Dallas信仰团体与志愿律师扩大协作：为被拘留移民提供法律支持，讲座已触及逾1200人
位于德克萨斯州达拉斯县的 Dallas 市，多信仰团体正与志愿律师扩大协作，为被拘留移民提供法律支持。据宗教新闻社（RNS）10月20日报道，由多信仰神职人员组成的 Dallas Area Interfaith（DAI）与 Industrial Areas Foundation、Texas A&M 法律诊所等推行「移民拘留项目」，以向联邦法院提人身保护令等方式挑战拘留。项目于2024年底启动。组织者 Tim McManus 称，项目起初招募非移民律师处理保释听证，后因保释机会大幅减少，转而主攻人身保护令。已有多起案件促成当事人获释，包括一对在 Plano 被拘留并申请庇护的母女、一名有严重医疗需求的33岁毛里塔尼亚男子，以及一名4岁来美、险些与美籍子女分离被驱逐的墨西哥裔父亲。过去一年，该联盟在各会众举办的「了解你的权利」讲座已触及逾1200人；志愿者还旁听移民法庭、陪同移民赴移民与海关执法局（ICE）报到。Santa Teresita 天主教堂牧师 Ángel Ríos 是 DAI 领袖之一，他表示本国司法系统对移民完全陌生。组织者 Silvia Manzano 表示，教会成了移民家庭感到安全的地方。国土安全部发言人10月9日回复 RNS 表示，被 ICE 逮捕者享有正当程序，可获法院批准的免费或低费用律师名单，被拘留者也可电话联系律师；该部对倡议者关于家庭分离的关切提出异议。
Dallas Faith Groups and Volunteer Lawyers Expand Legal Support for Detained Immigrants
In Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, congregations across faith traditions are expanding their work with volunteer lawyers to support people held in immigration detention. According to Religion News Service (RNS) on October 20, Dallas Area Interfaith (DAI), made up of clergy from various faith traditions, has spent the last two years partnering with the Industrial Areas Foundation, Texas A&M Legal Clinics and others on its Immigration Detention Project, training clergy, organizers and volunteer lawyers to challenge detentions in federal court through habeas corpus petitions. The project began in late 2024. Organizer Tim McManus said the coalition first recruited non-immigration attorneys to handle bond hearings, but changes in immigration policy sharply reduced those opportunities, prompting a shift toward habeas petitions. According to the project, several cases have resulted in releases, including a mother and young daughter from Plano detained separately while pursuing asylum claims, a 33-year-old Mauritanian man with serious medical needs, and a Mexican father who arrived in the United States at age 4 and was nearly deported away from his U.S.-citizen children. Over the past year, the coalition's Know Your Rights workshops hosted by congregations have reached more than 1,200 people, covering legal rights, immigration fraud and family preparedness, while volunteers also monitor immigration courts and accompany migrants to check-ins at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) field offices. The Rev. Ángel Ríos, pastor of Our Lady of San Juan de los Lagos-Santa Teresita Catholic Church and a DAI leader, said the country's judicial system is completely unknown to immigrants. Organizer Silvia Juliana Manzano said churches have become places where immigrant families feel safe. In an October 9 email to RNS, a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said people arrested by ICE receive due process and a court-approved list of free or low-cost attorneys, and that detainees have access to phones to contact their lawyers; the department disputed advocates' and faith leaders' concerns about family separation.
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