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National ‘Chinga La Migra Tour’ Highlights Organizing Against ICE and Travis County’s Role in Deportations
WHAT: Rally and March to Abolish ICE is the 8th stop in the national “Chinga La Migra” (Abolish ICE) campaign led by Mijente. The rally will focus on Travis County’s role in deportations and criminalization of immigrant and US-born communities of color.
WHO: Grassroots Leadership, Mijente, ICE out of Austin
WHEN: Friday, September 21 at 9:30 a.m.
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Annual Dancing Away Detention Benefit Builds Community Around the Fight to Free Women Detained
WHAT: 8th Annual Dancing Away Detention
WHO: Grassroots Leadership, community members and our awardees
WHEN: Thursday, October 4 from 6:30 - 9:30
WHERE: Taylor Station Bar, 108 East Second Street, Taylor, Texas
TICKETS: http://bit.ly/HelpMujeresMigrantes, $15 online / $20 at the door Read more about Annual Dancing Away Detention Benefit Builds Community Around the Fight to Free Women Detained
Rejected by local community, ICE is maneuvering to keep notorious T. Don Hutto detention center open
AUSTIN, TX — Today, immigration advocates reacted to news that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has issued a Request for Information (RFI) for a 500-bed detention facility. The RFI appears to be an attempt to keep open the embattled for-profit T. Don Hutto detention center in Taylor, Texas. Read more about Rejected by local community, ICE is maneuvering to keep notorious T. Don Hutto detention center open
Welcome David Johnson, our new Criminal Justice Organizer, to the Grassroots Team!
August 10, 2018 by Cate Graziani
We are pleased to welcome David Johnson to Grassroots Leadership as our new Criminal Justice Organizer. Through a two-year Peer Policy Fellowship from the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health, David will actively support our efforts to promote the effective treatment of mental illness and substance use as an alternative to their criminalization. Read more about Welcome David Johnson, our new Criminal Justice Organizer, to the Grassroots Team!
ICE Pursues Deportation of Zero Tolerance Grandmother Despite Judge Sabraw’s Order to Reunify
AUSTIN — Late Wednesday night, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) violated a judge’s order when they attempted to deport Grandma Rosy,* who was separated from her granddaughter in May at the border under the zero tolerance policy. She has been detained for three months, separated from her 12-year-old granddaughter Cindy,* who is currently living in Texas with her grandmother’s sister who she was released to from ORR custody. Read more about ICE Pursues Deportation of Zero Tolerance Grandmother Despite Judge Sabraw’s Order to Reunify
