Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center, El Paso, TX Videos
Videos by Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center in El Paso. Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center, a non-profit organization, provides high quality legal representation for the most vulnerable immigrants - battered women, low income immigrants, and refugees seeking asylum.
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Our executive director, Marisa Limón Garza, joined @democracynow and discussed the impact of anti-immigrant rhetoric on borderland communities, asylum seekers, and long-term immigrants without relief. “At Las Americas IAC, we believe that people have a right to migrate just as much as they have a right to thrive in place,” she said. 🔗Listen to the full interview here: https://www.democracynow.org/2024/3/1/border_trump_biden
ICYMI: on Thursday, Feb. 15th, we had our first hearing against #SB4, also known as the latest #TexasDeportationBill. Following a three-hour hearing, Judge Ezra mentioned he intends to give a decision regarding a motion for preliminary injunction before March 5th, 2024, which is when #SB4 is supposed to go into effect. For more information about our fight and #SB4, follow: 🦋 @aclu_nationwide 🦋 @aclutx 🦋 @txcivilrights 🦋 @lasamericasimmigrantadvocacy 🦋 @americangateways 🦋 @elpasocountytx
Las Americas IAC Legal Director Jennifer Babaie shares a few words as our team arrived in Austin earlier this week to begin the fight against #SB4, also known as the #TexasDeportationBill. We are joining partner organizations like @americangateways , @aclutx , @aclu_nationwide , @txcivilrights, @elpasocountytx for a federal court hearing for a preliminary injunction in our lawsuit to block Texas Senate Bill 4 (88-4) from going into effect 🦋Follow along for more updates!
🚨 The Senate is expected to vote on the “border deal” TODAY! We refuse to accept anything less than permanent protections for the millions of immigrants and youth living in limbo and the hundreds of thousands of individuals on the move seeking protection at our borders. 🦋”We know immigrants and refugees strengthen our communities and economy. As an organization advocating for human rights and racial justice, we strongly oppose this deal and urge Senators to vote NO,” said our Jennifer Babaie, Director of Advocacy and Legal Services. Take action NOW to urge your Senators to #SaveAsylum and protect all migrants by VOTING NO! 📞 CALL HERE https://p2a.co/i43rKQ9
Our client, Aracely, and Director of Advocacy and Legal Services, Jennifer Babaie, spoke with @nightline and @mariaesalinas about the fears and challenges mixed-status households may face in light of the upcoming implementation of #SB4. 📝: #SB4 does not go into effect until March 5. We are hopeful that our request to stop #SB4 from being implemented will be granted. 🖇Learn about your rights under #SB4 in both English y en español: https://bit.ly/ACLUTXSB4
#SB4 is one of the most extreme anti-immigrant bills ever passed in the country. That’s why we sued Texas to ensure its lawlessness never goes into effect. Our communities deserve better than overpolicing, harassment, and cruelty as policy. Together, let’s make sure that Texas is a safe place for everyone to live — no matter our race, background, or immigration status. For more information on #SB4 and the lawsuit, follow: 🦋: @aclutx 🦋: @txcivilrights 🦋: @americangateways 🦋: @elpasocountytx
Today, we are joining Hope Border Institute Interfaith Immigration Coalition and advocates for an interfaith prayer vigil in support of asylum. This showing of solidarity comes as Congress members return to Capitol Hill after the winter recess to resume ongoing negotiations that seek to trade away the rights of immigrants and asylum seekers in exchange for short-term foreign aid.
Our Executive Director, Marisa Limón Garza’s raw reaction following news that the Biden administration is open to reviving harmful Trump-era policies, including Title 42, in exchange for Ukraine funding. “If you are watching, I urge you to contact your Members of Congress and the Biden administration and urge them to vote NO on anti-immigrant measures. Comprehensive and humane immigration reform should be separate from any spending bill,” she shared.
This #ElPasoGivingDay, we are launching our first-ever client assistance program, but we need your support. Throughout the years, your generosity has allowed us to serve tens of thousands of people and provide them with high-quality legal services. But legal relief and humanitarian relief go hand in hand. By donating to Las Americas today, you will help our organization respond to the needs immigrants and migrants face at the U.S.-Mexico border and our community. Help us reach our goal of $20K! You can donate here: https://elpasogivingday.org/organizations/las-americas-immigrant-advocacy-center
The Milk n’ Cookies Power Hour for #ElPasoGivingDay is starting NOW. 🦋 Between 9pm-10pm MT you can donate to the Las Americas campaign! 🦋 Help us win $1K more for our advocacy efforts! Every dollar counts. 🦋 Double your impact here: https://elpasogivingday.org/organizations/las-americas-immigrant-advocacy-center
3 years ago today, our communities were hunted down in a horrific attack against our culture and way of life. The killer was inspired by words of war like "invasion" and "invaders.” This language is radical, craven, and unhinged, and does not describe immigrants or the reality of the border. Our client A* spoke with Paola Ramos at VICE . She is finally ready to tell her story and her experience of that day. Never forget. Today and always, love for El Paso. ❤️🩹
Our Rachel Jackson spoke with KPFA last week about the future of DACA and how Governor Abbott is hostile to asylum seekers and migrant communities. 🦋 “Trump’s spirit is very much alive under Abbott’s governance. His policies have created chaos at the border while also eliminating due process and order. They are making things worse, not safer,” said Rachel. 🦋 Listen 📢
Our Gabriela Muñoz @raicestexas @instabaji @haitianbridge @immdef_lawcenter @translawcenter & @humanrightsfirst to raise the alarm on the ongoing racial discrimination Black migrants face everyday in the U.S. and at our border. 🦋 “Each day, our office receives hundreds of calls from Black asylum seekers in Juarez. The vast majority of them have suffered ongoing racial discrimination and mistreatment in Mexico. They are disproportionately housing vulnerable, living in the streets or church basements. They are sick and dying. Hospitals refuse to provide them service and employers will not hire them for jobs. Police racialize them as “others” not worthy of protection let alone human dignity. In this environment, Black migrants journey through Mexico is one of survival and constant struggle only to be turned away at our border, expelled to Mexico, or sent back to Haiti,” shared our Gaby. 🦋 Watch and hear more about what Gaby sees on the ground everyday working with those most vulnerable.
“With policies like Remain in Mexico and Title 42 there really is no dignified way to come into the U.S. and seek asylum,” our Crystal Sandoval said this morning. @jdbalart @msnbc watch her full interview here ⬆️