Break ICE meeting

What is Saturday? BreakICE Day!

TPI is hosting weekly meetings to get ready for information dissemination and actions related to ICE opening a new detention center in Alvarado, Texas. This will be the second location in the nation with a dedicated pod to detain trans persons.

During this meeting, we plan to go over what we learned during our community outreach on October 15, get an update from those who attended the state convening in Houston, learn about the OLTT Dallas meeting, and provide an update on the national effort.

Please note that this is part of a coordinated national effort that includes Familia: Trans Queer Liberation Movement, Transgender Law Center, Organizacion Latina de Trans en Texas, RAICES, Grassroots Leadership, LULAC 4871 – The Dallas Rainbow Council, United We Dream, Aquí Estamos RGV, Dallas Coalition Against Bigotry, Trans Pride Initiative, and others.

There is NO reason to deny persons seeking asylum community based detention EXCEPT that congress has set a 34,000 bed quota at the behest of private prison operators who make money by putting people in cages!

There is NO reason to take trans persons seeking asylum half-way across the country — away from family, community support, and legal representation — to bring them to a state that is unfriendly to asylum seekers and that is bent on violence against trans persons, as seen by the suits and other actions being pressed by our state government representatives!

We will need people involved at a variety of levels, from those who wish to keep track of people and keep people engaged and make sure they are safe, to those who wish to take on support roles, to those willing to take part in direct actions at various locations.

If you would like to contact someone for more information, please email TPI at info@tpride.org or call us at 214-449-1439.