At WICIR, our mission is to provide a culturally sensitive and supportive urgent response to raid detainees and their families, to educate the targeted and allied communities, to impact local governmental policies, to empower and protect immigrant community members, and to work toward humane national immigration reform that provides a pathway […]
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WICIR sends out text alerts whenever ICE or CBP is seen on patrol in Washtenaw County. These text alerts are not included on the WICIR website; they are only shared via text and on the WICIR Facebook page. To sign up for text alerts, you must send WICIR a Facebook message […]
2020 has been an incredibly hard year. However, it has also provided us with the opportunity to care for each other like never before. Here is what we were able to accomplish together.
Para Español haga click aquí Want to receive this newsletter in your email? Send us a message to be added to our mailing list: wicirwashtenaw@gmail.com WELCOME Happy fall! The past couple for WICIR have returned to their “usual” pace. In August and September we had a total of 34 calls, and 18 requests […]
Para Español haga click aquí Want to receive this newsletter in your email? Send us a message to be added to our mailing list: wicirwashtenaw@gmail.com WELCOME Welcome to the WICIR newsletter where we share immediate needs, upcoming events, and an overview of the current situation in Washtenaw County. Over the past […]
Para Español haga click aquí Want to receive this newsletter in your email? Send us a message to be added to our mailing list: wicirwashtenaw@gmail.com WELCOME Welcome to the WICIR newsletter where we share immediate needs, upcoming events, and an overview of the current situation in Washtenaw County. Over the past […]
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/supreme-court-immigrant-felons_us_5ad60a59e4b0edca2cbe355f?ncid=engmodushpmg00000003
You may have seen on Facebook or elsewhere that the Michigan legislature was considering putting a yellow star on some immigrants’ driver’s licenses. According to this fact check from the Associated Press, that is not accurate current information. According to Susan Reed with the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center, “immigrants ‘will see no meaningful […]
“The drawback to the sanctuary city designation is that, unfortunately in many Rust Belt communities, it doesn’t take much for people to come out against immigrants,” says Maria Ibarra-Frayre, a leading member of WICIR. Read the full article here.