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Hunger Strike Participant Threatened

$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.

Funding cycle
Spring 2022
Grant Tags
Immigrants' Rights
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Parents Targeted in Sanctuary

$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.

Funding cycle
Spring 2022
Grant Tags
Immigrants' Rights
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Mom in Asylum Limbo for 10+ Years

$3500 for school tuition and a computer for two siblings, ages 16 and 18, whose mother is an immigrants’ rights activist. As a result of her organizing, her asylum case was delayed for 12 years, this caused her family great financial stress and led them to become unhoused for more than four years.

Funding cycle
Spring 2022
Grant Tags
Immigrants' Rights
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Whistleblower Targeted

$4500 for educational supplies for three children, ages 11 to 16, whose mother lost her job and faced threats for exposing flagrant disregard for health and safety as well as appalling medical malfeasance at her work.

Funding cycle
Spring 2022
Grant Tags
Immigrants' Rights
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Mom Harassed

$1500 for dance lessons for the six-year-old daughter whose mom chose to go public about being stopped by a Customs and Border Patrol agent because she was speaking Spanish. She took legal action and had to move to escape the subsequent harassment.

Funding cycle
Spring 2022
Grant Tags
CIVIL LIBERTIES
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Mom Harassed

$1000 for dance lessons for the five-year-old daughter whose mom chose to go public about being stopped by a Customs and Border Patrol agent because she was speaking Spanish. She took legal action and had to move to escape the subsequent harassment.

Funding cycle
Fall 2021
Grant Tags
Civil Liberties
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Immigrants’ Rights Whistleblower Targeted

$3750 for educational supplies for three children, ages 10 to 16, whose mother lost her job and faced threats for exposing flagrant disregard for health and safety as well as appalling medical malfeasance at her work.

Funding cycle
Fall 2021
Grant Tags
Immigrants' Rights
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Father Deported

$3000 for French classes, school supplies and graphic art supplies for two siblings, ages 14 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.

Funding cycle
Fall 2021
Grant Tags
Immigrants' Rights
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Mom Faces Retaliation for Advocacy

$2902 for ski passes for the two sons, ages six and 13, whose mother became a vocal activist from sanctuary. The boys’ father, previously unknown to ICE, was detained in probable retaliation for his wife’s activism.

Funding cycle
Fall 2021
Grant Tags
Immigrants' Rights
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Parents Face Backlash

$2100 for educational supplies and a CIF award for two kids, ages 15 and 19, whose parents speak out and organize events in support of humane immigration policy despite having previously been forced into sanctuary. They continue to face scrutiny and unusual treatment by ICE as a result.

Funding cycle
Fall 2021
Grant Tags
Immigrants' Rights
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