Support for Mississippi Immigrant Families
On August 8, Immigration and Customs and Enforcement (ICE) arrested 680 undocumented workers in food processing plants during a sprawling operation in southern Mississippi that officials touted as the largest immigration enforcement sweep in a single state in U.S. history. What are the needs:- Money for Bond Hearings.
- Volunteer attorneys- Sign up HERE for MS Rapid Response Legal Support
- Money for local organizations to respond to the needs of the community, families, and children.
- Mississippi Immigrants Rights Alliance
- Mississippi Center for Justice
- Southeast Immigrant Rights Network
- Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama
- Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice
- MacArthur Justice Center
- El Pueblo
- Catholic Charities of Jackson, Mississippi
- Volunteers: Amelia McGowan, immclinic@ccjackson.org
- ACLU of Mississippi
- El Refugio (Serving Stewart)
- Hospitality and Visitation Ministry
- FREE room and meals. Based in Lumpkin, GA
- info@elrefugioministry.org
- Casa Colibri (Serving Irwin)
- Hospitality and Visitation Ministry
- FREE room and meals. Secure location close to the detention center
- Call: (877) 545-2473
- Info: casacolibrigeorgia@gmail.com– Managed by volunteers from the South Georgia Immigrant Support Network
- *** No bond funds available, Georgia has the highest bonds usually around $12,000 per person
Legal support in Georgia:
For bond only: Southern Poverty Law Center (families need to provide bond money, they just get the people out)
Removal Defense: Asian Americans Advancing Justice Atlanta (low bono, sliding scale)
Call (404) 890-5655 Monday through Friday between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. or email immigration@advancingjustice-atlanta.org
Staff will return calls or email within 3 business days in the following languages: English, Korean, Mandarin, Vietnamese, Urdu.
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