Immigrant Family Defense Fund

Take a minute to listen to this podcast to learn how much Lisa Knox and the other amazing attorneys at Centro Legal de la Raza do to protect immigrant families in Oakland and beyond. Then support their work. https://art19.com//ep/e047176c-2313-432d-9408-8466469fd5ce

OUSD is a Sanctuary District, inside a Sanctuary City, inside a Sanctuary State. That means we support our students no matter where they came from or how they g...ot here. VICE News reports on what we and other districts are doing to help protect our vulnerable students and families. Take a look! #Sanctuary

Hugo finally reunited with his daughter after 17 months in detention. Together with RAICES, Freedom for Immigrants Bay Area, and Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity we were able to help the family cover an outrageously high bond.

Come hear IFDF's Benita Jain speak this weekend at the Hayward Area Historical Society after a screening of the documentary And Then They Came. http://www.haywardareahistory.org//20/8/11/civil-liberties

Thank you to Firewood Marketing for hosting a fundraiser for IFDF at its SF home office! Firewood redirected funds from an outside company get-together to benefit local orgs. Employee contributions & Firewood’s match raised over $13,000 to support IFDF!

Big thanks to Gabriela for organizing this fundraiser and helping make sure unaccompanied immigrant kids in Alameda County have the school supplies they need this fall.

As this Bay Area ICE detention facility closes down,we're working with Freedom for Immigrants - Formerly CIVIC, Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity and Contra Costa Immigrant Rights Alliance to get the immigrants housed there released on bond and reunited with their families instead of transferred out of state. You can help by donating here: https://www.aplos.com/aws/give/CIVIC/WCDFFund https://www.sfchronicle.com//Contra-Costa-severing-contrac

IFDF's Benita Jain talks to The Appeal about the power of community bond funds in fighting immigration detention. https://theappeal.org/trumps-zero-tolerance-immigration-po/

Thank you to The Women's Storytelling Salon for donating the proceeds from this event with immigration powerhouse Nayna Gupta and her mom Geeta to the Immigrant Family Defense Fund. Your generous support will help us free more families from immigration detention in the weeks and months ahead.

Last year Evelyn’s dad was taken by ICE in front of their home before school. IFDF helped get him out on bond that afternoon. Today, Evelyn shared her story at the #FamiliesBelongTogether event in Oakland. Evelyn, your strength and courage inspires us all!

HEIST is matching the first $5,000 donated to IFDF using the link below. Thank you for standing with Bay Area immigrant families!

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