Immigration Law & Justice Network

06/10/2026

We are enormously proud of ILJ Network affiliate Iowa MMJ and their steadfast work to create a more welcoming, inclusive, and equitable state for Iowa's immigrant communities.

Please join us in congratulating them for these well-deserved awards!

Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) Interfaith Alliance of Iowa

06/08/2026

TONIGHT!

Please join us for a FACEBOOK LIVE READING of the play "They Who Return" TONIGHT, Monday, June 8, 8:30 pm ET.

The play will be performed entirely in Spanish. For this performance, there will be no English translation.

https://www.facebook.com/consulmex.tucson/live

¡ESTA NOCHE!

Por favor, acompáñenos a una LECTURA EN VIVO en Facebook de la obra “Los que Regresan" el lunes 8 de junio a las 8:30 p. m. ET.

La obra se presentará completamente en español. Para esta función no habrá traducción al inglés.

https://www.facebook.com/consulmex.tucson/live

06/02/2026

You are invited to join this FACEBOOK LIVE READING of the play "They Who Return" on Monday, June 8, 8:30 pm ET.

The play will be performed entirely in Spanish. No English translation will be provided.

https://www.facebook.com/consulmex.tucson/live

Lectura dramatizada en línea de “Los que Regresan,” de Hugo Salcedo.

En “Los que Regresan,” comisionada por Teatro Dignidad, el renombrado dramaturgo mexicano Hugo Salcedo examina la experiencia migratoria actual de familias perseguidas por ICE.

En este emotivo nuevo trabajo, el trauma generacional choca con la crueldad de nuestro sistema de inmigración, que Salcedo retrata hábilmente explorando la incapacidad de una familia para sobrellevar el miedo a la detención y la auto-deportación forzada.

Esta lectura dramatizada de esta nueva obra se representará en español y contará con la participación de los aclamados actores mexicanos de cine, televisión y teatro Víctor Capinteiro y Aleyda Gallardo.

🗓️ 8 de junio del 2026
🕠 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM (Arizona) • 6:30pm – 7:30pm (CDMX)
📍 Consulado de México en Tucson: 3915 E. Broadway Blvd. Tucson, AZ 85718

https://www.facebook.com/consulmex.tucson/live

Teatro Dignidad, UMCOR - United Methodist Committee On Relief, MARCHA - Metodistas Asociados Representando la Causa Hispano Americana, Northern Illinois Justice for Our Neighbors-NIJFON, Confluencenter for Creative Inquiry, Coalición de Derechos Humanos, Consulado de México en Tucson, UNAM-Tucson, El Círculo Teatral, IBERO Puebla

05/29/2026

We don't find the latest government-sponsored propaganda targeting the humanity of immigrants at whitehouse.gov/aliens funny at all.

We fervently denounce the White House’s latest attempt to sow fear, divide our communities, and make a mockery of immigrants being violently taken from our communities. We are here to say that immigrants are not aliens who “walk among us.” Immigrants are parents, siblings, neighbors, colleagues, and friends. We will not stop fighting for a country where all of us are free to live without fear that we will be witch-hunted by the government, arrested, indefinitely detained, or deported because of the color of our skin or the country we were born in.

05/28/2026

https://njfon.kindful.com/

Diego's departure left a hole in Pat's heart. But she turned her heartbreak into meaningful action with a donation to ILJ Network in Diego's honor.

Pat knew she couldn't help Diego, but she wanted to help other children like him—and their families—receive the trustworthy and experienced legal representation they urgently need to keep them together, out of detention, and safe from deportation.

We hope you will consider donating today in honor of someone in your own life whose disappearance has left an empty space behind.

05/22/2026

Our Co-Executive Director, Alba Jaramillo, is quoted in the latest update from the Arizona Daily Star on Karla Toledo's unjust detention: "We cannot trust that this administration will provide due process, nor can we trust that they will refrain from using violence to meet their arrest quota," Jaramillo wrote in a text message. "Immigrant youth are in danger of government sponsored kidnappings. We must demand that Congress act swiftly to pass legislation to protect DACA youth."

Karla Toledo remained in detention Friday at the Eloy Detention Center but was awaiting release after posting bond.

05/21/2026

Join this fight, help us expand our Removal Defense Unit by donating today at https://njfon.kindful.com/

05/19/2026

Early Monday morning, ICE agents in Tucson forced their way into DACA recipient Karla Toledo’s home—without a warrant—and arrested her.

Karla has lived in the United States since she was an infant. She has no criminal record. She is, however, someone who has dedicated her life to helping other immigrants.

ILJ Network Co-Executive Director Alba Jaramillo joined Karla’s family and other community members to protest outside the ICE office where agents were temporarily holding Karla.

“I am so angry and heartbroken,” says Alba. “We were able to get the media there, U.S. Representative Adelita Grijalva, the Mexican Consulate, and a City Council member. But nothing we did succeeded in stopping ICE.

“The violence, and the number of weapons—they treated Karla as if she were a dangerous cartel leader,” Alba continues. “They used a van and an entire fleet of ICE vehicles to transfer one woman to Eloy [about an hour north of Tucson].

Eloy is widely considered the deadliest immigration center in the country.

Federal agents rushed into a Tucson home Monday morning and took Karla Toledo, 31, into custody as she was getting ready to leave for work, her family says.

05/14/2026

Our Removal Defense Unit provides attorneys at 16 ILJ sites nationwide with the resources, training, and expert guidance they need to keep their immigrant clients, like Jayson, out of ICE detention and to instead remain safely, securely, and lawfully in the United States.

Your gift today can help ILJ attorneys defend immigrants facing unjust detention and deportation: https://njfon.kindful.com/

More than a year ago, our government granted Jayson parole—permission to live and work in the United States—while his asylum case moved slowly through the courts. Since that time, Jayson had never missed a check-in, had followed every rule, and had become a valued member of the community.

Jayson placed his full trust in the United States. And yet he was arrested and handcuffed when he showed up for a routine ICE check-in. He spent three months in ICE detention before his attorney at The Legal Clinic - ILJN Hawaiʻi was able to obtain his release.

Jayson is free—for now—while he and his legal team continue his fight for asylum and justice. You can help him—and the hundreds of immigrant clients like him across our network—by donating today.

05/06/2026

The Biden administration effectively ended the practice of detaining immigrant families; the Trump administration brought it back with a vengeance this past January.

Vengeance is the appropriate word. While the administration works furiously to overturn the protections for immigrant children in place since 1997, they are also requesting Congress to fund up to 30,000 family unit beds in their new budget.

This is wrong. And it is being done in our name.

Read more from The Marshall Project here: https://www.themarshallproject.org/2026/04/06/ice-kids-detention-over-6200-trump.

In the photo: ILJ Network Culture & Outreach Manager Rev. Carlos Reyes Rodríguez (pictured far left) joined other humanitarian and faith groups yesterday for the vigil at the White House.

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