The SHIELD Act, introduced last week by Sen. @edmarkey.bsky.social, would protect immigrant communities facing escalating enforcement, detention, and family separation by expanding the legal defender workforce needed to ensure due process for ALL. Here’s how ⬇️

Elated to share that the dream team @stephcanizales.bsky.social, @drmirianma.bsky.social, Silvia Rodriguez Vega and I are getting ~$1.6 million from UCOP MRPI for our project Reimagining Refuge: California for Just Migrant Futures. Stay tuned for seed grants to CA scholars, artists, and activists!

Because these practices are not new, there are guides that orgs have published to help you understand the rights people have during the enforcement process, as well as how to support someone if an arrest happens. Here’s one example from @maketheroadny.bsky.social. maketheroadny.org/blog/deporta...

NEW: Our Deportation Defense Manual! - Make the Road New York

This week, we are proud to re-launch our Deportation Defense Manual, a resource for immigrants impacted by the escalation of immigration enforcement activity, and for allies interested in becoming a…

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