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GARNET IS FREE!
JUSTICE FOR GARNET!
DEFEND MIGRANT VETERANS! by @dma_washington

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Tanggol Migrante Movement confronts Philippine Consular Officials Leilani Feliciano, Ruel Gunabe, and Francis Villamin after they intentionally arrive late to Kuya Desmon's hearing in order to circumvent his desire for them to be barred from entry.

Consular officials disrupted the hearing, spent the time complaining about the length of the hearing, while one of them even fell asleep. The Philippine Consulate was not welcome here!

Consular officials evaded questions regarding their lack of support for detained Filipinos and ignored the people as public officials.

Kuya Nestor remains detained at the NWDC despite being granted release on October 7. Tatay Loreto still has an ankle monitor and cannot receive an MRI. Several detained migrants like Kuya Rob and Ate A have been denied assistance to nationals or ignored while experiencing severe medical violence at the NWDC.

The Philippine Consulate in Seattle continues to offer no answers to Filipinos in distress and shows its primary interest in holding business and trade meetings, attending fancy events, and not serving the Filipino people.

We demand genuine services and meaningful support for detained Filipinos. We demand advocacy for Tatay Loreto to have his ankle monitor removed, and for Kuya Nestor and Desmon, who has yet to receive an outcome from his hearing yesterday, to be immediately released from unjust detention.

Tanggol Migrante will continue to fight until our people receive freedom and justice. by @dma_washington

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At 2pm today, a coalition of community organizations and labor unions showed up in front of the Northwest Detention Center to demand the release of migrant workers and union members recently detained by ICE. SEIU6 members came out strong in support of two janitors who were detained on October 3rd.

One member is a single mother who sought asylum to escape extortion threats on her business in Peru. The other janitor cleaned the Westfield Southcenter Mall and had resided in the US for two decades. He was kidnapped and sent to a detention center in Texas.

The other workers highlight in the program are Kuya Desmon, Jose, Juan, and Lizandro.

Today’s action in support of our members and migrant workers was coordinated by @tanggolmigrantewa , @capybaracolectiva, @frsotacoma, @puso.tacoma, @malayatacoma, @imapnw, @dma_washington, @mlklabor, Teamsters, Pastor @abook06, @waaflcio, @seiu775, and SEIU6, continues to shed light on the cruel and dehumanizing violence enacted by ICE on our communities.

We will not stop until everyone is free and out of the NWDC.

#immigrantrights #seiu6 #solidarity by @dma_washington

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📸DEFEND MIGRANTS SELFIE CAMPAIGN
#FreeKuyaNestor!
#FreeThemAll!

📅WHEN: Oct. 12th-14th

The consulate continues to hide from the people and ignore our demands. We, the mass movement, refuse to stay silent as long as the consulate continues to turn its back on its most vulnerable.

🙋🏻‍♀️HOW TO PARTICIPATE:
1️⃣Ensure our demands are spread far and wide by snapping a selfie of yourself and your org, holding signs and banners that demand to FREE KUYA NESTOR, FREE THEM ALL! PHILIPPINE CONSULATE, INTERVENE NOW!

2️⃣Post to your organizations facebook/instagram page, or your personal page and tag or invite @tanggolmigrantewa and @dma_washington to collaborate. Add a slide or description of why you believe it is important for Nestor & all migrants in detention to be released. Invite your community to participate in the selfie campaign, too!

3️⃣TAG or SHARE to gov’t officials who have expressed support for migrants in detention: Maria Cantwell, Pramila Jayapal, Patty Murray, Emily Randall (and more) to uplift the demands of their constituents and call on ICE to WAIVE the appeal and ensure Nestor’s immediate release.

⁉️WHY IS THIS NECESSARY?
✅ Kuya Nestor WON his cancellation of removal case last Wednesday and still hasn’t been released. When the family went to the consulate to ask for support, the consulate threatened to call security on Nestor’s partner and two children.
✅Tatay Loreto still has an ankle monitor and has not been able to receive treatment for cancer.
✅Kuya Desmon awaits trial on the 14th, and the consulate has only visited him once, providing no assistance or care. by @dma_washington

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Join us on Wednesday, Oct 14, 2pm at NWDC for Kuya Desmon's final hearing and a rally to free them all!

Can't make it? Share a statement in comments or DM and we can read it aloud at the rally!

You may also donate at@DMA-WA to support all of our campaigns work across the Defend Migrants Alliance! by @dma_washington

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10/22 5:30p @ 350 Tacoma - PUSO Open House – Want to learn more about PUSO, why we fight for the Philippines, and how we do it through our work with @dma_washington , @ichrp.wa , and @ilps.wa ? Come learn with us about the conditions of filipino peasant farmers, workers, and migrants, and the direct role the US plays in their oppression and exploitation. Join us in building a movement for international solidarity and find a role in fighting alongside filipinos here and abroad for sovereignty and just peace in the Philippines. by @dma_washington

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6 days ago

Local man (O) was taken from Beacon Hill the Thursday before Labor Day, beaten, and his partner (F) was left behind and then evicted. She is now couch surfing on Beacon Hill and she is only 21. We can help (link in bio). by @dma_washington

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Beacon Hill family - Ana, Alexis, and their two children, are facing an unimaginably painful and destabilizing moment. Alexis was taken by ICE, sent to the Northwest Detention Center, and then quickly transferred to the Mississippi Detention Center.

This is a common tactic to separate those who are taken from their communities of support.

Together, Beacon Hill can show up for Ana, Alexis, and their children with real care and practical support. If you are able, please give what you can and help remind this family that they are not facing this alone.

Link in bio by @dma_washington

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11 days ago

Congrats to ACRS on their successful gala! We salute the continued advocacy and service to refugee and immigrant communities across King County. Community organizations in @dma_washington and @tanggolmigrantewa continue the work on the ground this week with two major activities - Wednesday Oct.7 Free Them All Rally and Saturday Oct. 10 Kalayaan Summit and Karapatang Kalusugan Health Symposium by @dma_washington

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See Part 1 and Join us on October 10 to continue the fight against corruption and for our kababayan's livelihood! Tinyurl.com/WASUMMITSYMPOSIUM by @dma_washington

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17 days ago

The Filipino community condemns Deputy Consul General of Seattle Leilani Feliciano’s silence and running away from accountability in the face of the urgent problems faced by Philippine nationals. The consulate has repeatedly refused to comment on the Negros Island massacre or even accept a copy of the results of fact finding missions to the area. The consulate has also refused to deliver the support they have promised to nationals detained and in distress. They have even threatened a caregiver with ICE detention after he came to them for support with after his wages were stolen. Meanwhile, since arriving to Seattle the PCGSea and consul Bensurto Jr. has worked tirelessly to forge economic and military ties, playing his part in the Marcos regime’s selling out of the Filipino people and our resources on a grand scale, including to the Pax Silica agreement.

We call on all Filipinos and allies to hold the consulate accountable and to take up the demands of kababayans in need, and fight for genuine sovereignty and democracy for our country! by @dma_washington

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Join the DMA - WAlking team!

Walk with us, sponsor a DMA-WA walker (venmo DMA-WA), walk on your own virtually, donate even more to support migrants impacted under Trump's deadly 2k deportations a day quota.

Weareherewalk.org by @dma_washington

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