MEDIA ADVISORY

April 27, 2020

CONTACT: Daniel Ball, 203-213-9303 dball@bds.org

***For Immediate Release***

BROOKLYN DEFENDER SERVICES, RAICES, AND NDLON HOST LIVESTREAM ON IMMIGRANT JUSTICE IN THE TIME OF COVID-19

(NEW YORK, NY) – Tomorrow, join newly freed immigrants, excluded immigrant workers, and experts from Brooklyn Defender Services, RAICES, and the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON) for a livestream discussion and national perspectives on defending and advancing immigrant and worker justice during COVID-19. The federal pandemic response has trapped thousands of people in ICE’s jails and excluded millions of essential workers from emergency food and financial aid. Hear from directly impacted individuals and experts on what we can do in our communities to advance legal and bottom up solutions that save lives and build a new vision for comprehensive immigrant justice.

Please sign up here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bMP-GavTRN2CSe70U475Ng

DATE: Tuesday, April 28, 2020, 1:00 pm

WHO: Newly freed immigrants, workers excluded from COVID relief.

Andrea Saenz, Attorney-in-Charge, BDS’ New York Immigrant Family Unity Project

Erika Andiola, Chief Advocacy Officer, RAICES Texas

Salvador Sarmiento, Legislative Director, NDLON

Gabriela Domenzain, Senior Advisor, BDS

WHAT: Zoom Press Conference/Facebook Livestream on Immigrant Justice in times of COVID-19

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Brooklyn Defender Services (BDS) is a non-profit public defense office in Brooklyn, New York. BDS provides multi-disciplinary and client-centered criminal defense, family defense, immigration and other civil legal services, and social work support to over 30,000 indigent Brooklyn residents every year.