Category: Media

Our Accompaniment Work

San Francisco Chronicle, 1/7/2019; “For asylum seekers, a wall of support by a movement of strangers”
Univision TV 14, 6/25/2018: “Organizaciones del Área de la Bahía que brindan ayuda a solicitantes de asilo” (Under our previous name, ICIR)

Our Interfaith Vigils and the Closure of the ICE Contract at West County Detention Facility

The Lens, 7/17/2018: “This Young Girl Used her Quinceañera to Protest the Separation of Families” (video 7:49 mins)

Capital and Main, 9/12/2018, “How Immigration Activists Got ICE Out of a County Jail”

Richmond Confidential, 9/7/2018, “As Contra Costa terminates ICE contract, 7-year vigil outside jail gates ends”

Produced by Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity

New York Times, 5/12/2019, opinion: “What to Do About the Violence in Honduras?” by Rev. Deborah Lee

East Bay Times, 6/9/2018, opinion: “1980s sanctuary movement experiencing a resurgence. More than 1,100 congregations are pledging protection and support to those the U.S. government seeks to deport” by Rev. Deborah Lee

“2018 WCDF Report: an Analysis of Conditions at West County Detention Facility” — independent study of detention conditions at West County Detention Facility, Richmond, CA

Blog about the Root Causes of Migration 2019 Pilgrimage to Honduras

Short film about our monthly vigils at the ICE Building in San Francisco (video, 2:42 mins)

To the Editor:

“‘Either They Kill Us or We Kill Them’” (front page, May 5) tells the micro story of gangs and violence in a Honduran neighborhood.

I just returned from Honduras with 75 religious leaders, looking at the systemic economic and state violence that enables the gangs to thrive. The corruption and collusion between state actors and organized crime are stunning.

Tony Hernandez, a former Honduran congressman and brother of the president of Honduras, stands trial for large-scale drug trafficking and weapons charges in New York after being arrested by the Drug Enforcement Administration.

The latest report from the High Commissioner for Human Rights says organized crime has infiltrated Honduran government agencies and the broader political arena. This is why 53 members of the United States Congress are co-sponsors of H.R. 1945, the Berta Caceres Human Rights in Honduras Act.

It would suspend United States security assistance to Honduras until human rights violations by Honduran security forces cease and their perpetrators are brought to justice.

(Rev.) Deborah Lee
Oakland, Calif.
The writer is executive director of the Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity.

Read the letter on the New York Times website.