About 30 people gathered at Galeria de la Raza to write support letters to Hilary Rivers, a drag performer detained by ICE. The event lasted two hours, encouraging participants to express solidarity with Rivers, who is held at Golden State Annex in McFarland. The gathering highlights concerns over ICE's practices of arresting individuals after court appearances. This includes tactics like dismissing asylum cases to create legal instability. Organizers emphasized the humanity of detainees in their messages and aimed for sincere, supportive communication.
Letters of solidarity to people in detention can offer crucial emotional support, hope, and a sense of connection to the outside world, said Sarah Jimenez, one of the event's organizers.
Rivers is just the latest person to be arrested immediately following a court appearance. In San Francisco and nationally, ICE agents are targeting those who voluntarily come into court.
Federal attorneys are relying on a novel tactic of seeking to dismiss asylum cases so that asylum-seekers are put in legal limbo and can be arrested.
Try not to forget that people in ICE detention are just that, people; avoid any overwrought language that could inadvertently lead to miscommunication.
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