Immigrant Defenders Law Center

How ICE Hides Detainees From Their Lawyers ‘It seems like cruelty is the point,’ one attorney said.

When someone is stripped of legal access, they’re stripped of justice. @TheProspect spoke to Staff Atty Ming Tanigawa-Lau who called it out: “It’s a deliberate strategy to isolate people and deny them their rights.”

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DHS begins targeting unaccompanied children with 'voluntary' deportation offer Children asked to waive right to see a judge in exchange for $2,500

DHS is offering $2.5K to unaccompanied kids to drop legal claims & accept deportation. That’s not help—it’s coercion. It exploits their vulnerability in custody, says legal director Mickey Donovan-Kaloust. 🔗 laist.com/news/dhs-una...

Progressive Leadership: How To Have More Impact Under Donald Trump Despite being under threat from the Trump Administration, progressive lawyers continue to advocate for immigrants, LGBTQ+ communities and other vulnerable people.

Defending immigrants is not about politics; it’s about protecting the rule of law & preserving democratic values when they’re under threat. "We will not be intimidated because we know that we stand with our clients and communities,” @l_toczylowski
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🗓️ Jueves, 30 de octubre de 2025
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When we know our rights, we stand stronger!
Join us for a FREE virtual Know Your Rights Workshop covering your constitutional protections, what to do if you encounter ICE, and how to find trusted resources in SoCal.

🗓️ Mon, Oct 14
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No child should ever be coerced to give up their rights, but that's exactly what the Trump administration is attempting to do, even amid the chaos of a government shutdown.

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This Saturday, we join Los Angeles pro-immigrant, pro-worker, pro-healthcare, and pro-education groups in peaceful protest.

WE THE PEOPLE ARE RISING: STOP THE HATE. STOP THE RAIDS.

🕊️Peaceful Protest🕊
SAT. OCT. 4TH 2025
TIME: 10:00 AM
LOCATION: 6th Street Bridge, Mateo Side

We're so grateful to have community members like @itsbrianawhite.bsky.social use their platform for good. She's right, immigrant justice is about PEOPLE, and treating them with dignity 💪

Join her auction livestream Reconnect Us on Sat Nov 1, 12pm PT! www.youtube.com/c/strangereb...

Iconic ‘Selena’ Star, 60, Finally Celebrated the Quinceañera She Never Had - Fans Are ‘Obsessed’ Pure magic.

Happy Birthday, Constance Marie! 🎂
We’re so grateful to you for turning your incredible Sesentañera celebration into a fundraiser uplifting immigrant communities.

We’re honored to be part of your milestone! Thank you for helping ensure no immigrant stands alone. ❤️

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📢 ¡Es HOY! No te pierdas el #TallerDeInmigración con el Asambleísta Mike Gipson — 6:30 PM PT. Aprende sobre encuentros con ICE, cambios en la ley migratoria y recursos locales.

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Open Letter: Call for UN member states to uphold, preserve and strengthen international refugee, human rights and humanitarian treaties | ICJ The ICJ has joined over 250 civil society organizations in the following open letter urging UN member states to uphold, preserve and strengthen i

We joined 260+ civil society organizations urging UN Member States to uphold, preserve, & strengthen international refugee, human rights, & humanitarian treaties -- & to reject efforts to weaken these critical protections.

We urge leaders to defend dignity & safety for all.

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Resources | IMMDEF Resources for immigrants from Immigrant Defenders Law Center in Los Angeles, California.

🔗 Learn more & get updated trustworthy resources at immdef.org/resources

⚠️ If your loved one or a member of your community has been detained by Immigration Enforcement in Southern California, contact ImmDef’s rapid response legal line at (213) 833-8283

We were honored to speak after the Odyssey Theatre Ensemble’s powerful show "Malice: Stories of Injustice."
We shared how ImmDef fights every day to keep families together and challenge systemic injustice.

At LA Galaxy’s #MexicanHeritageNight, the community came together in celebration and resilience as we shared resources and support to ensure no one stands alone.

We joined Ambiente y Café at The Melrose House in LA to share Know Your Rights materials and connect with community members!

An informed community is a powerful one. 💪
These past weeks, team ImmDef has been out where it matters most - shoulder to shoulder with our neighbors. We shared legal knowledge and legal resources to make sure no one faces the challenges of the immigration system alone.
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✊ Take action to defend due process and call for justice for Andry by visiting FreeAndry.org

Deported Makeup Artist Andry Hernández Romero’s American Nightmare He came to the US with a dream of a beauty career free of persecution. Instead, Andry Hernández Romero disappeared for months into one of the world’s worst prisons. Now, he’s rebuilding his life from ...

Lindsay Toczylowski, ImmDef President and CEO, recounted the moment he vanished from our caseload: “We were desperately looking for Andry."

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In May of this year, Andry was one of 252 men disappeared by the Trump admin to El Salvador w/o due process, vanishing for four months into one of the world’s most notorious prisons where they were subject to torture and inhumane conditions.

Deported Makeup Artist Andry Hernández Romero’s American Nightmare He came to the US with a dream of a beauty career free of persecution. Instead, Andry Hernández Romero disappeared for months into one of the world’s worst prisons. Now, he’s rebuilding his life from ...

“The mental shock of seeing myself dressed in orange like a criminal, surrounded by people who had come from some federal prison for some kind of crime, was very strong," shared Andry Hernandez Romero with Business of Beauty. "I'd never set foot in a jail."

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Resources | IMMDEF Resources for immigrants from Immigrant Defenders Law Center in Los Angeles, California.

➡️ Access trusted Know Your Rights resources for you and your loved ones: immdef.org/resources

⚠️ The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has claimed it will not comply with SB 627 banning agents from covering their faces.

💡REMEMBER: The Constitution is still on your side! Know your rights and stand up for the rights of others.

ICYMI California passed five new laws that protect our children in school, patients in hospitals, and immigrant families across the state.

ImmDef Managing Attorney Sarah breaks it down in under 60 seconds.

What happened to Jackie and Carlos Merlos and their young children is outrageous. We need urgent action to help reunite this family: act.nilc.org/page/88106/p...

🧵Read about their story and the extraordinarily cruel lengths that CBP and ICE went to disappear them⤵️

“Con este tipo de legislación podemos llevar a los agentes a corte y decir que están violando los derechos de los inmigrantes,” dijo nuestro Director de Litigio y Abogacía, Álvaro Huerta, sobre la nueva Ley de No a la Policía Secreta en California.

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Centro legal ofrece recursos gratuitos a personas que han sido detenidas durante las redadas El centro cuenta con el programa IMMDEF, que es un pequeño grupo de abogados que se han unido para representar a inmigrantes que no pueden pagar un abogado privado y defender sus derechos en un debido...

#ICYMI: We won’t stay silent. Our immigration attorneys spoke out—see what they told @motherjones.com, @telemundo52.com, @latimes.com, @theguardian.com, @laopinionla.bsky.social.

When immigrant rights are attacked, we fight back. Due process for all.

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They’ve won in court, but ICE is still detaining and trying to deport them Inside the “psychological torture” regime targeting migrants who can't be sent home

Imagine: you win asylum, a judge says you can stay—yet ICE still locks you up and tries to deport you to a country you’ve never lived in.

Dir. atty Jennifer explained to @motherjones.com, the law exists but, “historically, it hasn’t been used in this kind of abusive way.”

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ICE thrives on intimidation & fear. CA is saying: not here, not now, not ever.
We commend @cagovernornewsom.bsky.social Gavin Newsom for signing a historic package of bills that protect children in schools, patients in hospitals, immigrant families across the state.

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No person should face deportation in court alone.

@asmmiabonta.bsky.social’s bill AB 1261 expands access to a lawyer for unaccompanied children to defend their rights in court.
@cagovernornewsom.bsky.social - Protect children from Trump's mass deportations and sign AB 1261 into law!

📢 Únete a nuestro #TallerDeInmigración virtual el 30 de septiembre a las 6:30 PM.PT, junto al Asambleísta Mike Gipson!

Hablaremos de:
✅ Encuentros con ICE
✅ Actualizaciones de la ley migratoria
✅ Recursos en el sur de California

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