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PAIFUP
News from the fight for freedom, safety and dignity for all immigrants
detained or facing deportation in Pennsylvania.
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Pittsburgh funding is back! Recent news is that we will soon see funding coming from the city of Pittsburgh which will allow us to represent Allegheny County residents and more. We're slowly building momentum for universal representation across the state!
This month we are highlighting one of our affiliates, JUNTOS. They recently held an event celebrating 20 years fighting for immigrant communities. Read more below.
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Stronger Together: Meet Our Affiliates | |
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JUNTOS is a community-led, Latinx immigrant organization in South Philadelphia fighting for our human rights as workers, parents, youth, and immigrants. We believe that every human being has the right to a quality education and the freedom to live with dignity regardless of immigration status. JUNTOS combines leadership development, community organizing, and focused collaborations with other community-based and advocacy organizations to build the power of our community members so they may be active agents of change and work against their own oppression.
JUNTOS recently celebrated 20 years of fighting alongside the Latinx immigrant community!
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Yarima González Crespo joined the Removal Defense Programs at PIRC in September 2022. She earned her J.D. from the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico, School of Law in 2019 and is admitted to practice law in Puerto Rico. As part of her J.D., she took courses in Immigration Law, Therapeutic Justice, Appellate Practice and Human Rights Advocacy and Humanitarian Issues. She also worked with the Juvenile Drug Court Program and volunteered with Amnesty International with the “Know Your Rights” campaign. As an attorney, she has done mostly criminal defense work, with emphasis in appellate practice. Yarima has worked for various nonprofit organizations, mostly in the Human Rights field. Yarima is a native Spanish speaker. Welcome to PAIFUP, Yarima! | |
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Som-Mai Nguyen joined Nationalities Service Center (NSC) in September 2022. She holds a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania and a B.S. in Symbolic Systems from Stanford University. During law school, Som-Mai assisted clients in asylum and dependency cases through Penn's Transnational and Child Advocacy Clinics. She also interned at Advocates for Children of New York, the ACLU of Louisiana, the ACLU of Texas, and the Educational Opportunities Section of DOJ's Civil Rights Division. A graduate of Title I PK-12 public schools, Som-Mai is from Houston. Welcome to PAIFUP, Som-Mai! | |
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Philly prepares for buses of migrants, thought not yet a target | Philadelphia is preparing to be the next major Democratic city to receive buses of migrants sent by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, Philadelphia Mayor's Office spokesperson Kevin Lessard told Axios on Friday, Sept. 9. "The city is inventorying existing resources should those seeking safe refuge find their way to Philadelphia," he said. | | | |
Penn State Law holds a community conversation about welcoming refugees | The Penn State Law Center for Immigrants' Rights Clinic is partnering with the State College Area School District and the State College Borough for a community conversation called "Refugees are Welcome Here." The conversation will work to advance equity, inclusion and welcoming in the area. | | | |
Philly, we need to open our doors to more immigrants | Opinion | Of the many broken things in America, immigration stands apart. We're a nation of immigrants gripped by ambivalence. Our immigrationpolicy carries all the durability of a line in the sand; it's washed away and redrawn with the prevailing news of the day, or the high-or-low tide of public opinion. | | | |
Questions? Comments? News worth sharing? Send Yomayra Burgos, our PAIFUP coordinator, an email at [email protected].
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