Dreams Without Borders 2.0
The Dreams Without Borders 2.0 art show, panel discussion, and fundraiser will help fund the legal services immigrant families need and advocacy for immigrant safety.
Think of it as a way of helping individual people through direct legal services provided by Northern Arizona Immigration Legal Services, a project of the Literacy Center, AND affecting systemic change through the work of Keep Flagstaff Together, a project of Catch Fire Movement.
With immigrant rights and safety at great risk, we won't stay silent and passive.
Join us for an evening with artists Amy Martin and Chip Thomas and Northern Arizona Immigration Legal Services Director Grace Vaughan as we explore stories of resilience and hope.
Come to learn what you can do as an ally and immigrant rights advocate, and pick up your Know Your Rights materials to assist the immigrant community facing the threats of mass deportations.
February 28, 2025, at 6:00 p.m.
MOCAF, 555 S Blackbird Roost #5, Flagstaff
This is a ticketed event, but all are welcome, and free tickets are available upon request—just email us at us@catchfiremovement.org. Your generous donation will make a difference in the lives of people who face the unimaginable fear of losing family, safety, and home. Don't miss this opportunity to see Amy's and Chip's amazing art.
The event is supported by Catch Fire Movement and MOCAF.
Explore Chip Thomas's art stories at https://jetsonorama.net/
and Amy Martin's portfolio at https://www.amysmartinphotography.com/.
Here's a reminder of why our action is necessary and why we must support the immigrant community. Since January 20, 2025, Donald Trump has taken aggressive actions toward unprecedently stricter immigration enforcement and border control measures and made announcements intended to shock and terrify migrants and immigrant communities:
- Executive orders: Signed multiple executive actions on January 20, 2025, including "Protecting the American People Against Invasion," outlining aggressive interior immigration enforcement.
- National emergency: Declared a national emergency at the southern border, seeking additional executive authority and funding for border security.
- Military involvement: Authorized U.S. military forces to support DHS activities at the southern border.
- Prioritized enforcement: Directed DHS to make immigration enforcement the primary mission of ICE's Homeland Security Investigations division.
- Expanded enforcement authority: Allowed various law enforcement agencies (DEA, ATF, U.S. Marshals Service, and Federal Bureau of Prisons) to carry out immigration officer functions.
- Nationwide operations: Initiated significant immigration enforcement operations, starting with Chicago on January 26, 2025.
- Deportation goals: Announced plans to deport 1 million unauthorized immigrants annually.
- Refugees: Suspended humanitarian parole programs and indefinitely paused refugee resettlement.
- Birthright citizenship: Announced plans to end birthright citizenship for children born in the U.S. to noncitizen parents.
- Expanded expedited removal: Called for ICE to use "expedited removal" against immigrants found anywhere within the country.
- Policy reversals: Nullified several of former President Biden's immigration-focused executive orders and policy guidance.
- Guantanamo Bay expansion: Signed a memorandum on January 29, 2025, to prepare Guantanamo Bay to house up to 30,000 migrants and began shuttling immigrants from the U.S. to Guantanamo Bay on military planes. Navy and Coast Guard forces started erecting a tent city at Guantanamo Bay.
- El Salvador agreement: Reached a deal with El Salvador to receive deportees of any nationality.Expressed openness to El Salvador's offer to jail convicted criminals, including American citizens, in their "megaprison".
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