director at FFI.

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migrantfreedom.bsky.social @migrantfreedom.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Any degree of local and federal law enforcement collaboration propagates the existing racial disparities of over-policing, profiling, and convictions into the immigration system. Now is not the time to throw anyone under the bus.

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migrantfreedom.bsky.social @migrantfreedom.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

New reports reveal the federal gov't is pressuring Minnesota officials to expand local jail cooperation ICE in exchange for withdrawing forces, to which we say - HELL NO. We must leave no one behind in our fight for justice and freedom. Our statement: www.freedomforimmigrants.org/news-and-upd...

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Jail-to-ICE Transfers Are Unjust: Minnesota Must Hold the Line — Freedom for Immigrants

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migrantfreedom.bsky.social @migrantfreedom.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

"Make no mistake: ICE’s terror is anything but rogue. The agency is operating exactly as intended and as it has for decades, only now with a record-high level of resources and unfettered power." Our statement on the deaths of Keith Porter and Renee Good: www.freedomforimmigrants.org/news-and-upd...

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FFI Mourns Those Killed in Latest String of Deadly ICE Terror — Freedom for Immigrants

LOS ANGELES — Following the deaths of Keith Porter, a Black man who was killed in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve by an off-duty Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent, and Renee Nicole Good, a...

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migrantfreedom.bsky.social @migrantfreedom.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

We won't win over everyone. And for our own peace, we have to pick our battles. But when you have the chance to engage meaningfully, don't forget the value of listening as an organizing practice. www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...

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How Much Discomfort Is the Whole World Worth? - Boston Review

Movement building requires a culture of listening—not mastery of the right language.

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migrantfreedom.bsky.social @migrantfreedom.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Playing defense and constantly debunking can be exhausting — and ineffective. By sharpening your listening skills, you can actually “pre-bunk” harmful narratives, leading to more productive dialogue in the long term with your loved ones.

Now let’s look at an example of what this might sound like in practice:

Values: Themes like family, community, safety, opportunity, diversity, fairness, due process, dignity, respect, shared humanity, perseverance

“Immigrant families are a critical part of our community…”

Defining the problem: Themes like this administration’s militarization of immigration enforcement, racial profiling, ICE abducting our neighbors, violating due process

“...ICE is targeting our immigrant neighbors, and Trump’s bill allocates $75 billion for more detention and deportation. Much of this comes from our own tax dollars and will end up in the pockets of private prison executives…”

Solution: Show how everyone in a community, including people who are immigrants, are impacted by a current policy—and how everyone benefits from a proposed policy solution.

“….our state needs to step up to make sure everyone is treated humanely and with due process… the federal government should stop spending money in ways that harm people and instead invest in making life better for everyone, including people who are immigrants…”

Remember:

Empathy is not the same as agreement! Deep listening does not mean compromising your own values or perspective.

“I hear what you’re saying. Let me share another perspective too.”

Listen and learn more from them:

“What’s behind that for you?” or “What bothers you about that?”

Normalize it’s ok to learn

“You know, I thought that too. But when I took a step back…” or “A lot of people are surprised to learn that…”

Speak to shared values, define the problem, and name a solution. Try bringing in a story or example of how you charged your perspective or a community member’s story.

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migrantfreedom.bsky.social @migrantfreedom.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Drawing from our research as well as the lessons from Kaba and Hayes’ essay, this guide will help you move your conversations beyond simply fact-checking misinformation and toward a deeper dialogue built around intentional listening, trust, and integrity. Read: www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...

How can we apply the practice of deep listening into our conversations about deportations, immigration detention, and the criminalization of Black, Brown, and Indigenous people?

Here’s what we know from the work and research that we and our partners have done. People’s world view is driven by their values, beliefs, identity, and even lived experiences. When these conversations trigger strong emotions, people are more likely to be thinking in their “downstairs brain” versus their “upstairs brain.”

Upstairs brain:

Responsible for decision-making and planning, control over emotions and body, self-understanding, empathy, and morality.

Downstairs brain:

Responsible for basic functions, innate reactions and impulses, and strong emotions. Overrides the upstairs brain to respond to fear and focus on survival.

Behavioral cues can help us move into our upstairs brain.

Here’s some examples of language designed to signal to the listener to think about something in a different way and facilitate moving into more thoughtful reasoning:

When I reflect on it…

When you step back…

I really had to think…

When I put myself in their shoes…

I thought about the example I wanted to set…

When I got some perspective…

If I was honest with myself…

Our next tactic is to use the VPSA model: Values, Problem, Solution/Vision, and Action.

Values: Shared values that you believe in, and will get your audience nodding in agreement

Problem: Paint of picture of harm, frame the problem as a threat to shared values

Solution/Vision: Positive, concrete, credible solutions leave people with choices, motivation. Who can enact this solution? What changes if solution happens?

Action: Give people something concrete that they can picture themselves doing: making a phone call, sending email, attending a meeting to learn more, etc.

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migrantfreedom.bsky.social @migrantfreedom.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Some of the hardest convos you’ll ever have with family and loved ones will be about topics like ICE and deportations. Just in time for the holidays, check out our new guide, inspired by @prisonculture.bsky.social and @mskellymhayes.bsky.social's essay on the practice of listening.

Beyond fact-checking: How to talk with your loved ones about immigration this holiday season

What Mariame Kaba and Kelly Hayes teach us about deep listening

Conversations with loved ones can be hard.

Yes, we must continue to call out disinformation and shut down racist ideas.

But if our goal is to change hearts and minds, sometimes our most valuable skill isn’t all about what we say or refute. In a personal conversation, it’s about how we listen — even when it’s uncomfortable.

In their essay for Boston Review, “How Much Discomfort Is the Whole World Worth?”, Mariame Kaba and Kelly Hayes write:

Political transformation is not as simple as handing newcomers a new set of politics and telling them, “Yours are bad, use these instead.” Instead, we will sometimes have to accompany people along messy transformational journeys.

Like so many other aspects of organizing, listening is a practice, and at times, it’s a strategic one.

Kaba and Hayes continue:

We might need to hear something true that makes us uncomfortable. Listening deeply makes space for that to happen. But even if the person who’s talking is off base, we can often still learn by listening to them. Why do they feel the way they do?

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migrantfreedom.bsky.social @migrantfreedom.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

We're honored to be alongside you in this fight. To our supporters who have risen to the challenges of this past year -- thank you.

Thank you for your solidarity
whether you supported FFI financially or volunteered with our hotline, marched in the streets, joined us at city council meetings, or logged on to a phone banking hour, you helped bring our world closer to collective liberation.

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migrantfreedom.bsky.social @migrantfreedom.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Our immigration system is based on criminalization & punishment, and so called third country deportations are just one way Trump is scaling this system to even harsher extremes. We spoke w/ @nymag.com about how double punishment works. Read the story by @tanvi.bsky.social: nymag.com/intelligence...

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What Happens When You Don’t Belong Anywhere?

More than 50 Bhutanese men with criminal records have been deported back to the country they fled — and swiftly deported out of it.

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migrantfreedom.bsky.social @migrantfreedom.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

At Freedom for Immigrants, we hold firm to the belief that all people are worthy of safety, dignity, and freedom, and our team pledges to fight for this vision every day. On behalf of the entire FFI team, thank you for your solidarity! freedomforimmigrants.app.neoncrm.com/forms/giving...

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Make a Difference on GivingTuesday!

GivingTuesday is a global generosity movement where donors and nonprofits team up to transform their communities. Your generosity makes a world of difference — join the movement!

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migrantfreedom.bsky.social @migrantfreedom.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

We’re not going to sugarcoat it: Our fight for collective liberation takes immense resources. Now more than ever — as we’re up against a record-high number of people in ICE detention — our ability to respond depends on your support. Donate: freedomforimmigrants.app.neoncrm.com/forms/giving...

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Make a Difference on GivingTuesday!

GivingTuesday is a global generosity movement where donors and nonprofits team up to transform their communities. Your generosity makes a world of difference — join the movement!

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migrantfreedom.bsky.social @migrantfreedom.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

In June, we received a disturbing call from inside the privately-run South Louisiana ICE Processing Center, where a woman, two months pregnant, reported not receiving emergency medical care after she began experiencing abdominal pain and bleeding large blood clots. theintercept.com/2025/10/10/i...

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The Trump Administration Is Hiding How Many Pregnant People Are in ICE Detention

The evidence indicates ICE is detaining pregnant women at alarming rates, in rapidly deteriorating conditions.

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migrantfreedom.bsky.social @migrantfreedom.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

“Medical care inside of detention facilities is insufficient in general. So, when we add in more specified procedures or medical care, that’s just completely inexistent,” said Diaz.

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migrantfreedom.bsky.social @migrantfreedom.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

ICE is callously jeopardizing the health and safety of pregnant people in detention, denying critical prenatal care in already horrific conditions. As FFI Organizing Director Amanda Díaz told @theintercept.com, even basic medical care is hard to come by. theintercept.com/2025/10/10/i...

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The Trump Administration Is Hiding How Many Pregnant People Are in ICE Detention

The evidence indicates ICE is detaining pregnant women at alarming rates, in rapidly deteriorating conditions.

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migrantfreedom.bsky.social @migrantfreedom.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

"We’re outraged that yet another life has needlessly been taken by the immigration detention system," said Amanda Díaz, Organizing Director with Freedom for Immigrants. "For decades, detention has been defined by ICE’s deadly medical neglect, resulting in premature and preventable deaths."

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migrantfreedom.bsky.social @migrantfreedom.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Freedom for Immigrants has long documented abuse of solitary in immigration detention. It's frequently used by officials inside immigration prisons as a means of coercion, retaliation, and medical abuse. Read the full story: www.themarshallproject.org/2025/09/16/t...

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‘Unbearable’: How ICE Is Locking More Immigrants in Solitary Under Trump

A mother of three said she hallucinated after weeks in an ICE segregation cell in Louisiana. She’s one of thousands now facing the psychological toll of isolation.

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migrantfreedom.bsky.social @migrantfreedom.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

As our Organizing Director Amanda Díaz shared with The Marshall Project and Univision, the irreparable harm of solitary confinement is only getting worse with zero accountability in the system: “What’s really scary right now is there’s no third-party witnesses to what’s happening inside."

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migrantfreedom.bsky.social @migrantfreedom.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

ICE is subjecting a growing number of our community members to solitary confinement — a known weapon of psychological torture — inside secretive immigration detention centers. Read: www.themarshallproject.org/2025/09/16/t...

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‘Unbearable’: How ICE Is Locking More Immigrants in Solitary Under Trump

A mother of three said she hallucinated after weeks in an ICE segregation cell in Louisiana. She’s one of thousands now facing the psychological toll of isolation.

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migrantfreedom.bsky.social @migrantfreedom.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

"CoreCivic must not be allowed to continue operating outside legal and ethical boundaries. We demand transparency, the enforcement of city and state laws, and the immediate closure of the CCCF. CoreCivic is subject to California laws and city laws, just as any other entity."

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Private Prison Corporation Defying California Law at Unpermitted Immigration Detention Center — Freedom for Immigrants

CALIFORNIA CITY, Calif. — Mega prison corporation CoreCivic is detaining people in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the U.S. Marshals Service at the California City Correct...

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migrantfreedom.bsky.social @migrantfreedom.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

“CoreCivic’s operation of the California City Correctional Center is a direct threat to human rights, public safety, and the values we hold as Californians," said Amanda Díaz, Organizing Director with Freedom for Immigrants (FFI), in a statement demanding action from local officials.

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migrantfreedom.bsky.social @migrantfreedom.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

CoreCivic also appears to be operating the facility in violation of state law, Senate Bill 29, which prohibits local governments from issuing building permits for privately-run immigration detention centers without first providing 180 days public notice and holding at least 2 public hearings.

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migrantfreedom.bsky.social @migrantfreedom.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

City officials previously alerted CoreCivic that the city found serious safety concerns at the prison, including a failed fire department inspection, and that the facility could not legally operate in the city.

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migrantfreedom.bsky.social @migrantfreedom.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Mega prison corporation CoreCivic is detaining people in the custody of ICE and the U.S. Marshals Service at the prison despite its failure to comply with California law and obtain the required city permits.

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migrantfreedom.bsky.social @migrantfreedom.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

🚨🚨 In the roughly two weeks since the California City Correctional Facility secretly opened as an immigration detention center without proper permits, roughly 500 people are already detained in dangerous conditions. Our statement: www.freedomforimmigrants.org/news-and-upd...

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Private Prison Corporation Defying California Law at Unpermitted Immigration Detention Center — Freedom for Immigrants

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migrantfreedom.bsky.social @migrantfreedom.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

We must shut down Angola once and for all — not just for ICE, but for everyone! #ShutDownAngola #AbolishICE

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migrantfreedom.bsky.social @migrantfreedom.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

"There is perhaps no more singular site where past and present are indistinguishable, where the systematized degradation of Black people has been reinvented over the centuries — from plantation, to forced labor camp, and now detention — always in service of white supremacy and anti-Blackness."

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migrantfreedom.bsky.social @migrantfreedom.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

“Immigration detention functions as an expansion of America’s racist prison system and is inherently anti-Black," says FFI Executive Director Laura Hernández in a new statement responding to the Trump admin's use of the infamous Angola prison for ICE. www.freedomforimmigrants.org/news-and-upd...

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FFI: Shut Down Angola — for ICE, for Everyone! — Freedom for Immigrants

NEW ORLEANS — Following the Trump administration’s announcement that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will begin detaining people at the notorious Louisiana State Penitentiary as a tactic t...

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migrantfreedom.bsky.social @migrantfreedom.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

“This will be a tool used to extend the reach of the government from just the folks it can manage to put in physical detention to an additional hundreds of thousands more that it can surveil," said Rivera.

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migrantfreedom.bsky.social @migrantfreedom.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

More ICE ankle shackling = more harm, more enforcement. Not freedom. “It’s designed to turn their own communities and homes into digital cages,” said Laura Rivera of @justfutureslaw.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

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ICE moves to shackle some 180,000 immigrants with GPS ankle monitors

A June 9 memo directed ICE field officers to significantly expand the number of immigrants under round-the-clock surveillance.

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Prison Policy Initiative @prisonpolicy.org · 30/07/2025

🚨NEW: Local jails & police departments are playing a key role in Trump’s mass arrest & deportation agenda The actual scope of this collaboration – and the true scale of immigrant arrests and detentions – has not been publicly available, until now 🧵

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Hiding in Plain Sight: How local jails obscure and facilitate mass deportation under Trump

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migrantfreedom.bsky.social @migrantfreedom.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Is your loved one lost in immigration detention? See our full toolkit here: www.freedomforimmigrants.org/toolkit-lost... ¿Su ser querido se perdió en un centro de detención migratoria? Vea nuestro kit de herramientas completo aquí: www.freedomforimmigrants.org/instructivo-...

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migrantfreedom.bsky.social @migrantfreedom.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

“If we know our rights and we know how to navigate a situation, we’re less likely to harm ourselves inadvertently in the process,” she said. “Knowledge is power.” Learn more about Project Keep Away: www.freedomforimmigrants.org/project-keep...

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Project Keep Away — Freedom for Immigrants

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migrantfreedom.bsky.social @migrantfreedom.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Our executive director Laura Hernández recently spoke with @prismreports.org for a new feature on our Project Keep Away initiative! We're empowering our community to fight the prison-to-ICE pipeline from within as we continue to fight against mass criminalization. prismreports.org/2025/07/17/h...

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New helpline aims to help incarcerated people evade the ‘prison-to-ICE deportation pipeline’

Freedom for Immigrants recently launched Project Keep Away, a first-of-its-kind hotline, in two California women’s prisons

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migrantfreedom.bsky.social @migrantfreedom.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

The starting salary is $65,000, and this role can be based remotely anywhere in the U.S. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.

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migrantfreedom.bsky.social @migrantfreedom.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Lived experience in the immigration or incarceration systems is more important than years of professional experience. Candidates who have been directly impacted by immigration detention, mass incarceration, and/or the immigration system are highly encouraged to apply.

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migrantfreedom.bsky.social @migrantfreedom.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

We’re #hiring a Communications Coordinator! Freedom for Immigrants is searching for a passionate advocate with first-hand knowledge of the immigration and/or incarceration systems to join our team. Learn more and apply: static1.squarespace.com/static/5a330...

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migrantfreedom.bsky.social @migrantfreedom.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

In line with our theory of change, PKA aims to advance our vision of an abolitionist future rooted in Black liberation. We fight for freedom from all carceral walls, building in their place a future of restorative justice in which everyone is treated with the dignity and care we all deserve.

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Project Keep Away — Freedom for Immigrants

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migrantfreedom.bsky.social @migrantfreedom.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Those at risk of ICE transfer can call the helpline and access our resources in order to learn about what to expect in the face of re-incarceration and how to prepare themselves so that they may have the best possible outcome in their case.

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migrantfreedom.bsky.social @migrantfreedom.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

This is where Project Keep Away comes in. We’ll empower community members both inside and outside of prisons with educational resources, trainings, and other programming, as well as a live, free helpline available to people inside two California prisons.

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