Subject: Highlighting Community Power Across the Country

From	Wensley Peguero <[email protected]>
Subject	Highlighting Community Power Across the Country
Date	November 21, 2023 7:11 PM

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Dear Friend,

At Freedom for Immigrants, we believe no one organization can end immigrati=
on detention on its own. That=E2=80=99s why we work with community members =
facing detention, their families, and groups on the ground to advance our m=
ission of abolition. Our work is truly =E2=80=9CPowered by the People,=E2=
=80=9D and all of our programs, including our Monitoring and Policy work, a=
re possible in part because of these relationships with folks on the ground=
and with supporters like you.

Your support of our Annual Appeal, Until Everyone is Free: Powered by the P=
eople, will enable us to continue building power within our communities, as=
well as provide opportunities for directly impacted people to step into th=
eir leadership and expertise at FFI in the upcoming year. To kick off our A=
nnual Appeal, you can show your support by helping us reach our goal of 200=
donors for Giving Tuesday by November 28. And don=E2=80=99t forget to foll=
ow us on social media to learn more about our Annual Appeal and other ways =
to support our work!

Engaging Communities Across New York to=20

End Immigration Detention Together

The New York Dignity Not Detention (DND) bill would end Immigration and Cus=
toms Enforcement (ICE) contracts with New York State counties and take New =
York out of the business of immigration detention. As part of the coalition=
fighting detention in New York, we believe now is the right time=20

to pass this legislation. Only county jails in Chautauqua, Clinton, Orange=
, and Rensselaer counties have active contracts with ICE.

When detained individuals speak out about the flagrant abuse they endured i=
n New York detention centers, they face severe retaliation. An example of t=
his abuse recently occurred at the Orange County Correctional Facility (OCC=
F), where several detained individuals spoke out against racism by guards =
and were met with excessive use of force. The successful passage of DND wou=
ld bring an end to this cycle of abuse and corruption.

Ending immigration detention in New York would also be an important step in=
the broader movement to abolish all prisons. The coalition has worked to e=
ngage all corners of the state to discuss, educate each other, and come tog=
ether to fight not only for

DND, but for the end of all jails and detention in the state.

For instance, we forged alliances with groups based in Troy, NY, to discuss=
the imperative of ending incarceration and the pressing needs of communiti=
es in that region, such as advocating for the release of individuals like M=
s. Q. This collaboration resulted in participatory defense campaign rallies=
, including one held outside the Rensselaer County Jail.

Meanwhile, the coalition is forming new partnerships with activists in Oran=
ge County with the goal of ending the ICE contract at the OCCF. In a move t=
hat follows trends seen across the country, the OCCF has expressed interest=
in terminating its ICE contract early.

This trend underscores why it=E2=80=99s important for local community membe=
rs to engage in pro-immigrant campaigns anywhere ICE contracts exist, and h=
ow=20

building across movements can strengthen our fight for the freedom and dign=
ity of all people. When we organize locally and block by block, we create o=
pportunities to educate neighbors, build community power, and ultimately bu=
ild alliances for the broader abolition movement.=20

Down South, Communities Mobilize Against=20

Detention in Louisiana

A powerful community mobilization continues to grow out of Louisiana, a Dee=
p South state thrust into the epicenter of our nation=E2=80=99s shameful le=
gacy of immigrant caging. The Trump administration expanded immigrant deten=
tion in Louisiana from 2 to 12 detention centers almost overnight, with luc=
rative contracts awarded to county jails and private prisons that had been =
emptied out by Louisiana=E2=80=99s bi-partisan decriminalization policies i=
n 2017. This expansion fueled the same rampant abuses the people of Louisia=
na fought hard to end.=20

In response, Freedom for Immigrants first supported a single volunteer to c=
reate a Visitation Group based in New Orleans. This group, Louisiana AID, t=
hen grew statewide alongside others like Home is Here and Immigrant Allianc=
e for Justice and Equity. Soon after, together with local grassroots commun=
ity partners leading the work like ISLA, we formed the Southeast Dignity No=
t Detention Coalition.

Best exemplifying the coalition's purpose is the life and death of=20

Ernesto Rocha-Cuadra, a 42-year-old Nicaraguan activist who died while deta=
ined in the Central Louisiana ICE Processing Center (Jena) in Jena, Louisia=
na, because he bravely exposed abuses, medical neglect, and due process vio=
lations while in ICE custody. Before he died, Ernesto called FFI=E2=80=99s =
National Immigration Detention Hotline to report these abuses and filed

dozens of complaints to ICE leadership and oversight bodies. In the spring=
, FFI and coalition partners submitted three federal civil rights complaint=
s concerning abuses at Jena and stood in solidarity with hundreds inside wh=
o organized a mass hunger strike.

After Ernesto=E2=80=99s premature death, the coalition supported his family=
(longtime residents of California) to organize vigils and protests across=
=20

the country. Today, we continue their call for an independent investigation=
into Ernesto=E2=80=99s death and justice for his community, which begins w=
ith the permanent closure of the private, GEO Group-run prison that took hi=
s life. Please join us and his family in powerful remembrance =E2=80=94 Ern=
esto, presente!

Welcoming New Staff

Welcome to FFI, Mich Gonz=C3=A1lez!

Mich is a proud transgender Latino who was raised by a single teen mom and =
her queer immigrant family. His family overcame poverty and housing instabi=
lity in South Florida to provide Mich the opportunity to become a first-gen=
eration university and law school graduate.=20

Mich leads with compassion to uplift the strategic vision and mission of Fr=
eedom for Immigrants. He works to advance the struggle to abolish oppressiv=
e institutions that perpetuate violence and replace them with social suppor=
ts that help communities thrive.

Mich brings to FFI over a decade of experience advocating alongside immigra=
nts, LGBTQ+ people, youth

of color, and other criminalized communities. Mich has supported hundreds =
of people to regain their freedom from immigration detention, reunite with =
loved ones, and find safety.

More importantly, he has learned from men, women, and children from all ove=
r the world who were subjected to government-sanctioned cages across the Un=
ited States about the true meaning of resilience, dignity, and collective l=
iberation.

Learn more about Mich and the FFI staff here.

In solidarity,

Wensley Peguero
Development Director

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us to continue building power within our communities, as well as provide op=
portunities for directly impacted people to step into their leadership and =
expertise at FFI in the upcoming year. To kick off our Annual Appeal, you c=
an show your support by helping us reach our goal of </span><strong>200 don=
ors</strong><span style=3D"font-weight: 400;"> for Giving Tuesday by Novemb=
er 28. And don=E2=80=99t forget to follow us on </span><a href=3D"[link removed]
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cross New York to </span></span></span></a></p> <p class=3D"align-center" s=
tyle=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: Roboto,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: =
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ord-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: top; color: #3c4144; font-family: Rob=
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reak-word; width: 274px; padding-right: 8px; padding-left: 24px; border-col=
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#3c4144; font-family: Roboto,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: =
0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.=
5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;"><span style=3D"font-weight: 4=
00;"><a title=3D"The New York Dignity Not Detention (DND)" href=3D"[link removed]
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yftsPP4jC96Png=3D/evVMLbiBT09VZ0pjg5b5Nz_LZLNylf4kRVa6WaLB-Rs=3D" target=3D=
"_blank" rel=3D"noopener" style=3D"color: #0074d9; text-decoration: none; f=
ont-weight: inherit; padding: 0; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5;">The N=
ew York Dignity Not Detention (DND)</a> bill would end Immigration and Cust=
oms Enforcement (ICE) contracts with New York State counties and take New Y=
ork out of the business of immigration detention. As part of the coalition =
fighting detention in New York, we believe now is the right time </span></p=
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dth=3D"260" align=3D"center" style=3D"outline: none; text-decoration: none;=
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=3D"word-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: top; color: #3c4144; font-family=
: Roboto,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; text-align: left; =
font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0 auto; Margin: 0 auto; word-bre=
ak: break-word; width: 274px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 24px; borde=
r-collapse: collapse; padding-top: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px;"><p style=3D"c=
olor: #3c4144; font-family: Roboto,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padd=
ing: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; line-heigh=
t: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;"><span style=3D"font-weig=
ht: 400;">Ending immigration detention in New York would also be an importa=
nt step in the broader movement to abolish all prisons. The coalition has w=
orked to engage all corners of the state to discuss, educate each other, an=
d come together to fight not only for</span></p></th>=20
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yle=3D"word-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: top; color: #3c4144; font-fam=
ily: Roboto,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; text-align: lef=
t; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0 auto; Margin: 0 auto; word-=
break: break-word; width: 564px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; b=
order-collapse: collapse; padding-top: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px;"><p style=
=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: Roboto,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400;=
padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; line-=
height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;"><span style=3D"font=
-weight: 400;"> DND, but for the end of all jails and detention in the stat=
e.</span></p> <p style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: Roboto,Arial,sans-se=
rif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; =
font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px=
;"><span style=3D"font-weight: 400;">For instance, we forged alliances with=
groups based in Troy, NY, to discuss the imperative of ending incarceratio=
n and the pressing needs of communities in that region, such as advocating =
for the release of individuals like <a href=3D"[link removed]
mails/tracking/click-link/E9Q3qraER6wBtEA_QrYd7DCGX4x44yftsPP4jC96Png=3D/ev=
VMLbiBT09VZ0pjg5b5NwHfynjPDiUh1pxV1mON3zs=3D" style=3D"color: #0074d9; text=
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-height: 1.5;">Ms. Q</a>. This collaboration resulted in participatory defe=
nse campaign rallies, including one held outside the Rensselaer County Jail=
.</span></p> <p style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: Roboto,Arial,sans-ser=
if; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; f=
ont-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;=
"><span style=3D"font-weight: 400;">Meanwhile, the coalition is forming new=
partnerships with activists in Orange County with the goal of ending the I=
CE contract at the OCCF. In a move that follows trends seen across the coun=
try, the OCCF has expressed interest in terminating its ICE contract early.=
</span></p> <p style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: Roboto,Arial,sans-seri=
f; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; fo=
nt-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;"=
><span style=3D"font-weight: 400;">This trend underscores why it=E2=80=99s =
important for local community members to engage in pro-immigrant campaigns =
anywhere ICE contracts exist, and how </span></p></th>=20
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ord-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: top; color: #3c4144; font-family: Rob=
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size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0 auto; Margin: 0 auto; word-break: b=
reak-word; width: 274px; padding-right: 8px; padding-left: 24px; border-col=
lapse: collapse; padding-top: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px;"><p style=3D"color:=
#3c4144; font-family: Roboto,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: =
0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.=
5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;"><span style=3D"font-weight: 4=
00;">building across movements can strengthen our fight for the freedom and=
 dignity of all people. When we organize locally and block by block, w=
e create opportunities to educate neighbors, build community power, and ult=
imately build alliances for the broader abolition movement. </span></p=
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t; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0 auto; Margin: 0 auto; word-=
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order-collapse: collapse; padding-top: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px;"><p class=
=3D"align-center" style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: Roboto,Arial,sans-s=
erif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; font-size: 12pt; =
line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: cen=
ter;"><span style=3D"font-weight: 400; color: #f48279; font-size: 14pt;">Do=
wn South, Communities Mobilize Against </span></p> <p class=3D"align-center=
" style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: Roboto,Arial,sans-serif; font-weigh=
t: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5=
; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;"><span styl=
e=3D"font-weight: 400; color: #f48279; font-size: 14pt;">Detention in Louis=
iana</span></p> <p style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: Roboto,Arial,sans-=
serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left=
; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10=
px;"><span style=3D"font-weight: 400;">A powerful community mobilization co=
ntinues to grow out of Louisiana, a Deep South state</span><a href=3D"https=
://api.neonemails.com/emails/tracking/click-link/E9Q3qraER6wBtEA_QrYd7DCGX4=
x44yftsPP4jC96Png=3D/evVMLbiBT09VZ0pjg5b5N_nDAyj_DVnskeix24vbQLQ=3D" style=
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; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5;"><span style=3D"font-weight: 400;"> <=
/span><span style=3D"font-weight: 400;">thrust into the epicenter of our na=
tion=E2=80=99s shameful legacy</span></a><span style=3D"font-weight: 400;">=
of immigrant caging. The Trump administration expanded immigrant detention=
in Louisiana from 2 to 12 detention centers almost overnight, with lucrati=
ve contracts awarded to county jails and private prisons that had been empt=
ied out by Louisiana=E2=80=99s bi-partisan decriminalization policies in 20=
17. This expansion</span><a href=3D"[link removed]
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5;"><span style=3D"font-weight: 400;"> </span><span style=3D"font-weight: 4=
00;">fueled the same rampant abuses</span></a><span style=3D"font-weight: 4=
00;"> the people of Louisiana fought hard to end. </span></p></th>=20
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t; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0 auto; Margin: 0 auto; word-=
break: break-word; width: 564px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; b=
order-collapse: collapse; padding-top: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px;"><p style=
=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: Roboto,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400;=
padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; line-=
height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;"><span style=3D"font=
-weight: 400;"><a href=3D"[link removed]
link/E9Q3qraER6wBtEA_QrYd7DCGX4x44yftsPP4jC96Png=3D/evVMLbiBT09VZ0pjg5b5N6o=
HSaiQWoTNl1j6tSjLgXo=3D" style=3D"color: #0074d9; text-decoration: none; fo=
nt-weight: inherit; padding: 0; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5;">Ernest=
o Rocha-Cuadra</a>, a 42-year-old Nicaraguan activist who died while detain=
ed in the Central Louisiana ICE Processing Center (Jena) in Jena, Louisiana=
, because he bravely exposed abuses, medical neglect, and due process viola=
tions while in ICE custody. Before he died, Ernesto called FFI=E2=80=99s Na=
tional Immigration Detention Hotline to report these abuses and<a href=3D"h=
ttps://api.neonemails.com/emails/tracking/click-link/E9Q3qraER6wBtEA_QrYd7D=
CGX4x44yftsPP4jC96Png=3D/evVMLbiBT09VZ0pjg5b5N8yrNZX9_Xkgdvnlg0r9q4U=3D" st=
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t: 1.5; margin: 0 auto; Margin: 0 auto; word-break: break-word; width: 274p=
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cal-align: middle; padding-top: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px;">
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ntent: center; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">

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font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0 auto; Margin: 0 auto; word-bre=
ak: break-word; width: 274px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 24px; borde=
r-collapse: collapse; padding-top: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px;"><p style=3D"c=
olor: #3c4144; font-family: Roboto,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padd=
ing: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; line-heigh=
t: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;"><a href=3D"[link removed]
eonemails.com/emails/tracking/click-link/E9Q3qraER6wBtEA_QrYd7DCGX4x44yftsP=
P4jC96Png=3D/evVMLbiBT09VZ0pjg5b5N1FVy-KpEtOKLeN9vIWdEK0=3D" style=3D"color=
: #0074d9; text-decoration: none; font-weight: inherit; padding: 0; text-al=
ign: left; line-height: 1.5;"><span style=3D"font-weight: 400;"> dozen=
s of complaints</span></a><span style=3D"font-weight: 400;"> to ICE leaders=
hip and oversight bodies. In the spring, FFI and coalition partners submitt=
ed three federal civil rights complaints concerning abuses at Jena and stoo=
d in solidarity with hundreds inside who organized a<a href=3D"[link removed]
neonemails.com/emails/tracking/click-link/E9Q3qraER6wBtEA_QrYd7DCGX4x44yfts=
PP4jC96Png=3D/evVMLbiBT09VZ0pjg5b5N69zwL7Zng9NJG822DIPdiQ=3D" style=3D"colo=
r: #0074d9; text-decoration: none; font-weight: inherit; padding: 0; text-a=
lign: left; line-height: 1.5;"> mass hunger strike</a>.</span></p> <p style=
=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: Roboto,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400;=
padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; line-=
height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;"><span style=3D"font=
-weight: 400;">After Ernesto=E2=80=99s premature death,</span><a href=3D"ht=
tps://api.neonemails.com/emails/tracking/click-link/E9Q3qraER6wBtEA_QrYd7DC=
GX4x44yftsPP4jC96Png=3D/evVMLbiBT09VZ0pjg5b5N5UQY8PjMPyAoeGtyLvYPi4=3D" sty=
le=3D"color: #0074d9; text-decoration: none; font-weight: inherit; padding:=
0; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5;"><span style=3D"font-weight: 400;">=
</span><span style=3D"font-weight: 400;">the coalition supported his famil=
y</span></a><span style=3D"font-weight: 400;"> (longtime residents of Calif=
ornia) to organize<a href=3D"[link removed]
ck-link/E9Q3qraER6wBtEA_QrYd7DCGX4x44yftsPP4jC96Png=3D/evVMLbiBT09VZ0pjg5b5=
N8qs2kfxFDu1x5ZjCV1zX14=3D" style=3D"color: #0074d9; text-decoration: none;=
font-weight: inherit; padding: 0; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5;"> vi=
gils</a> and<a href=3D"[link removed]
k/E9Q3qraER6wBtEA_QrYd7DCGX4x44yftsPP4jC96Png=3D/evVMLbiBT09VZ0pjg5b5NzlhL8=
YPBdObR2eMV5oX61M=3D" style=3D"color: #0074d9; text-decoration: none; font-=
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t; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0 auto; Margin: 0 auto; word-=
break: break-word; width: 564px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; b=
order-collapse: collapse; padding-top: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px;"><p style=
=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: Roboto,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400;=
padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; line-=
height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;"><span style=3D"font=
-weight: 400;">the country. Today, we continue their call for an independen=
t investigation into Ernesto=E2=80=99s death and justice for his community,=
which begins with the</span><a href=3D"[link removed]
racking/click-link/E9Q3qraER6wBtEA_QrYd7DCGX4x44yftsPP4jC96Png=3D/evVMLbiBT=
09VZ0pjg5b5N0sAAObk4z06lpewm7BPbog=3D" style=3D"color: #0074d9; text-decora=
tion: none; font-weight: inherit; padding: 0; text-align: left; line-height=
: 1.5;"><span style=3D"font-weight: 400;"> </span><span style=3D"font-weigh=
t: 400;">permanent closure of the private, GEO Group-run prison</span></a><=
span style=3D"font-weight: 400;"> that</span><a href=3D"[link removed]
ils.com/emails/tracking/click-link/E9Q3qraER6wBtEA_QrYd7DCGX4x44yftsPP4jC96=
Png=3D/evVMLbiBT09VZ0pjg5b5N0q2YQmuMK2rUyyseUUNEgo=3D" style=3D"color: #007=
4d9; text-decoration: none; font-weight: inherit; padding: 0; text-align: l=
eft; line-height: 1.5;"><span style=3D"font-weight: 400;"> </span><span sty=
le=3D"font-weight: 400;">took his life</span></a><span style=3D"font-weight=
: 400;">. Please join us and his family in powerful remembrance =E2=80=94 <=
/span><em><span style=3D"font-weight: 400;">Ernesto, presente!</span></em><=
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t; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0 auto; Margin: 0 auto; word-=
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=3D"align-center" style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: Roboto,Arial,sans-s=
erif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; font-size: 12pt; =
line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: cen=
ter;"><span style=3D"font-weight: 400; color: #f48279; font-size: 14pt;">We=
lcoming New Staff</span></p> <p style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: Robot=
o,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; tex=
t-align: left; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Marg=
in-bottom: 10px;"><span style=3D"font-weight: 400;">Welcome to FFI, Mich Go=
nz=C3=A1lez!</span></p> <p style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: Roboto,Ari=
al,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-ali=
gn: left; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bo=
ttom: 10px;"><span style=3D"font-weight: 400;">Mich is a proud transgender =
Latino who was raised by a single teen mom and her queer immigrant family. =
His family overcame poverty and housing instability in South Florida to pro=
vide Mich the opportunity to become a first-generation university and law s=
chool graduate. </span></p></th>=20
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t: 1.5; margin: 0 auto; Margin: 0 auto; word-break: break-word; width: 274p=
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ntent: center; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">

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=3D"word-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: top; color: #3c4144; font-family=
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ak: break-word; width: 274px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 24px; borde=
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olor: #3c4144; font-family: Roboto,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padd=
ing: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; line-heigh=
t: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;"><span style=3D"font-weig=
ht: 400;">Mich leads with compassion to uplift the strategic vision and mis=
sion of Freedom for Immigrants. He works to advance the struggle to abolish=
oppressive institutions that perpetuate violence and replace them with soc=
ial supports that help communities thrive.</span></p> <p style=3D"color: #3=
c4144; font-family: Roboto,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; =
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margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;"><span style=3D"font-weight: 400;=
">Mich brings to FFI over a<a href=3D"[link removed]
cking/click-link/E9Q3qraER6wBtEA_QrYd7DCGX4x44yftsPP4jC96Png=3D/evVMLbiBT09=
VZ0pjg5b5N7EPpGT49BrQ0gdE4GGCpR4=3D" style=3D"color: #0074d9; text-decorati=
on: none; font-weight: inherit; padding: 0; text-align: left; line-height: =
1.5;"> decade of experience</a> advocating alongside immigrants, LGBTQ+ peo=
ple, youth</span></p></th>=20
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ord-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: top; color: #3c4144; font-family: Rob=
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size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0 auto; Margin: 0 auto; word-break: b=
reak-word; width: 274px; padding-right: 8px; padding-left: 24px; border-col=
lapse: collapse; padding-top: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px;"><p style=3D"color:=
#3c4144; font-family: Roboto,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: =
0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.=
5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;"><span style=3D"font-weight: 4=
00;"> of color, and other criminalized communities. Mich has supported=
hundreds of people to regain their freedom from immigration detention, reu=
nite with loved ones, and find safety.</span></p> <p style=3D"color: #3c414=
4; font-family: Roboto,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; marg=
in: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; marg=
in-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;"><span style=3D"font-weight: 400;">Mo=
re importantly, he has learned from men, women, and children from all over =
the world who were subjected to government-sanctioned cages across the Unit=
ed States about the true meaning of resilience, dignity, and collective lib=
eration.</span></p></th>=20
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ntent: center; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">

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line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: cen=
ter;"><span style=3D"font-weight: 400;">Learn more about Mich and the FFI s=
taff <a href=3D"[link removed]
raER6wBtEA_QrYd7DCGX4x44yftsPP4jC96Png=3D/evVMLbiBT09VZ0pjg5b5N3d8fGuzx_-wd=
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At Freedom for Immigrants, we believe no one organization can end immigration detention on its own. That’s why we work with community members facing detention, their families, and groups on the ground to advance our mission of abolition. Our work is truly “Powered by the People,” and all of our programs, including our Monitoring and Policy work, are possible in part because of these relationships with folks on the ground and with supporters like you.

Your support of our Annual Appeal, Until Everyone is Free: Powered by the People, will enable us to continue building power within our communities, as well as provide opportunities for directly impacted people to step into their leadership and expertise at FFI in the upcoming year. To kick off our Annual Appeal, you can show your support by helping us reach our goal of 200 donors for Giving Tuesday by November 28. And don’t forget to follow us on social media to learn more about our Annual Appeal and other ways to support our work!

Engaging Communities Across New York to

End Immigration Detention Together

The New York Dignity Not Detention (DND) bill would end Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) contracts with New York State counties and take New York out of the business of immigration detention. As part of the coalition fighting detention in New York, we believe now is the right time

to pass this legislation. Only county jails in Chautauqua, Clinton, Orange, and Rensselaer counties have active contracts with ICE.

When detained individuals speak out about the flagrant abuse they endured in New York detention centers, they face severe retaliation. An example of this abuse recently occurred at the Orange County Correctional Facility (OCCF), where several detained individuals spoke out against racism by guards and were met with excessive use of force. The successful passage of DND would bring an end to this cycle of abuse and corruption.

Ending immigration detention in New York would also be an important step in the broader movement to abolish all prisons. The coalition has worked to engage all corners of the state to discuss, educate each other, and come together to fight not only for

DND, but for the end of all jails and detention in the state.

For instance, we forged alliances with groups based in Troy, NY, to discuss the imperative of ending incarceration and the pressing needs of communities in that region, such as advocating for the release of individuals like Ms. Q. This collaboration resulted in participatory defense campaign rallies, including one held outside the Rensselaer County Jail.

Meanwhile, the coalition is forming new partnerships with activists in Orange County with the goal of ending the ICE contract at the OCCF. In a move that follows trends seen across the country, the OCCF has expressed interest in terminating its ICE contract early.

This trend underscores why it’s important for local community members to engage in pro-immigrant campaigns anywhere ICE contracts exist, and how

building across movements can strengthen our fight for the freedom and dignity of all people. When we organize locally and block by block, we create opportunities to educate neighbors, build community power, and ultimately build alliances for the broader abolition movement.

Down South, Communities Mobilize Against

Detention in Louisiana

A powerful community mobilization continues to grow out of Louisiana, a Deep South state thrust into the epicenter of our nation’s shameful legacy of immigrant caging. The Trump administration expanded immigrant detention in Louisiana from 2 to 12 detention centers almost overnight, with lucrative contracts awarded to county jails and private prisons that had been emptied out by Louisiana’s bi-partisan decriminalization policies in 2017. This expansion fueled the same rampant abuses the people of Louisiana fought hard to end.

In response, Freedom for Immigrants first supported a single volunteer to create a Visitation Group based in New Orleans. This group, Louisiana AID, then grew statewide alongside others like Home is Here and Immigrant Alliance for Justice and Equity. Soon after, together with local grassroots community partners leading the work like ISLA, we formed the Southeast Dignity Not Detention Coalition.

Best exemplifying the coalition's purpose is the life and death of

Ernesto Rocha-Cuadra, a 42-year-old Nicaraguan activist who died while detained in the Central Louisiana ICE Processing Center (Jena) in Jena, Louisiana, because he bravely exposed abuses, medical neglect, and due process violations while in ICE custody. Before he died, Ernesto called FFI’s National Immigration Detention Hotline to report these abuses and filed

dozens of complaints to ICE leadership and oversight bodies. In the spring, FFI and coalition partners submitted three federal civil rights complaints concerning abuses at Jena and stood in solidarity with hundreds inside who organized a mass hunger strike.

After Ernesto’s premature death, the coalition supported his family (longtime residents of California) to organize vigils and protests across

the country. Today, we continue their call for an independent investigation into Ernesto’s death and justice for his community, which begins with the permanent closure of the private, GEO Group-run prison that took his life. Please join us and his family in powerful remembrance — Ernesto, presente!

Welcoming New Staff

Welcome to FFI, Mich González!

Mich is a proud transgender Latino who was raised by a single teen mom and her queer immigrant family. His family overcame poverty and housing instability in South Florida to provide Mich the opportunity to become a first-generation university and law school graduate.

Mich leads with compassion to uplift the strategic vision and mission of Freedom for Immigrants. He works to advance the struggle to abolish oppressive institutions that perpetuate violence and replace them with social supports that help communities thrive.

Mich brings to FFI over a decade of experience advocating alongside immigrants, LGBTQ+ people, youth

of color, and other criminalized communities. Mich has supported hundreds of people to regain their freedom from immigration detention, reunite with loved ones, and find safety.

More importantly, he has learned from men, women, and children from all over the world who were subjected to government-sanctioned cages across the United States about the true meaning of resilience, dignity, and collective liberation.

Learn more about Mich and the FFI staff here.

In solidarity,

Wensley Peguero
Development Director

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