Immigration in Today’s Texas

CALL TO ACTION

  • Interfaith Welcome Coalition provides volunteer opportunities, including accompanying people to ICE check-ins, and assisting asylum seekers once they have been processed by ICE and/or the CBP as they are in transit to their sponsors or shelters  https://interfaithwelcomecoalition.org/

  • Defend the 612 (612 ICE Watch)  is a grassroots volunteer effort that emerged during the ICE activity in St. Paul/Minneapolis.  This website provides numerous tools for starting a rapid response network in communities across the country  https://defend612.com/

  • Immigrant Legal Resource Center works with and educates immigrants, community organizations, and the legal sector to build a society that values diversity and the rights of all people  www.ilrc.org

  • ACLU of Texas works with communities, at the State Capitol and in the courts to protect and advance civil rights for all residents.Its website provides “Know Your Rights” toolkits for immigrants, protestors, students, and voters across a wide range of issues  https://www.aclutx.org/

  • San Antonio Rapid Response Network Hotline to address immigrant deportations in the city through a team of volunteers and provides legal resources and advice to deported people. The hotline is available via Instagram and telephone (210.361.3070) 

  • RAICES    provides legal, advocacy and social services to immigrants and offers assistance to those released from detention https://raicestexas.org/

  • American Gateways provides immigration workshops, and pro bono legal representation at four Texas immigrant detention facilities including the nearby Karnes County Correctional Center (Karnes City) and the South Texas Detention Facility (Pearsall). The San Antonio office offers naturalization and DACA renewal clinics and “Know Your Rights” and serves nearly two dozen counties in Bexar and Travis counties  https://americangateways.org/

  • Catholic Charities Archdiocese of San Antonio (CASA)  operates  Caritas Legal Services which provides comprehensive, lower-cost immigration legal assistance to individuals and families  https://ccaosa.org/caritas-legal-services/