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Yliana Johansen-Méndez
@Yliana_JM
Legal Services Director @ImmDef. Wife. Mami. Futbolera. Chicana. Fmr Asylum Ofcr & EOIR JLC. SIJS Attorney. #HomeisHere #WelcomeWithDignity #BlackLivesMatter
May 14, 2021 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
Under the Trump Administration, when children turned 18 in ORR custody, ICE would arrest them & take them to ICE detention centers. 2021 has brought a welcome change. This month @ImmDef has seen 5 cases of 18 years olds "ROR'd" (released on their own recognizance) by ICE. Yesterday I got an urgent email from case managers at the Long Beach Convention Center ORR emergency shelter because they were concerned about what would happen to this just-barely-18-yr-old girl when ICE came, and they wanted her to talk to an attorney.
Apr 24, 2021 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
Today a small @ImmDef team, led by @L_Toczylowski & myself went to the Long Beach Convention Center to start providing KYRs to the children in ORR custody. Most children were too young to understand the KYR video that ORR had shown them during orientation.
(thread) We weren't quite set up with tech today, so I pulled out my laptop and sat on the floor. I asked a small group where they thought we were. They didn't know. "What country are we in?" I asked. Someone said "Guatemala," in another group they said "Mexico." I pointed to a map.