We are posting this urgent action alert on behalf of immigrant rights and reproductive justice organizer Alejandra Pablos, who was detained today by ICE. Alejandra was a delegate at the initial People's Congress of Resistance in Washington, D.C. and now needs all of our collective support.
Please take action right now and demand that ICE #ReleaseAle by signing and sharing the petition set up by the website Mijente. Nearly 2,000 people have signed it in the first few hours. Share here:
Alejandra's story is below.
From Mijente:
Continuing a pattern of retaliation against immigrant rights organizers, the Tucson office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), has taken Alejandra Pablos into custody and have refused to release her stating that she is subject to mandatory detention without access to a bond.
Pablos was a legal permanent resident who was placed in deportation proceedings after a drug-related arrest and spent two years detained at the Eloy Detention Center in southern Arizona. She is in the process of requesting asylum based on dangers she would face as a political organizer in Mexico.
In early January, as Pablos was leading chants at a peaceful protest in Virginia outside of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), she was abruptly detained by local agents. It appears that after the protest in Virginia, one of the ICE agents called her deportation officer in Tucson, Arizona, and sought to get her detained in retaliation for her protest.
This morning, Pablos showed up to her check-in with ICE in Tucson, she was taken into custody. She will not have a chance to be released or to pay a bond until she sees an immigration judge at an indeterminate time.
Pablos is a nationally recognized immigrant rights and reproductive rights, activist. She is base in Washington D.C. and is a long-time member of Mijente. Friends and family are asking for supporters to sign this petition.
Please stay tuned for new updates and opportunities to demand Ale's release!