Help spread the word?
[id= Ava DuVernay @ava on twitter “By court order, migrating children are being allowed to reunite with family. But, migrating parents must pay for flights and fees to get their child back from the government. Take action if you can. Help buy a flight for a family. secure.actblue.com/donate/flights… #FlightsForFamilies” then a black and while image of a crowded airport hall /end id]
I have been beside myself about the emergence of child concentration camps so I want to give a shout out to all the immigration attorneys doing your respective deity’s work right now
How can the rest of us best support you? I know of RAICES and KIND, and am trying to find the best local legal services groups to donate to
Update, friends–
My law school just emailed alums a bunch of information if we’re interested in helping immigrant families who have been separated at the border.
Here’s the gist.
Opportunities to assist with family separation:
- Immigration Justice Campaign (**for attorneys only** powered by the American Immigration Council and American Immigration Lawyers Association)
- https://actionnetwork.org/forms/we-stand-with-immigrants-their-families-sign-up-to-volunteer
- If you are able to go to Texas: http://caraprobono.org/volunteer/
Other volunteer opportunities to help immigrants generally:
- Serve as a child advocate for an unaccompanied minor:https://www.theyoungcenter.org/volunteer-at-the-young-center/
- Find local legal and non-legal opportunities: https://www.standwithimmigrants.org
Donate to organizations that have hosted Pro Bono Caravans and/or In-House Pro Bono Projects and are assisting immigrant families and unaccompanied minors:
- KIND – Kids in Need of Defense https://supportkind.org/ They are supporting kids directly at the border and beyond through legal and social services.
- Aldea supports families at the Berks family detention center: https://aldeapjc.org/
- RAICES is a nonprofit that provides free and low-cost legal services to immigrant children, families and refugees in Texas. Donate generally or specifically to the RAICES bond fund: https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/bondfund
- Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center in El Paso, Texas: http://las-americas.org/
- Urban Justice Center Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project:https://asylumadvocacy.org/get-involved/
Other lists/drives/charitable efforts:
- https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/06/how-you-can-fight-family-separation-at-the-border.html
- https://www.texastribune.org/2018/06/18/heres-list-organizations-are-mobilizing-help-separated-immigrant-child/
- In NYC: http://www.marklevine.nyc/childrefugees
Let’s all do what we can!
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