Thread by @ReichlinMelnick

Since tomorrow is #GivingTuesday, I want to pitch you all on giving to @immcouncil.

If you follow me, you probably have a sense of what we do. But there's so much more!

Here's a thread on just a few of the amazing things we've done in 2019.

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Along with partners, @immcouncil's legal team in 2019

1. Stopped A.G. Barr from stripping asylum seekers of the right to seek bond;
2. Halted a nationwide expansion of fast-tracked "expedited" deportations.
3. Preserved the right to seek asylum for people subject to metering.

What @immcouncil's legal team did in 2019, cont'd:

4. Filed the first lawsuit on behalf of parents seeking to hold the government accountable for family separation;
5. Had the first-ever FOIA class action certified, in a lawsuit challenging delays in providing vital evidence.

What @immcouncil's legal team did in 2019, cont'd:

6. Used data from a lawsuit filed in 2018 to reveal crucial information about family separation;
7. Filed a FOIA lawsuit demanding transparency about how the BIA grants stays of removal.

We do more than lawsuits, though!

In 2019, @immcouncil worked to hold the government accountable by filing complaints with watchdogs, including:

1. A complaint about babies held in Dilley, which got nationwide attention;
2. A complaint about deficient ICE medical care in ICE's Denver Contract Detention Facility.

How @immcouncil held the government accountable, cont'd:

3. Filed a complaint about horrific conditions in CBP custody for moms and children;
4. Filed a complaint about injustice and due process problems in the El Paso SPC Immigration Court that deprived people of their rights.

At @immcouncil we also bring facts to the immigration debate. In 2019 we published independent research on:

1. The Role of Contact and Values in Public Attitudes Toward Unauthorized Immigrants;
2. Changing Patterns of Interior Immigration Enforcement in the United States.

In 2019, the policy department at @immcouncil updated more than a dozen fact sheets and published new ones, including:

1. A Guide to Policies Affecting Asylum Seekers at the Border;
2. The Institutional Hearing Program: An Overview;
3. Seeking Release from Immigration Detention.

New @immcouncil fact sheets in 2019, cont'd

4. Workers with Temporary Protected Status in Key Industries and States;
5. Temporary Protected Status: An Overview;
6. Immigrants and Families Appear in Court: Setting the Record Straight.

On top of our fact sheets, we @immcouncil also publish five days a week at ImmigrationImpact.com, our blog, where the Council's experts give you the latest news and updates on immigration.

I write about one post a week for Immigration Impact!

At @immcouncil we also help individual asylum seekers through our partnership with @AILANational called the Immigration Justice Campaign.

At the Justice Campaign, we mentor volunteer attorneys through the processing of representing detained immigrants.

immigrationjustice.us

This year, @immcouncil and @AILANational's Immigration Justice Campaign expanded our work in El Paso, joining together with other organizations to set up the El Paso Immigration Collaborative.

We're helping find lawyers for asylum seekers seeking bond in El Paso!

The above are just some of the highlights of the hard work we do every day at @immcouncil.

I could list so much more, including new practice advisories, op-eds, Congressional statements for the record, press and Hill briefings, expert declarations, and on-the-ground advocacy!

We @immcouncil need your support!

We're not a huge organization. Our legal team is 9 people. Our policy team is just 5 people, myself included. That means your support goes a long way.

Given all of the above, I hope you think of us this #GivingTuesday!

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