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Just Futures Law is a women of color led, transformative immigration law project rooted in movement lawyering.
May 24, 2022 11 tweets 4 min read
"Tracked and Trapped" town hall is LIVE! Tune in now to hear the voices behind the numbers and follow #NoDigitalPrisons hashtag. Image "Our report and today's town hall serves as a reminder that behind every number, all 227,000, is a person, a family, and a community." -Julie Mao, JFL
May 27, 2021 4 tweets 4 min read
Why now to #EndDHSRetaliation? 1) Because @DHSgov has been deporting, detaining, and surveilling immigrant activists who speak out for years; 2) bc every day immigrants organize despite ICE and DHS's abuses, and 3) bc we can't wait any longer for change. bit.ly/dhsretaliation Over 80 immigrant & human rights organizations came together to demand @POTUS and @SecMayorkas commit to protecting immigrant activists from retaliatory enforcement, bring back deported immigrant activists, and end abusive surveillance of immigrant organizing. #EndDHSRetaliation
May 27, 2021 5 tweets 4 min read
ICE officials wrote in emails that they hoped targeting Maru Mora Villalpando of @LaResistencia for deportation proceedings would “take away some of her ‘clout.’” #EndDHSRetaliation democracynow.org/2020/4/30/head… Beto Lopez Gutierrez spoke out against inhumane conditions while he was in ICE detention. He was released after his community rallied around him, but ICE deported him even though he had a pending DACA application. #EndDHSRetaliation chicagoreader.com/chicago/fight-…
Jan 8, 2021 8 tweets 3 min read
JFL and other groups condemn the new White House memo seeking to bar immigrants from obtaining green cards and even target them for deportation, for any association with “Antifa”. See the full statement here: tinyjfl.cc/JFL_Statement 1/8 Even as violent right-wing nationalists stormed Congress in a failed attempt to keep Trump in office, right-wing politicians and media personalities attempted to blame “Antifa” for the violence at the Capitol. 2/8
Mar 5, 2020 5 tweets 2 min read
Our data should be private and protected. Here are three recommendations from our latest report on how to ensure data protection for all bit.ly/JFLtech 1. States should stop sharing DMV data directly with ICE. Many states and localities already have laws and policies to limit the sharing of addresses, school info or other sensitive personal data with ICE. They should consider adopting similar laws for DMV data.