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It's long past time to #EndDHSRetaliation. For the last several years, so many of my clients have suffered retaliation from DHS for speaking out about the immigration system. We need to redress these harms and adopt a comprehensive policy to #ProtectImmigrantVoices -->
Case is point: #RaviRagbir - a nationally recognized immigrant rights activists suddenly arrested and detained in 2018. As his wife and immigrant rights advocate Amy Gottlieb wrote just this week in @washingtonpost, ICE is STILL pursuing his deportation. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…
And #JeanMontrevil - prominent immigrant rights activist and member of @judsonchurchnyc, deported to #Haiti and separated from his four US children, who still advocate for his return. It's long past time to #BringJeanHome. Listen to his and other stories:
Federal agencies have attempted to silence the immigrant rights movement more than 1,010 times. Want to hear our voices? The Immigrant Rights Clinic @nyulaw and @NewSanctuaryNYC launch immigrantrightsvoices.org to #ProtectImmigrantVoices (a thread). theintercept.com/2020/11/01/ice…
Retaliation against dissent isn’t new. But over the last four years, we’ve seen an explosive rise in the use of surveillance, arrest, detention, deportation, & prosecution against immigrant activists & defenders. immigrantrightsvoices.org 
For those of us at Immigrant Rights Clinic @nyulaw & @NewSanctuaryNYC, this hit home in 2018 when ICE detained @NewSanctuaryNYC leaders Ravi Ragbir & Jean Montrevil in a joint operation after they spoke out against the cruelty of the deportation machine. theintercept.com/2018/01/19/ice…
