$1500 for tuition for a 17-year-old boy whose mother is an immigrants’ rights activist. Because of her organizing, her asylum case was delayed for 12 years; this caused her family great financial stress and led them to spend years unhoused.
$1500 for educational expenses for a 16-year-old girl whose father was detained and deported in an apparent act of retaliation for his years of leadership within the immigrants’ rights movement.
$1800 for art supplies and a CIF award for two children, ages 13 and 18, whose father is an immigrants’ rights leader. Since being denied a stay of deportation and entering sanctuary, DHS and ICE officials have escalated threats and pressure against him.
$2100 for educational expenses and a CIF award for two siblings, ages 15 and 19. ICE detained and deported their father in an apparent act of retaliation for his years of leadership within the immigrants’ rights movement.
$3127 for sports expenses for the two sons, ages seven and 14, whose mother became a vocal activist while in sanctuary. The boys’ father was detained in retaliation for his wife’s activism, and she and her community continue to face ICE persecution.
$3900 for tuition and four CIF awards for five children, aged 16 to 24, whose mother is an immigrants’ rights activist. Because of her organizing, her asylum case was delayed for 12 years; this caused her family great financial stress and led them to spend years unhoused.
$4500 for virtual learning supplies for three children, ages 11 to 17, whose mother lost her job and faced threats for exposing severe medical malfeasance and neglect at an ICE detention facility.
$2000 for summer camp and educational support for two kids, ages nine and 13, whose father participated in a hunger strike at a detention center to protest detention and unsafe conditions. He was threatened with deportation, told he would not be eligible for release and taunted by prison guards.
$7675 for a broad range of programs for six beneficiaries, ages six to 24, whose parents, all immigrants rights activists, faced threats from ICE while they advocated for more just immigration policies from sanctuary.
$3000 for driving lessons, school supplies and recreational activities for two siblings, ages 15 and 18, whose father was detained and deported by ICE, despite his pending case, in an apparent act of retaliation for his years of leadership within the immigrants’ rights movement.