The Midwest Immigration Bond Fund hopes to share stories of how the immigration court and ICE system affects individuals and families from Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Kentucky.
El Fondo de Fianzas de Inmigración del Medio Oeste espera compartir historias de cómo la corte de inmigración y el sistema ICE afectan a las personas y familias de Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin y Kentucky.
Standing With Palestine
🚨 Use your voice and power to stand for justice, to stand with Palestine 🚨
MIBF Retreat
Last weekend, the MIBF board met for a hybrid in-person/virtual retreat. It was a very inspiring meeting to plan for the rest of the year and into 2024! Click here for some photos.
Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month
To resist the corporate co-optation of Latinx history and culture, MIBF is celebrating the Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month by centering and highlighting stories and reflections from our Hispanic/Latinx Board members. Swipe to hear from MIBF Board members.
What Are ICE Jail Contracts?
What are ICE jail contracts, and how do they facilitate profits from incarcerating people? Click to learn more and consider donating to help free folks in ICE detention.
Tell Biden to close immigration detention center!
Sign and share this national petition calling on President Biden to take bold action by using his authority to end immigration detention contract!
“Detained Immigrants Seeking Release on Bond Have Widely Different Outcomes – Overall Bond Grant Rates Have Dropped”
"The latest case-by-case Immigration Court records show that detained immigrants seeking release on bond have widely differing outcomes depending upon where they are being held." - via Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse. Click to read their full report here.
Meet 5 More Returning Board Members!
Meet our remaining returning board members! We welcome them back to MIBF and look forward to this year! See the thread for a quick highlight into "Why MIBF?" from each member.
Meet 5 Returning Board Members!
Meet 5 returning board members! We welcome them back to MIBF and look forward to this year! See the thread for a quick highlight into "Why MIBF?" from each member.
MIBF Statement to ICE re: CeBONDS
Read the comment we submitted to ICE re: CeBONDS here.
Meet Our Newest Board Members!
Meet 5 of our newest board members! We welcome them to MIBF and look forward to this year! See the thread for a quick highlight into "Why MIBF?" from each member.
Ending All Forms of Collaboration with Texas on Operation Lone Star
The federal government has a clear responsibility to not only cease collaboration with Texas officials on Operation Lone Star but also to push back on this unthinkable cruelty. Read our letter here!
TWO more people FREED!
Our amazing bond team posted TWO bonds this morning. Love to see this! As always, thank you for your continued support in MIBF and to our team for working on this to ensure TWO more individuals are FREED today.
End Deportations to Mauritania
MIBF along with 100+ other partners have signed onto the UndocuBlack Network’s letter demanding a stop to deportations to Mauritania.
Together We Are Stronger
A year ago this week, we obtained our 501(c)3 status! We are proud to be part of the National Bail Fund Network who continues to support us and to Minnesota Freedom Fund NorCal Resist Prairielands Freedom Fund who helped post bonds for us until we obtained our 501(c)3 status.
One More Person FREED
MIBF was able to post our 13th bond this week to free another person from ICE!
Urging President Biden to drop his appeal and END THE ASYLUM BAN immediately.
Last week, we joined over 200 organizations to urge President Biden to drop his appeal and end the asylum ban immediately.
Freedom?
As the United States celebrates "freedom" on July 4, MIBF calls on us all to contemplate what freedom means and for who. We will continue working towards a society in which the concept of freedom is achieved in its fullest and truest sense, rather than as merely a symbolic and historic idea.
Great Event at Pilsen Community Books Last Night!
Great time at Pilsen Community Book Shop last night supporting Board Member Alejandra Oliva!
More than 100 Organizations Urge a Centralized Process for a Chance to Come Home
Check out this letter from over 100 NGOs supporting the ask for a Chance to Come Home for deported people seeking to reunite with their loved ones in the U.S.
Rivermouth by Alejandra Oliva
We're so excited to celebrate and support board member Alejandra Oliva's book RIVERMOUTH with Carlos Ballesteros at Pilsen Community Book Shop on June 27