Tuesday's two things: Feminist mutual aid, a dad in ICE detention, and more

Julia Smith

08 Jul 2025 — 1 min read

Item 1. Help a Los Angeles family

A personal friend is leading this fundraising effort ➡️ Bring Jairo home: Support his family during ICE detention.

Jairo had no criminal record and entered the US legally through "CHNV" humanitarian program. After getting married, [he and Melanie] retained an immigration attorney, kept meticulous records, and never missed an appointment. Now, Jairo is detained in Adelanto Detention Center and he and his family are desperate to be united.

...Every day her husband remains in detention, the chances he could be moved out of state, deported to Nicaragua, or worse, to a third-party country, increase.

Chip if you can! The GoFundMe goal is $8k to help cover rent, lawyer fee, bond payment, diapers, groceries, and more.

Item 2. Upcoming events

Just the messenger, as always -

[VIRTUAL] This Thursday, 7/10, 7-8pm ET ➡️ How to Be an Effective Advocate (Center for Common Ground + The Worker's Circle)
[VIRTUAL] This Friday, 7/11, 11am ET ➡️ Documenting and responding to ICE activity. Via Protect RP: "This training is in partnership with States at the Core, and includes foundational skills like identifying ICE, how to communicate and confirm a possible sighting, and common ruses used by ICE in their kidnappings."
[VIRTUAL] Next Tuesday, 7/15, 8pm ET ➡️ Feminist Mutual Aid Training (Several orgs collaborated to develop this one)
[VIRTUAL] Wednesday, 7/30, 1pm ET ➡️The Institute for Radical Permission Live with adrienne maree brown, Prentiss Hemphill, and Sonya Renee Taylor

Large crowd gathered under cloudy skies. Handmade signs have slogans like IMMIGRANTS HAVE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS and BRING KILMAR HOME. A rep from BAJI speaks at a mic.

Friday's one thing (with love from Maryland)

Weekend wish May we take even less shit than Judge Xinis. (That link is from The Hill; for a play-by-play of this week's hearings in the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case, dive into Anna Bower's Bluesky reporting for Lawfare.) P.S. This week I witnessed firsthand how

Close-up of a handmade poster at a protest in Baltimore. The sign reads THE WRONG ICE IS MELTING and has a sketch of polar icecaps with a penguin holding its own sign.

Tuesday's five ICE-melting, truth-telling things

Items 1-2. Melt ICE If you have a little money ➡️ I haven't met this person yet, but he is my neighbor, and now he has been detained by ICE. Resistencia en Acción NJ set up this GoFundMe for his legal fees and his family during this terrible time.

Monday's three things

Item 1. Now If the Big Bill passes today, it will cut billions in funding for Medicaid, SNAP, education, and more. ➡️ Text RESIST to 24284. Item 2. Anytime The Horizons Project writes that political violence has a playbook and that we can make it backfire. Item 3. Upcoming It'

An otherwise perfect-looking ice cream cone upended on a white marble surface. The scoop is smooshed.

A bonus bouquet of Th/F/wknd things

This is a little longer than usual because (with a sick kid home from day camp) I neglected to click send yesterday! Stick with me through the Weekend Wishes if you can. Yesterday's collection Item 1. Small acts Did you love the Summer Reading Challenge as a kid?