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user in California created a fundraiser for RAICES called "Reunite an immigrant parent with their child". As of June 20, 2018, the fundraiser had raised $ 12 million for RAICES and was one of the largest in Facebook's history. The fundraiser was created in response to a
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and circumventing federal authority over immigration policy. The law was temporarily paused due to an injunction issued by a federal judge, but in February 2017, a federal appeals panel ruled that the state could continue to enforce HB 11.
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In January 2016, RAICES' Executive Director, Jonathan Ryan, was part of a lawsuit filed against the state of Texas over House Bill 11, a law that made it a state felony to harbor undocumented immigrants. The lawsuit, which was filed by the
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agents to detain all adult immigrants suspected of crossing the border illegally. From early May to mid June 2018, over 2,300 children were separated from their parents as a result of the zero tolerance policy.
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In June 2018 RAICES launched a "National Families Together Hotline" to assist family members who had been separated by current US immigration policy, to locate and reconnect with one another.
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RAICES was founded in 1987 (sometimes listed as 1986) to help Central American refugees in the United States.
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providing immigration-related legal services, advocacy and opportunities for educational and social support
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RAICES' "National Families Together" Hotline Plans To Help Reunite Immigrant Kids & Their Parents
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American nonprofit organization aiming to provide legal services to immigrants
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led to the creation of an Internet campaign to collect funds for RAICES. A
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Index

RAICES
Tax ID no.
501(c)(3)
Non-profit organization
San Antonio, Texas
United States
South Texas
www.raicestexas.org
nonprofit organization
Texas
immigrants
undocumented immigrants
asylum seekers
Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
San Antonio
due process rights
Trump administration's family separation policy
Facebook
zero tolerance
United States Attorney General
Jeff Sessions
United States Border Patrol



"RAICES Jobs"
"Sanctuary Workers Guilty of Assisting Illegal Aliens"
"New Friends"
"REFUGEE & IMMIGRANT CENTER FOR EDUCATION & LEGAL SERVICES"
"They Wanted to Raise $ 1,500 for Immigrant Families at the Border. They Got Over $ 10 Million"

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