Texans United for Families

08/02/2018

Please sign and share this petition from the Austin Sanctuary Network -- we need Reps. Doggett and Castro to use the full scope of their positions to demand that ICE grant stays of removal for our friends in Sanctuary: Hilda, Ivan and Alirio.

11/15/2017

DACA Recipient Felipe Abonza-Lopez is being detained by ICE and taunted by guards for being an amputee. Call San Antonio ICE Field Office Director Daniel Bible at 210-283-4712 and demand his immediate release!

Call in script: “Hi, I’m calling to demand the immediate release of Felipe Abonza-Lopez (A # 204-504-188). Felipe has been detained for nearly a month, despite the fact that he has DACA, and has been taunted by guards for being an amputee and is having severe pain in his leg. Please release him now!”

04/30/2017

Wondering what our meetings look like? Join us tomorrow evening!

04/16/2017

Our next meeting is set for April 30. Please don't hesitate to reach out to us for details!

04/14/2017

“We know from past hunger strikes that ICE and GEO are quick to retaliate, and we want the hunger strikers to know that they are not alone.”

TACOMA, Wash. – More than 100 people detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) went on a hunger strike Monday in protest of their treatment inside the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma.Immigrants’ rights activists said a demand letter was ha

04/14/2017

"The GEO Group (“GEO”) announced today that it has been awarded a contract by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) for the development and operation of a new $110 million, company-owned 1,000-bed Detention Facility (the “Facility”) to be located in Conroe, Texas."

(“GEO”) announced today that it has been awarded a contract by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) for the development and operation of a new $110 million, company-owned 1,000-bed Detention Facility (the “Facility”) to be located in Conroe, Texas.

11/10/2016

Sometimes you have to laugh to keep from crying....Corridos have long telegraphed the melancholy of Mexico’s northern frontier. Corridos used to be like newspapers. It is, basically, a musical news story. Heroes die. Lovers are crossed. And bad politicians are elected. Case in point..."La Jaula de Trump".

10/19/2016

2 more hours to support the to call on DHS committee member Police Chief Art Acevedo to speak out to end abusive for-profit immigrant prisons!

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07/14/2016

Please join us in signing the petition to call on Immigration and Customs Enforcement to stop the deportation of Hilda Ramirez and her 10 year-old son Ivan. Hilda and Ivan have been in sanctuary in St. Andrew’s Presbyterian church in Austin for more than 3 months. We are joining a month-long campaign of the Austin Sanctuary Network petitioning ICE headquarters in San Antonio to grant Hilda and her son Ivan a stay of removal.

Hilda and her son Ivan came to the United States during the humanitarian crisis in the summer of 2014 fleeing violence and abuse. They both were detained for 11 months in the Karnes County family detention center, a for-profit detention facility, where Hilda participated in a hunger strike so that they could be released from prolonged detention. Hilda continues to fight for her right to remain in the United States and her and Ivan's safety.

We ask you to join the call to by signing the petition: https://grassrootsleadership.ourpowerbase.net/civicrm/petition/sign?sid=31&reset=1&%3Bqid=538242

On February 9th, 2016, Hilda and Ivan took a prophetic and courageous step to enter into Sanctuary at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Austin, Texas. Hilda explains that, "I feel safe here. I don't think immigration agents will break down the door and take me away. That is why I came here."

07/11/2016

Serco Inc. is again attempting to open up a detention center in South Texas. Sign the petition and tell Duval County, TX that Serco has been rejected once and that the county commissioners deserve to hear from the community before making a decision like this!

After failing to secure a contract in one Texas county because of widespread local community opposition, British private prison company Serco is trying instead to negotiate with Duval County to open the family detention center that Jim Wells County rejected. The potential facility is the same aband...