By Heidi Rand Deadline: Act NOW & join Nov. 19 rally - Join immigrants and their allies in fighting for a pathway to permanent residency for over a million longtime U.S. residents who are at risk of losing their legal status under the Trump administration's attacks on programs such as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Temporary Protected … Continue reading Support immigrants’ path to permanent residency
Fight DHS expanded “expedited removal” program
By Sylvia Chi Deadline: Submit comment by September 23, 2019 - In July 2019 the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced it would expand the expedited removal program. Expedited removal is a fast track process that allows low-level immigration officers to quickly deport certain non citizens who are undocumented or have committed fraud or misrepresentation. The expansion … Continue reading Fight DHS expanded “expedited removal” program
Leading Lights for Liberty
On July 12, 2019, thousands of people in hundreds of cities across the country gathered to protest the inhumane conditions faced by migrants, as part of Lights for Liberty: A Nationwide Vigil to End Human Detention Camps. Indivisible East Bay proudly joined the wide coalition of groups presenting Lights for Liberty events, and IEB members joined … Continue reading Leading Lights for Liberty
Lights for Liberty
Deadline: July 12 (but don't stop there!) - The struggle for liberty didn't end on July 4 (as if we ever thought it would ...) On July 12, 2019, thousands of people across the country will pour into the streets and into their own front yards to protest the inhumane conditions faced by migrants as … Continue reading Lights for Liberty
Fight Trump’s Fake Crisis
Find an event on Monday, 2/18, to protest the fake emergency. Call your Members of Congress. Demand investigations into this abuse of power.
Out of the mouths of babes
Deadline for public comments: December 10, 2018 What could be meaner than taking food out of the mouths of children? The latest assault from the Grinch Administration is a proposed regulation that would change how the government evaluates legal immigrants for green cards and visas. If this regulation takes effect, it could literally result in … Continue reading Out of the mouths of babes
Speak up for immigrant children
Deadline – submit your comments at this link by November 6, 2018, or write a letter to the Dept. of Homeland Security (must be postmarked by November 6, 2018). In September we alerted you to new horrific steps the administration is taking to unfairly treat immigrant families. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Department of Health and … Continue reading Speak up for immigrant children
Help stop the jailing of immigrant children
Deadline – submit your comments at this link by November 6, 2018. Or copy the link into your browser: https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=ICEB-2018-0002-0001 As Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolinas and Georgia, we learn that the administration has been stealing FEMA money to spend on jailing and deporting immigrants. Here's another part of the unnatural disaster that is the … Continue reading Help stop the jailing of immigrant children
Thousands Protest Immigration Policies at “Families Belong Together” Demos
It was a dark time for the Rebellion. The armies of the Empire had thwarted the attempts of those seeking asylum from violence in their homeland — forcing refugees to choose between returning to the dangers of their home or being forcibly separated from their children at the border — perhaps forever. This unconscionable action … Continue reading Thousands Protest Immigration Policies at “Families Belong Together” Demos
Families Belong Together Rally 6/14/18
On June 14, more than 200 people from all corners of the Bay Area streamed to El Cerrito to protest the administration's inhumane policy of separating children from their parents at the southern border. Filling all corners of the large intersection, we chanted, sang, and cheered for the clenched fists raised in solidarity and supportive honks … Continue reading Families Belong Together Rally 6/14/18