Many
are searching for ways to move beyond dismay and outrage over the treatment of
immigrants and asylum seekers. The recent, horrific image of the drowned immigrant
father and daughter are a call to action.
Want to do something in our own community to help stop the separation of families and the jailing of children? Please support our local S.B. County Immigrant Legal Defense Center (ILDC) to give its volunteer lawyers vital resources to keep families together pending deportation hearing appeals.
Since opening
in 2018 the ILDC has:
• received almost 300 calls for help
• trained more than 20 local attorneys
and law students in the basic procedures for obtaining affordable bond and
defending against deportation
• represented people at bond hearings
and in instances with reasonable bases to oppose deportation, such as asylum,
juvenile status, and hardship
• presented 166 “Know Your Rights”
workshops and legal orientations in our community
• presented 30 workshops for families and
undocumented minors, in partnership with the S.B. Unified School District.