In less than 24 hrs after being granted asylum, our client Israel was on a flight this AM to be w his family thanks to @miles4migrants, w masks donated by @mutualaidLA + new clothes with a backpack filled w essential toiletries thanks to your donations to our Humanitarian Fund. 
And this isn’t a self-congratulaotry roll call, rather to show of just a *few of the many resources needed after folks get out. Winning asylum and getting out is incredible and the goal, but it’s what happens after that determines the real win.
Having post release support is just as important as the release itself because folks are leaving one ugly jungle (detention) and stepping right into another one (Trump’s America).
There is no “welcome to America” tool kit, no post release support from the gov. Folks are released in the dirty clothes they wore for days/weeks in CBP custody carrying any belongings in a trash bag and now a flier about Covid and one mask and that’s it.
Everything else is coordinated by friends/fam attorneys, volunteers. But what about the folks who don’t have this support? Give us your tired, your poor but don’t expect us to support them in any way.
In the richest country in the world, it literally takes a village to survive.
In the richest country in the world, it literally takes a village to survive.
P.s. we received Israel’s permission to share that photo. In fact he wanted to because “it could help raise more funds to give assistance to other immigrants” and that in the future he would donate too. 😭❣️
