Immigrant Defense Project

“[Clemency] falls into a black hole sometimes…many don't know what's happening, if it’s being considered, where it is in the process or whether you'll hear anything back” For noncitizens clemency can also mean the difference btwn returning home or deportation after a sentence.

🚨BREAKING: New York Mayors Call on Albany to Pass New York for All to protect immigrant New Yorkers from ICE Visit nyic.me/ny4all to join the fight! #NY4All #passny4all #iceoutofny #iceoutofnewyork

ICE heavily relies on agencies of all kinds to fuel the deportation machine, but over the past decade they've increasingly relied on the police-to-deportation pipeline. Read the growing list of reported cases of law enforcement collusion w/ICE in NY state: bit.ly/NY-ICEwatch

Leqaa Kordia is finally free!!!! Al hamdulilah! There are no words to express my joy, and my hope that others like her will walk free as well. Thank you to everyone who refused to forget her, and refuse to forget them all.

Still, the delay is frustrating some advocates who see #NY4All as the most urgent political battle around immigration. “We’ve heard time and time again from the legislature that they want to do something. [New York for All] should be the most immediate concern.”

...the delay is frustrating some advocates who see New York for All as the most urgent political battle around immigration. “We’ve heard time and time again from the legislature that they want to do something. That should be the most immediate concern.” -IDP's Linda Flor Brito

ICE heavily relies on agencies of all kinds to fuel the deportation machine, but over the past decade they've increasingly relied on the police-to-deportation pipeline. Read the growing list of reported cases of law enforcement collusion w/ICE in NY state: bit.ly/NY-ICEwatch

With the federal admin ramping up its violence against immigrant communities, we urgently need @nyccouncil to pass the NYC Trust Act to get #ICEOutNYC and ensure the city isn’t complicit in funneling NYCers into the deportation machine: bit.ly/ICEOUT-209

📢 A welcoming city doesn’t collude with ICE! This AM we joined @nyccouncil’s Immigration Hearing to speak to Sanctuary Protections for Immigrant Communities and the accountability that NYC Trust Act would bring to protect NYers from the harms of city agency collusion with ICE

*Checks Notes* Senator Markwayne Mullen, Trump’s nominee to replace Kristi Noem at DHS: 👀 tried to PHYSICALLY FIGHT a witness during a Senate hearing 👀 wants to “use lethality” at home Let's be clear: Nothing will change for the better until we #AbolishICE and dismantle DHS

Today as the @nyccouncil Council Oversight committee questions the NY Dept of Corrections and NYPD on ongoing violations of NYC's sanctuary laws, IDP stands with the ICE Out! NYC coalition in calling for accountability, transparency and sanctuary for all! #ICEOutNYC

Last week we talked about the police-to-deportation pipeline and how NYC's sanctuary laws can be strengthened to protect immigrant New Yorkers from ICE's continued violence toward our neighbors and loved ones 👇👇👇

The No Side Jobs for ICE Act (AB 1537) is common sense: local law enforcement shouldn’t moonlight for ICE or other agencies abducting our neighbors. Why are some police and sheriff associations OPPOSING this legislation? We need to uncover the truth 🧵

Breaking: AB 1537 by Asm. Isaac Bryan, the No Side Jobs for ICE Act, has PASSED out of the Assembly Public Safety Committee! Thank you to Asm. Bryan (@ib2_real), to the committee members who voted “aye,” and all who supported! 1/

ICE heavily relies on agencies of all kinds to fuel the deportation machine, but over the past decade they've increasingly relied on the police-to-deportation pipeline. Read the growing list of reported cases of law enforcement collusion w/ICE in NY state: bit.ly/NY-ICEwatch

“It’s not hard for elected leaders to point their fingers at ICE and say, ‘This is unacceptable,’ and they’re right. But we're pointing our fingers at local leaders and saying, ‘What your responsibility is, is to make sure that the city and state are not enabling this further.”

📍NEW: NY ICE Collusion Watch Map Agencies of all kinds are complicit in funneling ppl into the deportation machine. We say NO to local resources being weaponized to collude with ICE and terrorize communities! Find the growing list of reported cases in NY: bit.ly/NY-ICEwatch

No more money for ICE and CBP's chaos and violence! Congress must stand with our communities and #AbolishICE now!

My guest, Aliya Rahman, stood up silently in the gallery during the president’s speech for a short period of time, part of which other guests were also standing. For that, she was forcibly removed, despite warning officers about her injured shoulders and ultimately charged with ‘Unlawful Conduct.’ Reports indicate she was aggressively handled until someone intervened to secure medical attention. She was taken to George Washington University Hospital for treatment and later booked at the United States Capitol Police headquarters. The heavy-handed response to a peaceful guest sends a chilling message about the state of our democracy. I am calling for a full explanation of why this arrest occurred.