For Journalists
IDP has long worked to disrupt narratives around the criminalization of immigrants. As the criminalization and deportation dragnet has become wider and more brutal than ever, we are coordinating a new communications campaign that cuts through the hate and gets the stories of the most-impacted on traditional & social media.
IDP’s team of attorneys and advocates have extensive media experience and are available to answer questions and to walk journalists through individual immigrants’ cases.
To arrange an interview or request assistance with a story, please contact Michael Velarde, Development & Communications Director, at 646.762.8427 or at michael[at]immdefense[dot]org.
Please see below for articles written by IDP staffers, media mentions, and a collection of briefs on key issues.
Commentary & Analysis
- Mizue Aizeki: Interview on Criminalization and Immigration (CounterSpin 2/24/17)
- Anthony Enriquez & Alisa Wellek: Trump Didn’t Start This War on Immigrants (International Business Times 2/10/17)
- Anthony Enriquez: Will The Supreme Court Give Trump The Power To Lock You Away Indefinitely? (Huffington Post, 12/18/16)
- Alisa Wellek: Brutal Bedfellows: Mass Incarceration and Immigrant Detention (Huffington Post, 11/22/16)
- Mizue Aizeki: Interview Resisting State Violence in the Era of Mass Deportation (Policing the Planet, May 2016)
- Mizue Aizeki: No Matter the Target, Immigration Raids Are Inhumane (Huffington Post, 1/4/16)
- Mizue Aizeki: U.S. Immigrant-Detention Policy Is Not Justified (CQ Researcher)
- Andrew Wachtenheim: Judges Call for Curb on Immigration Detention, Administration Should Listen — and Act (Huffington Post)
Immigrant Justice Network
- Alisa Wellek, Angie Junck, Paromita Shah: We Must End the Normalization of Mass Criminalization (1/26/17)
- Angie Junck, Paromita Shah, Alisa Wellek: 20 Years Ago Today, This Terrible Law Set the Foundation for Mass Detention and Deportation (Colorlines, 9/30/16)
- Angie Junck (Immigrant Justice Network): The “Dangerous” Immigrant: Confronting Our Implicit Bias (Huffington Post, 9/22/16)
IDP in the News
- Michael Velarde & Marie Mark Podcast on Trump’s Deportation Policies (City and State, 2/22/17)
- It’s legal for an immigration agent to pretend to be a police officer outside someone’s door. But should it be? (Los Angeles Times, 2/21/17)
- ICE Arrested Nearly 700 People Last Week, Advocates Are Bracing for More to Come (The Intercept, 2/14/17)
- Trump’s Policies Won’t Get Rid of Immigrants (VICE, 1/27/17)
- How Broken Windows Policing Breaks NYC’s Immigrant Sanctuaries (Village Voice, 1/27/17)
- New Toolkit Helps Immigrants Fight Back In Era of ‘No Limits’ Deportations (Village Voice, 1/12/17)
- Trumpocalypse Now: What’s The Worst That Could Happen In NYC? (Gothamist, 12/19/16)
- Policing the Planet: An Interview with Christina Heatherton and Jordan Camp (Viewpoint Magazine, 10/12/16)
- Donald Trump’s Despicable Deportation Games (Daily Kos)
- Marijuana Is Legal in Colorado — If You’re a U.S. Citizen (Westword)
- Why Immigration Reform Includes Drug Reform (El Diario)
- Desperate to Return Home, Deported Veterans Face Exile (Task & Purpose)
Issue Briefs
- Deportation and Families
- Bars to Deportation Relief Under DACA and DAPA
- Deportation and Judicial Discretion
- Deportation and Human RightsDeportation and Gangs
- Deportation and Domestic Violence
- Deportation and Due Process
- Deportation and Drug Convictions
- Deportation and the Meaning of “Conviction”
- Deportation and Asylum and Refugee Status
- Deportation and the Meaning of “Aggravated Felony”