For Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, RAICES partnered with SIPA (Search to Involve Pilipino Americans) and the Pilipino Workers Center to honor the Pilipino immigrants who came together in 1965 to launch one of the most significant labor campaign in our nation’s history: the Farmworkers’ Movement.
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Tell Senator Cornyn and Representatives Gonzalez and Cuellar: Anti-immigrant hate has no place in Texas. End Title 42.
U.S. Democratic Representatives Vicente Gonzalez and Henry Cuellar, alongside Republican Senator John Cornyn are leading a bipartisan Texas Congressional delegation to oppose President Biden and the Center for Disease Control’s mandate to lift Title 42.
Launch of Harris County Immigrant Legal Services Fund
Everyone deserves due process. Join us as we launch the Harris County Immigrant Legal Services Fund (ILSF).Read On
Faisal’s Ramadan Lentil Soup
Like numerous families from the Middle East, mine has built a tradition of breaking fast with lentil soup at sunset throughout the month. Simply thinking about the ritual fills me with the fortitude that I wish for everyone in our community at RAICES.
Private Prisons Guaranteed Income: Bed Mandates
Private prison companies are guaranteed an income for beds in immigrant detention centers, even if the beds remain empty.Read On
Tell the Biden Administration: End MPP and Title 42
U.S. immigration enforcement is turning away thousands of Haitian asylum seekers at the border because of racist Trump-era policies that the Biden Administration refuses to end. Remind Pres. Biden that refusing to end Trump’s MPP and Title 42 is the fastest way to lose the support of the Black, Brown and ally communities who gave Democrats the trifecta in 2020.
Ankle Bracelets are not a Humane Alternative to Detention
No one should be shackled or locked up for exercising their right to migrate.Read On
RAICES Demands Temporary Protected Status and Deferred Enforced Departure for Ukrainians Fleeing Russian Invasion
Seeking refuge is a human right and the U.S. must meet this moment with rapid action to support all refugees and asylum seekers.
Free Jacob (sign petition)
ICE is detaining Jacob indefinitely, even though the agency’s own policies say our client should be free and with his family—not behind bars.Read On
Write a letter: Demand ICE release Juan Reyna now
Juan Reyna is a husband and step father to two children, 9 and 13, who have been waiting for his release for almost a year.