Immigrant Detention

Romero Troupe

Members of the Romero Troupe dramatize the desensitizing which leads to discrimination against and oppression of immigrants.

May Day 2010 wrap up

Eva at May day rally

eva at rally

Eva addresses crowd in Manchester, NH.

For May Day this year, AFSC staff across the United States organized, supported and participated in a May Day marches, rallies, and protests to support of immigrants’ rights, and humane immigration reform. 

Advocates Mark One Year of Witness, Resistance at GEO Detention Center in Colorado

Monday, May 3, 2010 - 6:00pm

 

 

Contact:  Jennifer Piper, (720) 301-1858

 

Advocates Mark One Year of Witness, Resistance at GEO Detention Center:

 Still Standing for Fair, Humane and Just Detention Policies

Contact Information: 

Jennifer Piper, (720) 301-1858

Interfaith Organizing Director for Immigrant Rights

American Friends Service Committee

901 W. 14th Ave. #7, Denver, Colorado 80204

303-623-3464 (phone) & 303-623-3492 (fax)

Email: 
JPiper@afsc.org

Locked Up but not Forgotten

The Obama administration has committed itself to reforming the nation’s expansive and controversial immigration detention system. In August of 2009, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Assistant Secretary John Morton announced that the agency would be taking steps towards the creation of a civil detention system tailored to the agency’s asserted needs and purposes, a plan that will likely take years to come into fruition.

“Dignity, Not Detention" Campaign Continues (Press Release)

CONTACT: Jennifer Piper, jpiper@afsc.org

 

“Dignity, Not Detention" Campaign Continues

Demands Halt to Expansion of the U.S. Immigration Detention System

 

People of Faith Demand President Obama take immediate action to stop human rights abuses

occurring under the U.S. enforcement and detention regime

 

Newark, NJ

kadi and family

Kadi and family

Kadi (far right), her two sisters, and their father, with a photo of their mother who was deported in 2002.

The Newark office is home to the Immigrant Rights  program and the New Jersey site of our Healing Justice program.

The Immigrant Rights Program in Newark NJ works to ensure that all immigrants to the US are treated with respect and are able to exercise their human rights and fundamental freedoms.  We work to address the vast need among immigrants for access to legal counsel and fair and non-discriminatory treatment by government agencies.

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