Hi Friend,

Last year, under the leadership of our Executive Director Laura Hernández, Freedom for Immigrants publicly announced a new direction for our organization. This shift wasn’t about walking away from the work we’ve done alongside our partners—work that’s reunited families, closed detention centers, and brought national attention to the crisis of immigration incarceration.

It was about recognizing that something essential was missing.

Our past strategies—like documenting abuses and reporting them to oversight bodies—brought visibility and helped hold institutions accountable. But we also saw the limits of those systems. Even before the current administration moved to dismantle the very agencies responsible for detention oversight, we knew we needed to chart a path that didn't rely on systems unwilling—or unable—to deliver justice.

That’s why our new vision centers on building power with those directly impacted by the system—people currently and formerly in immigration detention. We’re investing in organizing with them, not for them. We’re building what we felt was lacking in the movement: infrastructure that uplifts directly impacted leadership as the force that will bring this system down.

This year’s annual appeal—Freedom for Immigrants, Until Everyone is Free: Move with the Movement—is designed to fund that work. And thanks to your support, we’ve already raised 74% of our $500,000 goal!

Now we’re asking for your help to reach the finish line.

Your donation today helps us expand organizing efforts inside detention, deepen our community support, and push forward a vision rooted in dignity, freedom, and self-determination.

Thank you for believing in this work—and for moving with us.

In solidarity,

Wensley Peguero
Development Director
Freedom for Immigrants