As immigrant New Yorkers face unprecedented threats, we’re committed to ensuring communities are prepared to protect themselves and each other, and know their rights should they come in contact with immigration authorities. Find these resources in English and Spanish at: weprotectusny.org.

🎄Make this holiday season even merrier by supporting immigrant and working-class communities.   If you own a small business, consider donating the proceeds from a festive drink or product to support our work across NYC.   Our team is here to guide you. Email us to get started!

👪 Protecting our Families: Planning Guide This resource is a guide to start a family preparedness conversation, in case of emergencies like immigration arrests.  To download the full guide in both English & Spanish, and for more resources, visit: weprotectusny.org

🧊Reporting an ICE Raid With all the uncertainty around ICE raids, we need to ensure that we do not spread further fear within our communities, by spreading false information. It is crucial to only share raids that have been vetted by a trusted source.  Save & share this resource!

In 2025, we’ve been training our leaders, members, and community contacts to be Guardianes: connecting directly with neighbors to build hyper local rapid response communication networks. Help us keep up the fight in 2026: bit.ly/GiveMRNY25

🎁Need a little help getting on the nice list? Start a fundraiser for your favorite community organization putting in the work to defend immigrant communities in NYC!   📲To get started in your fundraising efforts, email us & be a proud supporter of Make the Road New York.

🧊Have you seen ICE agents in your neighborhood? Save this post so you’re prepared next time. As immigrant New Yorkers continue being targeted, it’s up to us to defend our communities. Together, we will keep each other safe! #ProtectOurFutures

Today, the NYC Council passed the Street Vendor Reform Package, expanding licensing & creating an Office of Street Vendor Services—changing the lives of tens of thousands of street vendors, their families & our neighborhoods. CONGRATS to our movement fam @streetvendorproj.bsky.social! ¡Sí se pudo!

Today is International Migrants Day & we're fighting for a NY that welcomes immigrants with dignity! @governor.ny.gov needs to pass #NY4All to end collusion with Trump's mass deportation scheme. We're all safer when our friends & neighbors can live here safely too. @maketheroadny.bsky.social

@governor.ny.gov: Do you hear Rachel and all of the other New Yorkers who have asked you to take action? The time to take action is NOW! The time to pass #NY4All is NOW! @maketheroadny.bsky.social @bkindivisible.bsky.social

The New York for All Act would establish baseline protections by prohibiting state + local law enforcement and agencies from collaborating with ICE, incl. ending harmful 287(g) agreements. @governor.ny.gov prioritize #NY4All as the very first order of business when legislators return to Albany.

Claudia Valdivia, leader at Las Doñas Academy joins the fight to demand @governor.ny.gov prioritize the New York for All Act. “Kathy you know it can be done and you can do it. Here we stand united not by color, not by papers, we are united as people who love New York.” #NY4All

Ace Sutherland, Director of Organizing and Strategy at @thenyic.bsky.social delivers powerful testimony calling on stronger protections for immigrants. “This New York is not a New York for some of us, this New York is a New York for ALL OF US.” #NY4All

Rachel Khan w/ Hand in Hand: The Domestic Employers Network joins us outside @governor.ny.gov’s NYC office to demand passage of #NY4All. “Right now we are witnessing an intensified wave of federal attacks against our immigrant neighbors with ICE terrorizing our communities.”

Zachary Ahmad w/ @nyclu.org joins us outside of @governor.ny.gov’s NYC office in our call to pass #NY4All! “We are not even one year into this federal admin. and I don’t even need to tell anyone here just how relentless has been in tearing families apart and carrying out its deportation agenda.”

Our member Aracelis from Westchester calls on @governor.ny.gov to prioritize the New York for All Act! #NY4All “Many of my neighbors now live in constant fear—fear of driving to work, of taking their children to school, or even of seeking medical attention.”

On International Migrants Day, we’re coming together to celebrate the contributions, resilience, and strength of our immigrant communities—and to take action to protect them. It’s time for @governor.ny.gov to prioritize the New York for All Act! #NY4All

Today the NYC Council votes on the Street Vendor Reform Package. 70+ organizations incl. immigrant rights groups, open space advocates, supermarkets & street vendors support @cmpisanchez.bsky.social Intro 431B It's time to make history & pass Street Vendor Reform! @streetvendorproj.bsky.social

“Thousands of people are living with the same fear, and facing impossible choices between rent, medicine, and food,” our member Anyi. Our member Anyi is one of the tens of thousands of NYers that we’ve connected with services. With your support, we can build a city for everyone: bit.ly/GiveMRNY25 

That's why a broad coalition is supporting it! Learn about Int. 431-B, shaped by feedback from a wide range of stakeholders!

@kirstengillibrand.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov your constituents need help - today. What’s up?

🗞️NEW op-ed by @cmpisanchez.bsky.social in today's @nydailynews.com! "We are at a pivotal moment for street vending reform in NYC... addressing the root cause of disorder in our sidewalks - artificial scarcity of licenses." NYC Council must pass Intro 431B! @streetvendorproj.bsky.social

Allan has now been transferred to Alligator Alcatraz. “It’s like a tent, and there are cages inside the tent, and there’s like 36 beds in each cage that you’re in, along with the bathroom stall that you have to use in front of everyone,” the detained Marrero desperately told his husband. #FreeAllan

🦋 Tomorrow, as we celebrate International Migrants Day, we’re rallying to ensure that our friends and neighbors feel safe in the place that they call home. Join us on Thursday, December 18th at 11 AM in front of Gov. Kathy Hochul’s office to urge her to pass #NY4All!

It hasn’t been widely reported but ICE is changing their tactics in New York City. They’re using racial profiling to stop and detain people at random as they increase patrols and raids of immigrant neighborhoods. Your support makes the difference in enabling us to fight bit.ly/GiveMRNY25 

Immigrant New Yorkers demand #NY4All!   Although we have been providing #KnowYourRights training to our communities, the best way to protect immigrant NYers is to pass the New York for All act. Join us on Thursday, Dec. 18 at 11 AM in front of @governor.ny.gov#NY4All#KnowYourRightsffice to urge her to pass this bill!

NYC: Join us on International Migrants Day to demand @governor.ny.gov pass #NY4All!

🎉🎓 Congrats Grads! Last night, 60 leaders graduated from our Leadership School. This year, we held two cycles of Leadership School Level , where members learned about key concepts related to social justice, as well as different social movements & how to apply them to our campaigns! We are PROUD!

Gov. Hochul: Pass the New York for All Act! #NY4All In honor of International Migrants Day on December 18th, we’re visiting @governor.ny.gov office to urge her to pass this VITAL act that protects immigrant New Yorkers as soon as the session starts.

Cannot overstate the importance of calling your elected officials about Allan Marrero, and Fei and Yuanxin Zheng, and that everyone should be free, and supported, and be able to live free from fear. The world is very chaotic and noisy, and we cannot presume anything is known or being addressed.

UPDATE: Early this morning, our client Allan Marrero, a queer immigrant New Yorker detained in a New Jersey ICE detention center was moved to an unknown location. Urge your elected official to contact the Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR) to demand Allan’s release! #FreeAllan

“We ask the NY Power Authority respect Tonawanda Seneca Nation’s sovereignty and treaty rights and yield to their demands,” said Denise Rebeil, our Housing and Environmental Justice Lead Organizer. @governor.ny.gov: Stop the HARMFUL industrial project that compromises the Tonawanda Seneca Nation.

“Every day, I push our story forward praying for a Christmas miracle that my husband will come home,” says Allan’s husband, Matthew. We are still fighting to release Allan from the ICE detention facility he is being held at but we need your help! Sign the petition to #FreeAllan: bit.ly/FreeAllan

🦋#FreeAllan + #FreeThemAll!🦋 Today, joined by faith leaders, elected officials, allies, and the family of Allan, an LGBTQ+ asylum seeker wrongfully detained by ICE following his marriage-based green card interview at 26 Federal Plaza. Sign the petition for Allan's release: bit.ly/FreeAllan

In times like these, Matthew & Allan have relied on their community to strength. @middlechurch.bsky.social has been a major beacon of hope for the couple & we are PROUD to stand alongside them in calling to #FreeAllan. Join the fight. Sign the petition: bit.ly/FreeAllan

“What did Allan do to deserve this? What did any of the detainees do to deserve this?” Allan’s attorney & our Supervising Immigration Attorney, Alex Rizio, reveals the cruel conditions inside the NJ detention center where Allan is being held- a facility where detainees report receiving moldy food.

“I had 30 seconds to say goodbye before [ICE agents] forced us apart,” recalls Matthew, Allan’s husband. Since Allan’s detention days before Thanksgiving, Matthew & their community have fought for his release. Our attorneys filed a motion to reopen Allan’s case but the verdict is still in limbo.

Today, we joined faith leaders, advocates & the family of Allan, an LGBTQ+ asylum seeker who was wrongfully detained by ICE following a marriage-based green card interview. We gathered at @middlechurch.bsky.social, the couple’s parish, to demand ICE #FreeAllan immediately!

Allan, a gay man from the Cayman Islands, was separated from his loving partner, Matthew, following their marriage-based green card interview & is still detained at an NJ ICE facility. Join us TODAY at 1PM in Middle Church for a press conference to demand justice & call to #FreeAllan!

The year is ending, and NYers are still being left unprotected from Trump's anti-immigrant agenda. We need @governor.ny.gov to pass the New York for All Act now & ensure our state resources aren't going to ICE. Join us Dec 18 at 11 AM in front of Gov. Hochul’s office to urge her to pass #NY4All!

✊Today, our members rallied at City Hall to support four @NYCCouncil bills that would protect NYC’s sanctuary city laws. The NYPD’s collaboration with ICE agents last week during the Chinatown raid was blatant disregard for our sanctuary laws & New Yorkers won’t have it!

“Young people at 16 & 17 are still discovering who they are; they deserve guidance & support, not adult charges & inhumane conditions.” Raise the Age law prevents prosecutors from charging 16- & 17-year-olds as adults in NY’s criminal courts. We're proud to be in the coalition fighting to keep it!

Now, @maketheroadny.bsky.social discusses the fear in our communities due to the ICE kidnapping. Elected officials must take action to protect immigrant communities.

We’re at the steps of City Hall with @maketheroadny.bsky.social, @thenyic.bsky.social, and others to demand: No ICE on Rikers, ICE Out NY, & #ShutRikers We’re standing with our immigrant neighbors and fighting back to protect our communities.

On Nov. 26, we filed a Motion to reopen his old deportation case- a court order he was unaware of. With that, his deportation is automatically stayed. 🚨Please sign the petition to demand ICE #FreeAllan immediately so he can reunite with his husband and community: bit.ly/FreeAllan

Allan is currently at a detention facility in NJ where ICE is not giving him all his prescribed medications at his scheduled times, which he takes for anxiety & depression. On Nov. 26, we filed a Motion to reopen his old deportation case- a court order he was unaware of. ACT NOW: bit.ly/FreeAllan

🚨ACTION NEEDED: #FreeAllan immediately! During the holiday season, Allan, a gay man originally from the Cayman Islands was detained & separated from his husband Matthew following their marriage-based green card interview. Allan has no criminal record. Help us reunite them: bit.ly/FreeAllan

Allan, our legal client, should be with his husband Matthew during this holiday season. Instead, he’s being kept in a NJ detention center. Additionally, ICE is not giving Allan all of his prescribed medications at his scheduled times. Help us reunite them. Sign the petition at bit.ly/FreeAllan.

🚨ACTION NEEDED: Help us reunite Allan with his husband before the holidays! Currently, Allan is still in a NJ detention center where he is not receiving all of his medication for anxiety & depression as was prescribed. Sign the petition: bit.ly/FreeAllan

We were proud to join @streetvendorproj.bsky.social, @maketheroadny.bsky.social , at City Hall yesterday in support of @cmpisanchez.bsky.social ‘s amended version of bill Int. 431-A which reforms NYC’s street vending system. ☎️ We have 5️⃣ days to pass this vital bill, call your councilmember today!