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What's happening in Texas is criminal:
Food shortages. Unsafe drinking water. Impassable roads. Flooded homes. A humanitarian crisis like we’ve not seen before.
This is what's going on in immigrant detention centers in the midst of the #TexasFreeze & what you can do to help🧵👇🏾
Food shortages. Unsafe drinking water. Impassable roads. Flooded homes. A humanitarian crisis like we’ve not seen before.
This is what's going on in immigrant detention centers in the midst of the #TexasFreeze & what you can do to help🧵👇🏾
We have 10 offices across the state and most of our 250+ staff members have been without power for much of the week.
Luckily, we've now been able to communicate with many of our clients & community members both in and out of detention centers.
But things are looking bleak.
Luckily, we've now been able to communicate with many of our clients & community members both in and out of detention centers.
But things are looking bleak.
Immigrants in detention centers are freezing cold and not able to get the word out about what’s going on inside these prisons.
Take Ubaldo's situation for example 👇🏾
Take Ubaldo's situation for example 👇🏾
For 4+ months, Ubaldo Ochoa has been held in an ICE detention center in Pearsall, TX while his son awaits his release.
Today, we received a call from him saying it's freezing inside the jail, yet nothing has been done to alleviate the cold 🥶 #FreeUbaldo remezcla.com/culture/young-…
Today, we received a call from him saying it's freezing inside the jail, yet nothing has been done to alleviate the cold 🥶 #FreeUbaldo remezcla.com/culture/young-…
We're unsure if there have been power outages in the detention center but if their heating is working, it's set very low.
Ubaldo told us they were asking the guards (with no luck) to lower the air from the vents bc it was making them colder.
Ubaldo told us they were asking the guards (with no luck) to lower the air from the vents bc it was making them colder.
In lieu of heating, his block hasn't received blankets or any type of warm clothes in order to weather the storm.
And to top things off, our status hearing was cancelled today because of court closures in the state.
And to top things off, our status hearing was cancelled today because of court closures in the state.
🚨 BREAKING: Thanks to efforts with @MPower_Change, @SAALTweets, and the 2,600+ of you who took action...
‼️ MR. F IS FREE ‼️
It's been a cruel 243 days of his incarceration.
@ICEgov's actions proved yet again that our immigration system was built on Islamophobia. 🧵👇🏽
‼️ MR. F IS FREE ‼️
It's been a cruel 243 days of his incarceration.
@ICEgov's actions proved yet again that our immigration system was built on Islamophobia. 🧵👇🏽
Let's clarify that ICE has full discretion to release detained folks at ANY time.
Yet, they keep folks imprisoned under false claims, coding their anti-Blackness & Islamophobia into the language of "danger for community" or "threat to national security" like they did w/ Mr. F.
Yet, they keep folks imprisoned under false claims, coding their anti-Blackness & Islamophobia into the language of "danger for community" or "threat to national security" like they did w/ Mr. F.
It's inhumane to have incarcerated Mr. F for 243 days. He missed his child's birth, his dietary needs weren't met, and his health was deteriorating.
Prisons, jails, and detention centers are always a public health crisis, but especially when #COVID19 is ravaging through them.
Prisons, jails, and detention centers are always a public health crisis, but especially when #COVID19 is ravaging through them.
Today, as the Biden admin announced its family reunification taskforce, Ubaldo Ochoa-Lopez sat in an ICE prison - in danger of being deported.
He & his son, Fernando came to the US seeking asylum from Guatemala. What awaited them here was a cruel & stunning reality. #FreeUbaldo
He & his son, Fernando came to the US seeking asylum from Guatemala. What awaited them here was a cruel & stunning reality. #FreeUbaldo
They were both separated during Trump's Zero Tolerance period in 2018 and remained away from each other for two months.
Fernando was only 6 years old when this painful and traumatic experience happened.
Fernando was only 6 years old when this painful and traumatic experience happened.
Now, @ICEgov has separated them again.
Ubaldo has been detained at Pearsall Detention Center since October - 4 months - and is in danger of being deported back to Guatemala, leaving his son behind.
Ubaldo has been detained at Pearsall Detention Center since October - 4 months - and is in danger of being deported back to Guatemala, leaving his son behind.
