RAICES is proud to announce the launch of our Rural Legal Services team to assist migrants fleeing abusive and dangerous situations. In the first six months, our team is already at capacity - with over 130 active cases - proof that there is an urgent need for these services.
The Rural Legal Services Team connects with migrants living in 80 small counties throughout Texas. The team addresses the legal needs & protection of migrants, many of whom are survivors of sexual and domestic violence both in their home countries and in the U.S.
RAICES is committed to expanding our services, but we need you. We invite you to become a founding member of our Rural Legal Services Team. Your donation can help us expand trauma-informed case management & legal representation to all migrants living in Texas.
By donating today, you are ensuring that, together, we can welcome all new migrants living in Texas with dignity and provide access to trauma-informed case management and legal representation. Learn more & donate here: raicestexas.org/ways-to-give/b…
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BREAKING: We've been working inside Pecos for the past few months and the conditions are some of the worst we've ever seen. Children are kept in cage-like conditions. Where is the accountability & oversight from @SecBecerra? It's time to #ShutDownPecos. nytimes.com/2021/08/06/us/…
A few weeks ago we learned about horrific conditions at Fort Bliss. Pecos is the breaking point. Children are desperate. Some have been held for over 90 days. Uncooked food is making them sick. They’re not given adequate undergarments to stay clean.
Children at Pecos who are dealing with severe injuries are not receiving proper medical attention. One child’s nose broke and they refused to take him to the hospital.
Today on the 2nd anniversary of the #ElPasoShooting we stand in solidarity with our siblings of El Paso to honor the lives of those we lost that day. #ElPasoStrong#ElPasoFirme
El Paso is the heartbeat of the border, a city that unites cultures & languages. It shines as a beacon of hope for refugees, asylum seekers & immigrants from all over the world.
The shooting in El Paso was the deadliest assault on the Latinx community in history. Yet, gun violence fueled by white supremacy is still a clear & present danger. nbcnews.com/news/latino/wh…
👉🏾The U.S. has uprooted millions from their homes through war, trade agreements & interventions
👉🏾Climate change displaces people
👉🏾We're a rich nation.
So why welcome refugees & asylum seekers? Because it's our moral obligation.
Let's expand.
In the U.S., we often view immigration as a domestic policy issue. However, when viewing other regions of the world, it’s clear that government responses to migration today are creating a global human rights crisis.
With populations from North Africa in Italy and Spain, from Southeast Asia in the Middle East, and from Central American across the United States, migration is not the fault of the people that have to leave their homes.
Happy #JuneTeenth2021! Let's take a minute to remember what this federal holiday symbolizes and the ongoing fight for freedom.
On January 1, 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation was issued, promising to free slaves in states controlled by the Confederacy if the Civil War was won.
After the war was won on April 9, 1865, the news of the promise began to be communicated across the Slave States of the Confederacy.
Texas was one of the most remote of these states, and the news of the liberation of slaves was suppressed until June 19, 1865.
June 19th being the date when Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, more than TWO months later.
The reason for that delay?
Texas slave-owners saw the opportunity to exploit and complete one final crop harvest from their unpaid workers.
Governor @GregAbbott_TX's decision is going to uproot the lives of thousands of children while pushing them into even more sub-standard conditions. dallasnews.com/news/politics/…
@GregAbbott_TX This order is clearly another brazen attempt by Abbott to align himself with the former president, who endorsed his reelection yesterday, and demonize immigrants.
Meanwhile, Abbott is doing nothing to solve the problem of the Texas foster care system.
@GregAbbott_TX Abbott is using facilities housing migrant children as a diversion from his terrible governing.
If he cared about children in TX then he would spend money on child welfare rather than pouring tons of $ into an unnecessary armed response at the border to children seeking asylum.
To make matters worse, the ruling political party is asking the gov't to declare emergency powers to deal w/the protests, which they say have been infiltrated by illegal groups 🙄