Help Detained Immigrants
Over 400,000 immigrants are detained each year. They are jailed, not for a crime, but for a civil violation. They are without legal representation if they can’t afford it, lost, and alone in a system they don’t understand. There is a crucial gap in support services for them. Some nonprofits support with legal casework, but few focus solely on front line services that address the most basic needs – hygienic supplies, the ability to contact family, and the resources to navigate their path forward. We fill these gaps. From day one of incarceration to the weeks after release, we help detained immigrants.
What We do
We fill the gaps to address unmet needs of detained immigrants.
Front Line Support
We field calls, from the first days following incarceration to the days and weeks after release; provide hope, emotional support and logistical next steps.
Orientation
We help orient detained immigrants to the system, explain their options, and connect them to services they don’t know about such as help with finding sponsors.
Family Bridge
We connect detained immigrants to family and friends, and help their community support them.
Support in Jail
We organize donations and connect detained immigrants to other commissary help, such as helping to match them to pen pals and donors.
Legal Support
We are not attorneys but we help connect them to legal services, translate documents, find articles, provide pro se materials, and support them and their families in navigating the process.
Bond Support
We work with our clients and their families to find money for bond by applying to bond funds and connecting them to help posting bond.
Follow-up Services
Following release from jail we support immigrants to land on their feet with resources, services, and follow-up.
Deportation Support
If immigrants are deported, we help them raise money for transportation, find clothes donations, and to connect with family and friends before and after deportation.
Get Involved
As a volunteer-run organization, we can’t do this work alone.
Learn
Learn who we are, our story, and dive into the history and current events surrounding detention of immigrants on our website.
Connect
Contact us below to join our mailing list, our Facebook Group, and to attend get-togethers.
Activate
None of this work happens without the tireless work of a crew of driven volunteers. Join this amazing community and make a difference.
Be a Founding Member
Contact us below to get involved in our early efforts to get grants, a fiscal sponsor, and nonprofit status.
Donate
We rely on individual donations to fund all direct support for detained immigrants, help us out!
Contact Us
For questions about our organization please use this contact form.
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