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.

4 Days Until Giving Tuesday!
4 Days Until Giving Tuesday! As Black Friday unfolds, let's remember the real value of giving.

5 Days Until Giving Tuesday!
5 Days until Giving Tuesday! Click to read more about ICE detention and the 39,748 people still detained.

Immigrant Justice Advocates Stand with Palestinians, Demand #CeasefireNow
In this moment of unspeakable heartbreak and devastation, the same values that guide our work each day call upon us to raise our voices now. Read more and the letter on our blog.

Proposed Reduction and Elimination of Asylum Protections
We joined 192 organizations urging Congress to reject attempts to pass anti-immigrant proposals in the emergency spending bill. We MUST uphold the legal & human right to seek safety.

16th person FREED from ICE
Our bond team was able to free the 16th person of 2023 yesterday thanks to your support.

Detention Post-Release
MIBF pays immigration bonds to release folks from ICE detention because we know that folks are safer and better equipped to navigate the immigration system when they are not separated from their loved ones.

Help Us Reopen Our Application Today!
Help Us Reopen Our Application Today!

Standing With Palestine
🚨 Use your voice and power to stand for justice, to stand with Palestine 🚨
MIBF Retreat
Last weekend, the MIBF board met for a hybrid in-person/virtual retreat. It was a very inspiring meeting to plan for the rest of the year and into 2024! Click here for some photos.

Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month
To resist the corporate co-optation of Latinx history and culture, MIBF is celebrating the Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month by centering and highlighting stories and reflections from our Hispanic/Latinx Board members. Swipe to hear from MIBF Board members.

What Are ICE Jail Contracts?
What are ICE jail contracts, and how do they facilitate profits from incarcerating people? Click to learn more and consider donating to help free folks in ICE detention.

Tell Biden to close immigration detention center!
Sign and share this national petition calling on President Biden to take bold action by using his authority to end immigration detention contract!

“Detained Immigrants Seeking Release on Bond Have Widely Different Outcomes – Overall Bond Grant Rates Have Dropped”
"The latest case-by-case Immigration Court records show that detained immigrants seeking release on bond have widely differing outcomes depending upon where they are being held." - via Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse. Click to read their full report here.

Meet 5 More Returning Board Members!
Meet our remaining returning board members! We welcome them back to MIBF and look forward to this year! See the thread for a quick highlight into "Why MIBF?" from each member.

Meet 5 Returning Board Members!
Meet 5 returning board members! We welcome them back to MIBF and look forward to this year! See the thread for a quick highlight into "Why MIBF?" from each member.

MIBF Statement to ICE re: CeBONDS
Read the comment we submitted to ICE re: CeBONDS here.

Meet Our Newest Board Members!
Meet 5 of our newest board members! We welcome them to MIBF and look forward to this year! See the thread for a quick highlight into "Why MIBF?" from each member.
Ending All Forms of Collaboration with Texas on Operation Lone Star
The federal government has a clear responsibility to not only cease collaboration with Texas officials on Operation Lone Star but also to push back on this unthinkable cruelty. Read our letter here!

TWO more people FREED!
Our amazing bond team posted TWO bonds this morning. Love to see this! As always, thank you for your continued support in MIBF and to our team for working on this to ensure TWO more individuals are FREED today.

End Deportations to Mauritania
MIBF along with 100+ other partners have signed onto the UndocuBlack Network’s letter demanding a stop to deportations to Mauritania.