Nicole Miller is legal services director for AFSC Newark Immigrant Rights Program. 

Probablemente hayan escuchado mucho sobre el paquete de estímulo del Coronavirus de $2 trillones que el Congreso aprobó recie ntemente. ¡Hay muchos componentes en el proyecto de ley que pueden ser de interés para las familias inmigrantes, y queríamos compartir algunos de los detalles con usted!

For nearly a decade, the AFSC Atlanta Economic Justice Program has worked with renters and homeowners to self-organize and protect their right to remain in their homes—from defending against evictions to preserving affordable housing to opposing gentrification. But over the past two months, the COVID-19 pandemic has presented us with the biggest housing struggle of our lifetime, which has exacerbated the historic housing crisis we were already facing in Georgia and beyond. 

No one should ever have to experience life in an immigration detention center—but especially during this pandemic, when forced proximity and a lack of access to medical care are even more dangerous. Today, an estimated 38,000 people  are locked up in detention centers across the United States. Many have fled violence or extreme poverty in their native countries and are seeking refuge. Others have lived in the U.S. for years and have deep roots in our communities.