The Midwest Immigration Bond Fund hopes to share stories of how the immigration court and ICE system affects individuals and families from Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Kentucky.
El Fondo de Fianzas de Inmigración del Medio Oeste espera compartir historias de cómo la corte de inmigración y el sistema ICE afectan a las personas y familias de Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin y Kentucky.
ICE out of McHenry and Kankakee, SOON.
ICE has less and less time to #GetOUT of McHenry County and Kankakee County as we continue to push #ReleaseNOTtransfers we have been able to post a couple of bonds in the last few weeks as well. We ask you to please consider donating today.
New Year, Same Us.
New Year, Same Us. #FreeThemAll
Thank you for helping in 2021!
Thank you for your support in 2021 and helping us surpass our year end goal of raising $60,000!
COVID in the Midwest ICE Facilities
With Omicron continuing to dominate the news cycle, we wanted to share what that looks like in ICE detention. There are currently 499 positive COVID cases in ICE detention as of yesterday - including 26 cases in our area (IL: 16 at McHenry Co., WI: 6 at Dodge Co., KY: 1 at Boone Co., and IN: 3 at Clay Co).
Lawsuit for Clay Co.
With the anticipation of ICE detention ending in IL, there is the possible expansion of Clay Co. jail in Indiana we recently spoke about (For folks in WI, IL, IN, and KY). Mariposa Legal filed a lawsuit on behalf of Communities Not Cages Coalition led by Cosecha Indiana against the Clay County Commissioners, Clay County Council, and Clay County Sheriff's Department for violating the Open Door Law and the Access to Public Records Act.
#FreeThePeopleDAY - Have a safe new year!
As 2021 comes to an end we want to thank the National Bail Fund Network and you for your support, helping free 19 people in the last 10 months! Please consider donating today as we will continue to operate in 2022!
ICE, Release all ~130 individuals detained in IL!
As 2022 approaches, the MIBF wants to help as much as possible if folks have a bond TODAY and as we continue PUSHING ICE to #ReleaseNotTransfer
Thank you for your Support!
For our last #FianzaFriday of the year, we wanted to give a final update on Giving Tuesday! We could not do this work without you. Thank you!
#ReleaseNotTransfer
Read this article from The Southern about the recently lawsuit dismissal in a win for immigrant community. We must continue to advocate for the release and not transfer of all individual detained in Illinois as the jails are set to close next month.
Thank you for supporting us for #GivingTuesday!
Thank you for your support this week for #GivingTuesday! With your help, we were able to reopen our bond application and are now on our way to posting our 20th bond since February 2021!
#GivingTuesday 2021
The inhumane practice of family separation needs to end, you can help many of those individuals be reunited with their families this holiday season. Please donate to the Midwest Immigration Bond Fund and help gift freedom on this #GivingTuesday.
Bond Affordability
We want to re-share with you a story from one of our Ambassadors, Hannah Sherman. A reminder of what people in detention feel and experience from from being detained for months or longer and a reminder to donate to please donate to our fund. secure.actblue.com/donate/midwestibf
Bring Back Our Deported Veterans
In honor of Veterans Day yesterday, we wanted to share Lalo Alcaraz's 2019 comic dedicated to bringing back our deported veterans. #NoMore #BringThemBack
Fianza Friday: November 5, 2021
We recently posted a new bond ensuring another individual can be home with their family. Can you help us reach $60,000 by the end of the year?
Ending Immigration Detention: Abolitionist Steps v. Reformist Reforms.
Yesterday was National Immigrants Day and when our fellow allies at Detention Watch Network put together this graphic resource series titled "Ending Immigration Detention: Abolitionist Steps v. Reformist Reforms” that we wanted to share! Click below to read more!
Fianza Friday: October 22, 2021
This week we have a call back to one of our first ambassador posts that lays out why it is important now, more than ever, to free individuals from detention as these statistics still hold true. Please consider donating today.
Rejecting the deserving vs. undeserving immigrant narrative
This week we share a short-firm from The New Yorker about Alejandra Pablos, a reproductive justice organizer who was criminalized and targeted by ICE a few years ago. She is still fighting to be free, and lifting up the importance of rejecting the deserving vs. undeserving immigrant narrative, and the fallacy that citizenship would ultimately protect people from criminalization.
Fianza Friday: October 8, 2021
We have surpassed $55,000! Thank you to everyone and every organization who has supported us!
“The Racist Legacy Of Early Immigration Law Is Still Alive Today”
Co-Vice President Jesse Johnson reflects "While I knew Biden wasn’t going to perfect immigration, I hoped things would get better, but it’s just been nine months of disappointment." This week we share a recent NPR interview titled “The Racist Legacy Of Early Immigration Law Is Still Alive Today” by Terry Gross of NPR’s Fresh Air. Listen today on our blog post!
The Emotional Trauma of Detention
Jasiel Lopez, Secretary of MIBF reflects in his work organizing with immigrants impacted by the immigration enforcement system and the emotional trauma that results from detention. Read today how he explores his own vicarious trauma, that which comes through engaging with trauma survivors.