AFSC Immigrant Rights Program

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This Thursday, contributors to the new book, "Elizabeth Detention Center: A Social History of Confinement in the United States, 1993-2025,” will be speaking outside the Elizabeth Detention Center, in Elizabeth NJ.

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"On June 18, 1995, people detained at the Elizabeth Detention Center rebelled against the harsh and unfair treatment they had been receiving from Esmor Correctional Services, the private contractor hired by the former Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). To mark this anniversary, Rutgers University Press is publishing the new book, “Elizabeth Detention Center: A Social History of Confinement in the United States, 1993-2025.” Several of the book’s contributing writers will attend and speak at the launch event.

The recent protests at Delaney Hall demonstrate that New Jersey is ground zero for resistance to immigration detention in the United States. And this has been true for more than three decades. The book highlights local advocacy against detention in New Jersey, a state that is too often overlooked compared to neighboring New York, even though it has the largest percentage of a foreign-born population in the Northeast."

Here's the registration link: http://bit.ly/4eqBymA

Here's the link. It takes one minute to complete: https://afsc.org/action/tell-gov-sherrill-fund-legal-help-nj-immigrants-facing-deportation

All roads have led to this. This moment is the result of years of ongoing struggle. Entire generations have grown up in uncertainty, with families living under the constant fear of separation. Now, that struggle has brought TPS families to the Supreme Court. For many, this is a turning point that could determine whether more than 1.3 million families stay together or are torn apart. Decades of contributions and lives built in this country are on the line. This is a life-defining moment for hundreds of thousands of families. With anxiety, but without fear, the TPS community stands resilient, united, and determined.

Todos los caminos nos han llevado a este momento. Este momento es el resultado de años de lucha constante. Generaciones enteras han crecido en incertidumbre, con familias viviendo bajo el miedo constante de la separación. Hoy, esa lucha ha llevado a las familias con TPS hasta la Corte Suprema. Para muchos, este es un punto decisivo que determinará si más de 1.3 millones de familias permanecen juntas o son separadas. Décadas de contribuciones y vidas construidas en este país están en juego. Este es un momento que definirá la vida de cientos de miles de familias. Con ansiedad, pero sin miedo, la comunidad de TPS se mantiene resiliente, unida y decidida.

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See you tomorrow!

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Update on Cristofer: At 6:00 AM this morning, ICE began moving Cristofer from Strafford County Jail in New Hampshire to Louisiana (a deportation flight hub for ICE). FLOOD the lines of our senators, Andy Kim and Cory Booker, demanding they call for his immediate return and release today.

Please comment after you call. We will keep you updated as best we can and thank you for your support!

Call and email the ICE field office &/or reach out to the politicians listed on the second slide and urge them to act! Let's get Cristofer back to his home in New Jersey.

Llama y envía un correo electrónico a la oficina local de ICE y/o comunícate con los políticos que aparecen en la segunda diapositiva para pedirles que actúen. ¡Hagamos que Cristofer regrese a su hogar en Nueva Jersey!

Join us for a youth-led community gathering uplifting immigrant voices and calling for dignity, safety, and justice for our immigrant community. This march centers young people organizing in solidarity with immigrant communities and standing against harmful detention and enforcement practices carried out by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Everyone is welcome to attend.

AFSC NJ will be launching an emergency cash assistance fund to support families affected by detention and deportation - in addition to rapid responses who are observing ICE's actions.

Date: Saturday, February 28
Location: Red Bank Train Station
Time: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM