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Advancing and defending the rights and opportunities of low-income immigrants & their loved ones.

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National Immigration Law Center @nilc.org · 16d

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⤵️

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National Immigration Law Center @nilc.org · 1d

Health care workers should be able to focus on saving lives — not preparing for ICE raids.
https://bit.ly/46tIUmD

California nurses decry Ice presence at hospitals: ‘Interfering with patient care’

Caregiving staff say agents are bringing in patients, often denying them visitors and speaking on their behalf to staff

www.theguardian.com

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National Immigration Law Center @nilc.org · 2d

Jackie Merlos has spent months in ICE detention, separated from her children. Thousands of you have signed our petition demanding her release.

This is Jackie’s message to everyone fighting for her family. ❤️

PS: Sign our petition if you haven't yet: act.nilc.org/page/88106/p...

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National Immigration Law Center @nilc.org · 5d

🎉Catalina "Xochitl" Santiago, a #DACA recipient who was unjustly detained for months, is free!

Her freedom is a victory — and a call to keep fighting for justice for everyone who has been wrongfully detained.
https://bit.ly/4pYExYE

ICE complies with judge’s order and quickly releases El Paso DACA recipient

The El Paso federal judge said the Trump administration is violating the constitutional rights of Catalina “Xochitl” Santiago, a DACA recipient who has lived in the U.S. for two decades.

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National Immigration Law Center @nilc.org · 6d

As the devastation of the 2025 reconciliation law sets in, politicians are creating distractions and spreading lies about immigrants to distract from the truth.

We're here to set the record straight: www.nilc.org/resources/fa...

Fact Checking Immigrants, Health Care, and the 2025 Tax and Budget Law

In response to misinformation about the 2025 reconciliation law, particularly regarding undocumented immigrants’ health care eligibility, this resource addresses misleading claims and explains why the...

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National Immigration Law Center @nilc.org · 6d

ICE is going after anyone who they think looks or sounds like an immigrant, often arresting them with brutal force & without respect to their legal rights.

When we allow ICE to act with impunity, we are all less safe.

Urge Congress to hold ICE accountable: https://bit.ly/3KqaloY

Take Action!

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National Immigration Law Center @nilc.org · 7d

We're calling on ICE to free the Merlos family: act.nilc.org/page/88106/p...

Sign Our Petition: Free the Merlos Family

Sign our petition to demand the immediate release of Jackie, Carlos, and Juana Merlos. Help bring this family back together.

act.nilc.org

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National Immigration Law Center @nilc.org · 7d

Jackie and Carlos have been detained by ICE and separated from their children for months.

Family friend Mimi has been caring for the kids, who ask her when everything will go back to normal. No family should ever have to go through this.
www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

Immigration officials took their parents. Why this Portland couple gave 4 kids a new home

Inside the home of family friends now playing the role of caretakers, and their uncertain future.

www.oregonlive.com

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National Immigration Law Center @nilc.org · 7d

Prisons shut down because of abuse and inhumane conditions should never be reopened. Period. https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/09/07/ice-detention-prisons-immigrants-trump/

Riots and abuse troubled these former prisons. ICE plans to reopen them.

The same operators that closed facilities plan to reopen them to hold immigrants. Advocates say that puts detainees at risk of violence and mistreatment.

www.washingtonpost.com

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United We Dream @unitedwedream.org · 8d

Text DACA INFO to 787-57 to get the latest on any DACA updates or decisions and to learn how you can join us to demand permanent protections.

Beware of misinformation and unintentionally sharing it.

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United We Dream @unitedwedream.org · 8d

What's happening with DACA? Swipe through to get the info you need!

On Sept 29th, the administration filed a brief. These briefs are not final decisions. They do not make changes to the program right now. We encourage DACA recipients to renew as soon as possible.

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National Immigration Law Center @nilc.org · 8d

Read our statement: www.nilc.org/press/efren-...

Efrén C. Olivares Named to TIME’s Annual TIME100 Next List of the 100 Leaders Shaping the Future

NEW YORK – TIME named Efrén C. Olivares, vice president of litigation & legal strategy at the National Immigration Law Center, to the 2025 TIME100 Next.

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National Immigration Law Center @nilc.org · 8d

"Me siento sumamente halagado y honrado por este reconocimiento, el cual considero una validación del incansable trabajo que realizamos los inmigrantes a diario para fortalecer a nuestras comunidades en este país" — Efrén C. Olivares

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National Immigration Law Center @nilc.org · 8d

"I am humbled and honored by this recognition, which I view as a testament to the tireless work immigrants do every day to strengthen our communities and the country as a whole." — Efrén C. Olivares

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National Immigration Law Center @nilc.org · 8d

🎉 Congratulations to Efrén C. Olivares, NILC's VP of Litigation & Legal Strategy, for being named to TIME’s #TIME100Next — recognizing leaders shaping the future.

Efrén leads our legal strategy and a team of lawyers and advocates fighting for laws and practices that respect human rights.

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National Immigration Law Center @nilc.org · 9d

Remember: Local jails don't have to participate in Trump's mass deportation agenda — but the elected officials who run them choose to.

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National Immigration Law Center @nilc.org · 9d

Escucha algunas de sus historias: www.nilc.org/farmworkers-...

Behind Every Meal: The Farmworkers Who Feed America

Over the summer of 2024, in collaboration with United Farm Workers, we sat down with several farmworkers, volunteers, and organizers to hear their stories.

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National Immigration Law Center @nilc.org · 9d

Quizás no te des cuenta, pero cada comida está relacionada con un trabajador agrícola.

Las personas que alimentan al país no deberían vivir en la pobreza, sin poder poner comida en sus propias mesas o con miedo a ir a trabajar por las amenazas de la separación familiar y las deportaciónes.

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National Immigration Law Center @nilc.org · 9d

You may not realize it, but every meal is a connection to a farmworker.

The people who feed the country should not be living in poverty, unable to put food on their own tables, or afraid to go to work because of the threat of family separation & deportation.

Listen to their stories: bit.ly/486cyQf

Behind Every Meal: The Farmworkers Who Feed America

Over the summer of 2024, in collaboration with United Farm Workers, we sat down with several farmworkers, volunteers, and organizers to hear their stories.

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United We Dream @unitedwedream.org · 12d

95 House members are calling out DHS for its mass abduction agenda
95 members of Congress sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem demanding to know how many people protected under DACA have been arrested or deported. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Members of Congress condemn Kristi Noem over fate of migrant ‘Dreamers’

Letter signed by 78 demands to know how many people protected under Daca have been arrested or deported

www.theguardian.com

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National Immigration Law Center @nilc.org · 12d

SIGN OUR PETITION: act.nilc.org/page/88106/p...

Sign Our Petition: Free the Merlos Family

Sign our petition to demand the immediate release of Jackie, Carlos, and Juana Merlos. Help bring this family back together.

act.nilc.org

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National Immigration Law Center @nilc.org · 12d

Thanks to @jayapal.house.gov, Mimi was able to share the Merlos family's story in last week's hearing.

Jackie & Carlos Merlos have been separated from their 4 kids for months. Mimi stepped in to care for them—but these kids need their parents.

Free the Merlos family.
www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...

Tearful testimonies at House Democrats' 'shadow hearing' on immigration raids

House Rep. Pramila Jayapal called on witnesses all impacted by Trump's immigration policies to testify about what they've suffered.

www.msnbc.com

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National Immigration Law Center @nilc.org · 13d

Every child deserves to feel safe at school. https://www.npr.org/2025/09/04/nx-s1-5515662/for-mixed-status-families-deportation-fears-cast-shadow-over-new-academic-year

For mixed status families, deportation fears cast shadow over new academic year

As the new school year begins, mixed immigration status families face heightened fears about ICE enforcement near schools, creating anxiety that extends far beyond the classroom.

www.npr.org

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National Immigration Law Center @nilc.org · 13d

Help us reunite them: act.nilc.org/page/88106/p...

Sign Our Petition: Free the Merlos Family

Sign our petition to demand the immediate release of Jackie, Carlos, and Juana Merlos. Help bring this family back together.

act.nilc.org

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National Immigration Law Center @nilc.org · 13d

Trump’s mass deportation regime.

Jackie Merlos’ 4 kids are among them—torn from their parents & still apart months later.

Families belong together.
www.cnn.com/2025/09/23/p...

‘The new family separation crisis’: More than 100 US citizen kids left stranded by ICE enforcement actions, CNN finds | CNN Politics

Children across the US have ended up in the care of relatives, neighbors, friends, coworkers and even strangers after ICE detained or deported their parents.

www.cnn.com

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National Immigration Law Center @nilc.org · 14d

"Dreams can come true if you work really hard."

That's what Jackie Merlos shared when she was previously featured in the Portland Business Journal. Now, she's locked up in ICE custody, needlessly separated from her young U.S. citizen kids.

Free the Merlos family.
bit.ly/47ZVdIE

After ICE arrests parents, Portland business owner takes in 4 kids - Portland Business Journal

Portland business owners Mimi Lettunich and Jackie Merlos have been friends for 20 years. With Merlos now in ICE custody, Lettunich is championing her case.

www.bizjournals.com

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