IN THE COURTS
Judge blocks ICE from requiring members of Congress to provide prior notice before detention center visits – CBS News
Kilmar Abrego Garcia freed from federal immigration detention on judge’s order and returns home – AP News
US green card holder sues ICE over claims of ‘violent assault’ – The Guardian
IN THE COMMUNITY
Boston rebels against Trump immigration policies with an ‘ICE Tea Party’ “The society that stops seeing the people at the grocery line or the people that ride the bus with us, as human beings with beating hearts, then it’s not far off before our society devolves into no society at all,” Gilberto Calderin, director of advocacy at the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition said to the crowd of hundreds. – Boston Globe
Healey demands Trump halt ICE flights from Hanscom – Boston Globe
ILAP Applauds Governor Mills On Decision To Let Bill To Protect Maine Residents and Resources from the Federal Administration’s Mass Deportation Agenda Become Law – Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project Maine
INSPIRATION AND WAYS TO TAKE ACTION
A Call To Action
The Trump administration is trying to place additional obstacles along the pathway to a green card by eliminating existing regulations around public charge without offering a replacement. This plan is a recipe for chaos and confusion and will hurt all of our communities, immigrant and non-immigrant alike. MIRA has drafted a comment in response to this proposal, and we invite other organizations to sign on. You can read the comment here and use this form to sign-on. The deadline for sign-ons is Friday December 19th at 5pm EST.
Inspiration :
Read this blog post honoring International Migrants’ Day, featuring MIRA’s IAS team and the amazing work they do!
FOR YOU
Favianna Rodriguez is known for her iconic 2018 poster “Migration IS Beautiful”. Learn more about her work here