Envision Freedom Fund

Envision Freedom Fund Formerly Brooklyn Community Bail Fund. Fighting to dismantle the criminal legal & immigration systems

12 people freed from the inhumanity of ICE detention this week. Onward, together.
08/22/2026

12 people freed from the inhumanity of ICE detention this week. Onward, together.

Let that sink in
08/20/2026

Let that sink in

We’re running out of funds, but people are still waiting to come home.Donate today to help us keep bringing people home:...
08/19/2026

We’re running out of funds, but people are still waiting to come home.

Donate today to help us keep bringing people home: envisionfreedom.org/donate

We rely on your support to stand behind our communities.Link in bio to support this mission. Or go to: envisionfreedom.o...
08/18/2026

We rely on your support to stand behind our communities.

Link in bio to support this mission. Or go to: envisionfreedom.org/donate

Bond funds nationwide have seen a surge in requests for support this year, as more jailed immigrants challenge their det...
08/17/2026

Bond funds nationwide have seen a surge in requests for support this year, as more jailed immigrants challenge their detention in federal courts and are granted bond hearings. These courts are one of the few avenues left to migrants seeking release as the federal government works to foreclose other options and grows the population of detained immigrants to a record high.

$20,000. $50,000. $75,000. $85,000. These are the exorbitant immigration bonds we’re seeing.

Read more in The Progressive’s latest story featuring Envision Freedom Fund: https://progressive.org/magazine/building-bonds-dhenin-20260810/

This week, 10 more people are going home. As ICE continues to expand who is being detained, we’re seeing more people com...
08/14/2026

This week, 10 more people are going home.

As ICE continues to expand who is being detained, we’re seeing more people come to us for help, including people detained at Newark Airport or people who once overstayed their visas.

We’re now paying roughly 40 immigration bonds every month. Some bonds are tens of thousands of dollars, while others are lower. But every bond represents a person who deserves to be home with their family and community while they fight their immigration case.

And we’re not doing this work alone: it’s been powerful to see more organizations stepping up to support bonds and community members. Freedom is something we make possible together.

10 people freed this week. $149,000 in bonds paid. And we keep going.

Link to donate to this mission: envisionfreedom.org/donate

ICE wants to spend up to $20 million on electric shock gloves designed to subdue people they deem “resistant.”That money...
08/14/2026

ICE wants to spend up to $20 million on electric shock gloves designed to subdue people they deem “resistant.”

That money could be used to bring people home from detention, keep families fed, provide legal representation, support people after release, support survivors of abuse and trauma, provide language access and interpretation services, and help immigrant families stay safe and together.

Instead, ICE is investing millions in another tool to inflict pain and increase its capacity for force.

We don't need more weapons in the hands of ICE. ICE kills, and what we need is ICE abolished.

Today, on International Prisoners' Justice Day, we remember the people who have died in immigration detention, in jails,...
08/10/2026

Today, on International Prisoners' Justice Day, we remember the people who have died in immigration detention, in jails, and in prisons.

We are still grieving Edwin Jeovanny Lopez Cornejo, a Plainfield, New Jersey resident who died at the hands of Delaney Hall Detention Center on August 4th. He had built a life in this country for nearly 20 years after immigrating from El Salvador. His family says that in the weeks before his death, he told them he was only given his medication "when they wanted, not when he needed it." He was the second person to die at that facility in less than a year.

We are also grieving Julian Pagan, 29, who was arraigned in a Bronx courtroom on July 24th and never made it home. His bail was set at $200 cash — an amount he could not pay. Hours later, he was found unresponsive in a courthouse holding cell and pronounced dead at Lincoln Hospital. His family is still waiting for answers about what happened in that cell.

Edwin and Julian were held by two different institutions. But the same core failure runs through both.

More than 20 people have died in ICE custody this year alone, and Julian was at least the 5th person to die in New York City correctional custody in 2026.

We exist to fight these deadly systems.

Support this mission by heading to: envisionfreedom.org/donate

08/07/2026

We received a bond request from a daughter whose mom and dad are detained and were granted bond.

One of the bonds is $30k.

But the only bonds we paid this week were between $3k to $15k because we can’t afford to pay higher. As a result, her parents are still stuck in ICE detention.

Similar to her parents’ bond amounts, there are several high bonds on our spreadsheet we have been unable to pay, including one as high as $75,000 for an individual.

If judges continue to grant bonds [or ransoms] as high as this, there will be no funds for us to secure anyone’s releases by October/November.

Your support gives us the strength to continue bringing our community members home.

Kindly support our mission to free more people by going to the 🔗 LINK in our bio, or type www.envisionfreedom.org/donate on your browser.

This week, community made freedom possible for 11 more people.Together, we paid $109,000 in immigration bonds to reunite...
08/07/2026

This week, community made freedom possible for 11 more people.

Together, we paid $109,000 in immigration bonds to reunite families and bring 11 people home from ICE detention, including one person detained at Delaney Hall and another who was arrested at an airport in Hawaii while trying to return home to New York City.

That brings our total to 314 people freed from ICE detention in 2026, after our community, partners, and supporters have paid more than $3.6 million in immigration bonds.

But as we celebrate every person who makes it home, we cannot ignore the lives that have been lost.

This week, news broke that a third person died in late July after being detained at Delaney Hall. Alongside the deaths of Edwin Jeovanny Lopez Cornejo and Jean Wilson Brutus, these tragedies underscore what immigrant communities have long warned about: detention is deadly.

Even more disturbing, this latest death was reportedly not publicly disclosed by ICE because the agency changed how it reports deaths after people are released from custody while hospitalized.

Every person who dies in detention is a reminder of why we cannot accept this system as inevitable.

While we continue the fight to , we need your support to free more people. The rate at which judges are setting immigration bonds as high as $75,000 per person—amounts we still haven't been able to pay for some people—means we are likely to run out of funds by October to continue paying immigration bonds.

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