A federal judge has ordered the return of three immigrant families who were unlawfully deported. This is a win for due process, accountability, and family unity. 💪🏽🤍

🔗 abcnews.go.com/US/judge-ord...

#familiesbelongtogether

⏳ Landing tomorrow: Our February newsletter explores what happens when we look away from the dehumanization of migrants — and what it costs us.

The rights we defend don’t just protect individuals. They shape who we are as a society.

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For too many, being “lost in the system” isn’t a metaphor. It's a reality.

Join us with Project South for the next conversation in their webinar series:

📌 Disappeared & Denied Due Process: Lost in Georgia’s Immigration Detention Centers
🗓 Feb 9 | 6–7:30 PM ET
🔗 Register: https://bit.ly/4r15ydZ

When immigration enforcement targets children and tears families apart, the cruelty isn’t a byproduct — it’s the point.

#familyseparation

This International Lawyers Day, we're honoring the members of Justice in Motion's Defender Network.

Across Mexico and Central America, our partners use their expertise to defend migrant rights, support U.S. lawyers, and advance justice across borders. We are deeply grateful, today and every day!

Family separation continues.

Just last week, @aclu.org was back in federal court fighting for families torn apart under zero tolerance 8 years ago — and who are being unlawfully separated again.

Thank you to @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social and @colbertlateshow.bsky.social for highlighting this crisis.

Liam Ramos and his father are back home. 🧡

Thank you to the members of Congress and community advocates who helped make this happen.

This fight continues — ICE has detained at least 3,800 children under the Trump administration. Learn more: www.cbsnews.com/news/liam-co...

ICE has booked at least 3,800 children — including infants — into immigration detention under the Trump administration.

Every day brings new stories of children taken from their families, detained or deported, and traumatized by a system that is acting outside the law.

#BringLiamHome

ICE detained a 5-year-old boy & his father in MN last week, separating them from his mom and sibling — part of a larger system of child-family separation. We joined partner orgs in a @georgetownuni.bsky.social webinar to examine the crisis & child-centered responses. ➡️Watch now: youtu.be/lhKpRFU_3WM

Accountability now.

We mourn Alex Jeffrey Pretti, killed during a federal immigration enforcement operation. This violence cannot stand. Congress must stop funding ICE & CBP and revoke the tens of billions already given. Grateful to Senate Democrats who are refusing to advance DHS funding.

ICE detained a 5-year-old child in Minnesota.

Other children have been taken too — and Congress is considering *more* funding for this system.

Our communities deserve safety, dignity & care — not detention centers and mass arrests. Tell them to oppose increased funding for ICE and Border Patrol.

Congress is deciding whether to pour more money into ICE’s harmful expansion. We can stop it — but only if we act now.

Tell your elected officials to oppose any legislation that increases funding for ICE and Border Patrol.

📞 Call Congress: (202) 224-3121
➡️ Take action here: https://bit.ly/3LYToTw

Today we honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the unfinished work of justice.

When the moment feels overwhelming, we remember his words: “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.”

Across borders and against injustice, we'll keep bending the arc together.

Operation PARRIS targets already-vetted refugees and threatens due process and community safety.
Read the full statement: https://rcusa.org/news-and-media/rcusa-condemns-operation-parris-and-administrations-escalation-of-harm-and-enforcement-actions-targeting-refugees-immigrants-and-u-s-citizens/

Congressional oversight is not optional — it’s required by law.

The Trump-Vance administration cannot block oversight of ICE detention facilities.

We are asking the court to enforce the law and hold the administration accountable.

Jan 14 Webinar: Child-Family Separation & Immigration Enforcement

Join us for a panel discussion on the scale of the child-family separation crisis, legislative oversight & cross-border expertise.

🕛 12–1:30 pm ET
🎓 Sponsored by Georgetown University

Register now: https://bit.ly/3L8VrEo

Family separation isn’t over.

About 1,000 families remain separated after the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy.

From Guatemala, human rights lawyer Gabriel Zelada continues the search as part of our cross-border Defender Network.

🎧 Latino USA tells the story: https://bit.ly/4nsL9vO

Hi! We’re Justice in Motion.

We protect migrant rights by making justice portable across borders: connecting lawyers and advocates in the U.S., Mexico & Central America so migrants can access justice wherever they go. 🌎

Thanks for joining us! www.justiceinmotion.org