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'''Webinar: How Cities Can Defend Human Rights in the Face of Mass Deportations'''
January 29, 2025

<big>'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q66c-ERuQr4 Webinar Recording]'''</big>

The incoming presidential administration has promised to begin mass deportations and other harsh immigration enforcement measures “on day one.” This webinar will help prepare us, as local officials, community leaders, and neighbors, to understand and respond effectively in defense of the human rights of non-citizens in our communities. The panelists will pay special attention to what those of us who are not lawyers, or who don’t have much experience with immigration policy, can do. The specter of detention camps, family separation, the militarization of the border, and the summary denial of persecution and torture claims is real and terrifying. But there are proven measures that we can take to blunt, challenge, and ultimately overturn such policies, and cities will play a critical role in this effort. The first step is to get informed and organized.

Panelists: Mary Meg McCarty, National Immigrant Justice Center, Bettina Rodriguez Schlegel, Chief of Staff-Acacia Center for Justice, Ev Meade, Director, Proceso Pacifico & Human Rights Cities Alliance Steering Committee

Hosted by the Human Rights Cities Alliance and Young Initiative on the Global Economy, Occidental College

'''Resources Shared in the Webinar'''

Acacia Justice Programs

*[https://acaciajustice.org/what-we-do/legal-orientation-program-lop/ Legal Orientation Program (LOP)]
*[https://acaciajustice.org/what-we-do/immigration-court-helpdesk/ Immigration Court Helpdesk]
*[https://acaciajustice.org/what-we-do/family-group-legal-orientation-program/ Family Group Legal Orientation Program]
*[https://acaciajustice.org/what-we-do/counsel-for-children-initiative/ Counsel for Children Initiative]

Related Initiatives

*[https://amicacenter.org/press-releases/experts-decry-dojs-forced-pause-of-vital-legal-programs-for-vulnerable-immigrants/ Amica Center Press Release] (Critique of DOJ’s Pause on Legal Programs)
*[https://docs.google.com/document/d/15gD33PaWfaGDMMOfUETuYlFByssh4TXlsc0Pnrj5fzA/ #DefendDueProcess Toolkit]

Advocacy Resources

*[https://www.change.org/ProtectImmigrantFamilies Petition to Congress (American Immigration Lawyers Association)]

*[http://www.nilra.org National Immigrant Legal Resource Alliance (NILRA)] (Website under construction)

Know Your Rights & Tools

*[https://immigrantjustice.org/know-your-rights/mass-deportation-threats Know Your Rights Guide #1] (National Immigrant Justice Center)
*[https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/immigrants-rights Know Your Rights Guide #2] (ACLU)
*[https://locator.ice.gov/odls/#/search ICE Detention Facility Locator]

To learn more about local initiatives and advocacy opportunities, please visit:
*[https://humanrightscities.wixsite.com/hrca U.S. Human Rights Cities Alliance (HRCA)]
*Questions about the HRCA can be directed to: info@humanrightscities.mayfirst.org

And, join our [https://gaggle.email/join/u.s.-human-rights-cities-alliance@gaggle.email distribution list here] to stay up to date.

Finally, for additional information or questions, contact:
Bettina Schlegel, Acacia Justice
bschlegel@acaciajustice.org