Keep ICE out of Iowa: Deportation Defense Discussions
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For years, ICE has been terrorizing our communities with little to no accountability. From the recent raid in Mount Pleasant where workers were racially profiled, detained, and some even tazed or beaten by ICE agents to the consistent individual pick-ups across Iowa, it's clear that ICE has gone rogue.
Enough is enough.
Join Iowa CCI and ally organizations for a series of meetings across Iowa where we'll discuss how to keep ICE out of our communities. We've invited several powerful immigrant rights organizers from across the country to collaborate with us.
Priscila Martinez is the Texas Immigration Coalition Coordinator for the Workers Defense Action Fund where she organizes to block ICE activity and prevent deportations while lifting up immigrant stories across Texas.
Salvador Cervantes is the Midwest Regional Director for Fair Immigration Reform Movement (FIRM), a national organization that works to elevate immigrant rights in politics. Salvador has organized in several states to fight and repeal laws like SF481.
We'll discuss several key topics including:
Best practices to protect and organize families
Key communication strategies to counter ICE's "criminal" narrative
Collaborative efforts to develop local policies that welcome immigrants
Now, more than ever, we must work together to make Iowa a safe and welcoming place for all people.
Stand up to ICE and tell them NOT IN OUR TOWN!
For a better - more welcoming - Iowa,
Maddie CanoCommunity Organizer
P.S. Read about some of the work Priscila Martinez is doing in Texas!
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Durante años, ICE ha estado aterrorizando a nuestras comunidades con poca o ninguna responsabilidad. Desde la reciente incursión en Mount Pleasant, donde los trabajadores fueron racialmente perfilados, detenidos, y algunos incluso tarados o golpeados por los agentes de ICE a las repetidas ataques individuales en Iowa, está claro que ICE se ha convertido en una agencia forajida.
¡Basta!
Únase a Iowa CCI y organizaciones aliadas para una serie de reuniones en Iowa, donde discutiremos cómo mantener el ICE fuera de nuestras comunidades. Hemos invitado a varios organizadores poderosos de derechos de inmigrantes de todo el país para que colaboren con nosotros.
Priscila Martínez es la Coordinadora de la Coalición de Inmigración de Texas para Workers Defense Action Fund, donde se organiza para bloquear la actividad de ICE y prevenir las deportaciones mientras levanta las experiencias de inmigrantes en todo Texas.
Salvador Cervantes es el Director Regional del Medio Oeste del Fair Immigration Reform Movement (FIRM), una organización nacional que trabaja para elevar los derechos de los inmigrantes en la política. Salvador se ha organizado en varios estados para luchar y revocar leyes como SF481.
Discutiremos varios temas clave, que incluyen:
Las mejores prácticas para proteger y organizar a las familias
Estrategias clave de comunicación para contrarrestar la narrativa "criminal" de ICE
Esfuerzos de colaboración para desarrollar políticas locales que reciban inmigrantes