End of “Second Chances Month” but Harlem leader Robert Panton still faces unjust DOUBLE PUNISHMENT. He served a harsh sentence of three decades in prison for a *single* drug offense & now he faces deportation 💔
🙏🏽 President Biden grant Robert a pardon so he can stay in NY his only home.

Amazing opportunity on 5/10 to hear from people directly impacted by unjust deportation. Register for this event to attend and receive a recording of the event immigrantjustice.salsalabs.org/cch-la/index.h…

Heart crushing & cruel. 💔 U.S. government restarts deportation flights to Haiti. Sending those fleeing harm & trying to protect their loved ones into horrific conditions.

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Deported U.S. veteran Howard Bailey, filmmaker Alex Rivera, immigration law expert Ahilan Arulanantham & 🔥 sister of deported advocate Tina Hamdi in this POWERFUL Town Hall event live from L.A. as we discuss reclaiming the narrative on immigration UCLA Center for Immigration Law and Policy National Immigrant Justice Center #ChancetoComeHome

Deported. Returned. Speaking Out. Join me, deported U.S. veteran Howard Bailey, award winning filmmaker Alex Rivera & 🔥 speakers for powerful Town Hall & 🎥 screening as advocates & artists fight to reclaim the narrative on immigration #ChancetoComeHome *RSVP virtual/live L.A.

POWERFUL piece on NPR’s “Here and Now” featuring two unjustly deported women fighting to return to the U.S. to reunite w their children. Tina Hamdi & Assia Serrano lived decades in the U.S. & join me here as we call on President Biden for a #ChancetoComeHome 💔💪🏽

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TODAY: Assia Serrano - whom BxD has represented and supported for years - will speak w/Here & Now at 1:40PM about her journey from survivor of domestic violence to one of #ChanceToComeHome 's leaders, and why her deportation has not deterred her 🧵

This Intl Women’s Day beautiful, strong Tina is in my ♥️. Unjustly deported to Morocco after 20 yrs in the U.S. she lost DACA b/c of a single conviction she received as victim of domestic abuse. Now she lives in exile torn from her two kids, fighting for a #ChancetoComeHome 🧵👇🏽

We were shocked to hear the president echo the words of anti-immigrant extremists in his #SOTU speech tonight. Manipulating a personal tragedy for political gain in this way is dangerous.  Conflating immigration status with criminality is racist and dehumanizing.

🧵Nearly *200* groups sent a letter today to President Biden Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas Homeland Security ICE calling for the end of solitary confinement in immigration detention.

Our coalition includes medical groups, academic institutions, faith orgs, civil & human rights NGOs:

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Sam Anthony lived *40* yrs in D.C. before Trump admin unjustly deported him. He is one of hundreds of Black immigrants who suffer double punishment. Victims of racial injustice of war on drugs AND our immigration system. Sam deserves a #ChancetoComeHome 👇🏽
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Sam Anthony lived *40* yrs in D.C when Trump admin unjustly deported him. Now he asks for a #ChancetoComeHome to honor the memory of his late mother. As his sister says, “My mom died of heartbreak. She couldn’t bear our family being torn apart.” 👇🏽 💔
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Use of solitary confinement in ICE detention is increasing under Biden, per new report by Physicians for Human Rights.

Meanwhile, Senate Dems are pushing a bill that would nearly double the agency's $8B budget, with most of that new money earmarked for detention & deportation. theintercept.com/2024/02/06/ice…

There are quite a few things that make 'Broken Hope: Deportation + the Road Home' a unique experience to 'read.' It was truly a labor of love powered by research from Maryam Sy Suma + courageous advocacy from members of our #ReuniteUS WhatsApp group of deported people.

I rallied with hundreds of advocates from across the country to make it plain:

Immigrants are people. Asylum is a human right. And migrants are not bargaining chips.

Any proposals to gut our asylum system and terrorize families are unacceptable and should be a non-starter.

This rain has nothing on our fight to #SaveAsylum and #SupportImmigrants . We have a packed sanctuary with people from across the country that have come to DC to tell Senators no to bargaining away the right to safety.