Justice for Immigrant Workers and Families
For far too long, immigrants have been among the most vulnerable workers in this country, whether they have legal status or not.
As a result, much of CLUE’s advocacy work centers on accompanying immigrant families when they are in jeopardy, standing with them when they speak truth to power, and supporting policies and laws that welcome them and their contributions.
CLUE works with immigrant rights organizations on several initiatives, including training rapid responders to bear witness when immigration raids occur in our neighborhoods, visiting immigrants in detention and working to bond them out, and speaking out locally and at the state level for measures that let immigrants work and worship without police harassment, whether on our sidewalks, in our ports, or anywhere in our community.
Shut Down Adelanto
The asylum seekers are then held in privately run immigration prisons, where they await their case decisions and have little chance of tapping any support networks or finding attorneys to represent them.
Unlike in the criminal system, people facing an immigration judge are not entitled to an attorney to represent them in court. If they can’t afford a lawyer, they face an unfamiliar system with unfamiliar laws and an unfamiliar language by themselves.
Because the family members they sought to rejoin may also not have legal status, there is often no one to visit the asylum seekers. Trained CLUE congregation members travel in groups or on their own to visit and talk with these asylum seekers, to provide a listening ear and an understanding heart.
Immigration News
Finding Shelter: Liza M
Liza M. knew what it meant for her and her family when the Taliban captured the country as the American and Allied troops hastily retreated in August 2021. Liza’s mother raised her and her five siblings alone after the Taliban killed her father in 2000. During the years of western presence, her mother emphasized the importance of education for her daughters, as well as her sons. Liza and one sister became doctors; another sister became a lawyer, one brother became an engineer and the 2 youngest were still in college when they had to flee. She had a bright future in Afghanistan until 2021.
A Pastoral Letter After the Election
Join us Sun, Nov 10 at 4:30 PM to break bread, grieve, share, mourn, and find a way way forward in the wake of the election.
Finding Shelter: Fazela, Mahdi and Jawad
by Liz Bar-El, CLUE Communications Liaison This story continues our series highlighting CLUE’s work to build a network of faith partners to arrange and offer shelter to migrants arriving to the LA region, including those who are walk-in clients of our LA Welcomes Collective partner organizations and those sponsored by CLUE for release from inhumane
Shut Down Adelanto
This last Friday, September 27th, CLUE leaders joined the “Journey to Freedom” ride in front of the privately-run Adelanto ICE Immigration Detention Center, to demand humane treatment, release and closure of the facility. In centers such as Adelanto, asylum seekers and other immigrants are incarcerated for long periods, fueling a profit-driven system that prioritizes forced
Interfaith Leaders Denounce Hate & Affirm Migrant Dignity
**MEDIA ADVISORY** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 23, 2024 CONTACT: Pastor Stephen “Cue” Jn-Marie, (310) 466-8366, [email protected] OR Guillermo Torres, (323)228-2753, [email protected] TUESDAY: Live Press Conference on the Misrepresentation and Malignment of Haitian Immigrants and Immigrants of Color Politicians continue to spew hateful, harmful, and racist lies about Haitian immigrants in the city of Springfield, Ohio, despite their
Finding Shelter: Narcelys and Ramón
For asylum seekers arriving in Los Angeles, it is a daunting challenge to find a safe and affordable place to live. In order to avoid the very real possibility of new arrivals finding themselves sleeping on the streets, CLUE coordinates a network of faith-based partners (CLUE Welcome Network) willing to welcome and provide temporary shelter
400 USCIS Workers in Laguna Niguel are Threatened
URGE THE DIRECTORS TO STOP THE LAYOFFS At the intersection of immigration and economic justice sits the US Citizenship and Immigration California Service Center in Laguna Niguel. Right now, the Department of Homeland Security is preparing to close that office and lay off 400 employees, many of whom have been working there for decades. Highly
Mosawi Family Update – June 2024
UPDATE: PROGRESS TOWARD WELCOMING AN AFGHAN REFUGEE FAMILY We are excited to share an update from the volunteer team that has applied to the State Department’s Welcome Corps (WC) program to reunite the Mosawis, an Afghan family that CLUE has been assisting in our migrant outreach mission. CLUE learned of this family when the father
Welcoming Mauritanians to Bell
After release from Adelanto Detention Center in Summer 2023, 19 Mauritanian asylum seekers alight at Grace Lutheran Church in Bell. Learn about their journey and CLUE’s efforts to support immigrants like them.
Support Legislation to Help Asylum Seekers Become Self Sufficient Faster
Urge congress to to pass the Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act (H.R. 1325), which reduces the wait time for asylum seekers to obtain a work permit from 180 days to just 30.
CLUE Prepares for More Migrant Support in 2024
During the past month, CLUE and the LA Welcomes Collective have continued to anticipate and prepare for the buses expected to bring migrants to Los Angeles from Texas. Fortunately, Texas has not put busloads of people in harm’s way during the recent storms and flooding, and fewer crossings have been reported at the border during
Mosawi family profile on Spectrum News highlights the struggle of asylum seekers arriving in the United States
Sayed Mosawi and his 18-year-old son, Salar, could finally breathe a sigh of relief, when they were reunited at the home of their host, Episcopal church member and CLUE Justice activist Conrad Nordquist.
CLUE and LA Welcomes Collective: Another Challenge for 2024
Collect gently used car seats, boosters, and strollers. Or give new, unopened bottles and baby formula for immigrant families bused from Texas.
LA Welcomes Collective: A CLUE Partnership with the Good People of Los Angeles
Let’s begin with an acknowledgement that people who live in safe communities, with some modicum of economic sufficiency, do not choose to leave their homes, social structures, cultures, friends and family, and undertake difficult and possibly dangerous journeys to a new country.
Yet war, starvation, violence and natural disasters are driving millions of people around the world to do this now, desperately seeking a safer, better life for themselves and their families.
Muchos Autobuses, Mucha Necesidad
El LA Welcomes Collective ha dado la bienvenida a 14 autobuses llenos de migrantes enviados desde Texas.
Mientras que el gobernador de Texas no proporciona ninguna advertencia o apoyo, el LA Welcomes Collective ofrece compasión, humanidad y una bienvenida amistosa.
So Many Buses, So Much Need
The LA Welcomes Collective has now welcomed in 14 busloads of migrant families sent from Texas.
While the Texas governor provides no warning or support, the LA Welcomes Collective offers compassion, humanity and a friendly greeting.
LA Welcomes Collective
Los Angeles has seen an influx of asylum seekers from Texas since mid-June, with six busloads arriving. The most recent bus, which arrived on July 13, 2023, brought twenty-six people from Venezuela, Mexico, Honduras, and Peru, with over a third of them being children and teenagers aged 17 and under. These arrivals are part of
35 Migrants on Third Bus From Texas Receive Assistance & Support
July 13, 2023 – A third bus, of 35 migrants bound from Brownsville, Texas, arrived in Los Angeles this afternoon. And the LA Welcomes Collective*–a coalition of faith and immigration groups including CLUE–was on-hand to receive them with open arms.
Victory for People Detained at Adelanto Detention Center!
Federal Judge Rejects GEO Group’s Attempt to Dismiss Toxic Tort Lawsuit Adelanto, CA – On Thursday, July 6, 2023, a Federal Court denied The GEO Group (“GEO”)’s Motion to Dismiss in Ronduen et al. vs. The Geo Group, Inc. The lawsuit, filed in March 2023, was brought by seven individuals on behalf of themselves and more than
Migration with Dignity and Compassion after Title 42
Join CLUE in welcoming asylum seekers and migrants at the southern border In the wake of the end of Title 42, CLUE has ramped up efforts to welcome asylum seekers and immigrants at our southern border with dignity and compassion. Yesterday, more than 40 migrants arrived in Los Angeles after a traumatic journey from Texas in an
Press Conference
A press conference was held in March 2023 to bring awareness to formerly detained immigrants leading the fight for justice against the GEO Group and the Adelanto Immigration Detention Center. This prison has a horrific history of abuse and inhumanity; by conducting a press event with the Social Justice Legal Foundation. HDQ Neutral was used as
Immigration Update November 2021
Clergy and community members turn our for actions from Los Angeles to South Orange County in support of more humane policies and a path to citizenship.
Immigration Update October 2021
Clergy and community members turn our for actions from Los Angeles to South Orange County in support of more humane policies and a path to citizenship.
Immigration Update September 2021
Join us for a prayer vigil and car rally for citizenship. Support a welcome fair for unaccompanied children and their families. Plus news from the Shut Down Adelanto Coalitions
