HELP DETAINED IMMIGRANTS

Help Detained Immigrants was born out of the work of immigration activist Rodrigo Torres. A US/Mexican dual citizen deeply concerned about the human rights of those who choose to immigrate, in 2016 Rodrigo became a part-time volunteer for Freedom for Immigrants (FFI, formerly CIVIC) and other related organizations. He was driven to understand the detention/deportation pipeline - how people are moved through it, and what can be done to best alleviate harms they are suffering within the system. Through his work advocating for and aiding immigrants being held in detention, he became aware of a major gap in services for detained immigrants - there were plenty of organizations operating on a policy level, and many doing legal casework for immigrants, but immigrants didn't have access to basic information and support in navigating their incarceration. Help Detained Immigrants works to create processes to fill those gaps... Help Detained Immigrants (HDI) aims to ease the suffering of..