Indefensible: Immigrants Trapped by the Criminalization of the Immigration Process

JusticeAid Presents Los Lobos Benefit Concert in Support of the Immigrant Defense Project

Please join us as we work together to end the vilification of immigrants and the violence of detention and deportation that is causing deep harm to our communities.

THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE...

We are thrilled to announce that Representative Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) will join the panel discussion at our free public forum in support of our 2019 beneficiary, the Immigrant Defense Project.

PUBLIC FORUM

Monday, April 15, 2019, 6:30 pm (doors open 6 pm)
True Reformer Building, 1200 U St, NW, Washington, DC

Indefensible: Immigrants Trapped in the Criminalization of the Immigration Process will highlight the work of advocates fighting back against the violence of the deportation system, and for the rights of immigrants at the intersection of today’s criminal and immigration systems. Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, who’s been an outspoken advocate for immigrants, for the vulnerable and working-class people across the country, will headline this discussion with a keynote address. Immigrant Defense Project Deputy Director Mizue Aizeki will moderate a panel discussion with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY); Alina Das, NYU Professor and Co-Director of the Immigrant Rights Clinic; Alejandra Pablos, activist and immigrant leader facing deportation; and Jonathan Jayes-Green, Co-Founder and Director of the UndocuBlack Network. The event will be live-streamed through JusticeAid’s and IDP’s Facebook pages. Follow the event at #JusticeAidForum. Read IDP profile.

THE FOLLOWING NIGHT...

LET LOOSE WITH LOS LOBOS

Tuesday, April 16, 2019, 7:00 pm (doors open 6 pm)
The Hamilton, 600 14th St, NW, Washington, DC

Los Lobos is a band that continually reboots itself and expands its scope with each passing year, while never losing sight of where they came from. Please join us for a memorable Music Benefit in support of the Immigrant Defense Project. Read artist profile. 

TICKETS + SPONSORSHIPS

AT ISSUE

Twenty years ago, there was an emerging human rights crisis: the targeting of immigrants for mass imprisonment and deportation. Today, the United States operates the largest immigration policing, detention, and deportation system in the world—and it’s growing. The war on immigrants has escalated to new heights, through campaigns driven by fear, hatred, racism, and lies. Working at the intersection of racially biased U.S. criminal and immigration systems, the Immigrant Defense Project (IDP) is making major strides in securing fairness and justice for immigrants in the United States. JusticeAid is excited to help, and we appreciate your support.

The Immigrant Defense Project (IDP) fights for fairness and justice for all immigrants at the intersection of the systematically unjust criminal and immigration systems. IDP was founded 20 years ago to combat an emerging human rights crisis: the criminalization of immigrants targeted for mass incarceration and exile. As the ICE deportation complex has exploded, IDP has continued to confront this crisis head-on by developing deep expertise and interventions through a multi-pronged strategy.

Rooted in the principle that no one is disposable, IDP is uniquely positioned to fortify the frontline struggle through community defense, policy reform, legal support and training, impact litigation, and communications and advocacy to fight back against mass criminalization, detention, and deportation.

Natalia Renta, Co-chair
Therese Steiner, Co-chair
Sara Greenberg
MaryAnn Sung

Mark Rochon, Chair
Alejandra Almonte
Leila Babaeva
Barry Boss
Shelley Broderick
Anne DiRosa
Stephen Milliken
Heather Pinckney
Preston Pugh
Matt Reinhard
Addy Schmitt
Karen Thomas

SPONSORS

WITH MUCH APPRECIATION TO OUR GENEROUS SPONSORS IN THEIR SUPPORT OF OUR 2019 BENEFICIARY, ITS CLIENTS, AND PROGRAMS.

Photo credit (banner photograph above): Protesters brave the cold on Dec. 7, 2017, to rally against a surge of immigration arrests being carried out in New York City courthouses. (AMANDA OTTAWAY, Courthouse News Service)