I swear it’s like our government doesn’t understand what urgency and dire need asylum seekers are in when they come here. But I know from watching our reaction to these desperate situations it’s more that the US just doesn’t care. #DefundICE

Asylum seeker: “If I stayed in my home country I would be killed”
US Immigration “but did you make an appointment via an app on your phone?”
Asylum seeker: “I couldn’t because…
A- I don’t have a phone
B - Don’t have a way to charge my phone
C - didn’t know about this app
D - DON’T HAVE TIME FOR THIS! I AM IN DANGER
US Immigration “ugh, we really like it if you could plan ahead for such a crisis.”

https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/2023/01/16/could-us-app-help-control-border-chaos

@WashingtonPost The border patrol should be replaced with temporary housing and immigration lawyers and immigration courts. Use the money being spent to police people instead to facilitate asylum seekers and people seeking legal immigration status. Why is this so hard? The hate is overwhelming.

#Immigration
#DefundICE

Today I will be marching four miles from inner SE to Pioneer Square here in #PDX to bring attention to the continued injustice happening at our border to innocent children trying to seek their legal rights for asylum.
Due to the high cases of illnesses here in Portland I won’t be standing at the Square as normal after my march. With the rain I don’t feel I can safely mask up to talk with people. We take care of each other and adapt as needed. #AsylumIsLegal #HomesNotDetention #DefundICE

A Pennsylvania detention facility that's long been at the center of community protests over abuses is set to lose its ICE contract in January ✨: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/12/5/2140182/-Pennsylvania-detention-facility-long-at-center-of-community-protests-to-lose-ICE-contract-in-January #DefundICE