Archive | News RSS feed for this section

    Community Leaders Demand ICE Out of Milwaukee Sixteen hundred signed postcard petitions were delivered to the Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission after a press conference calling for community trust   MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN — On Thursday, September 5, 2019, dozens of Milwaukee community members gathered for a press conference before giving public testimony and delivering […]

Frequently Asked Questions on the Proposed changes to Milwaukee Police Departments’ Policy on Immigration (SOP130) Voces de la Frontera and allied organizations propose changes to the existing Milwaukee Police Department (MPD) Standard Operating Procedure on immigration (SOP 130) to create stronger safeguards against collaboration between local law enforcement and Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE). These […]

  Milwaukee action is part of a national wave of Jewish-led “Never Again” actions to resist the Trump Administration’s campaign of terror against immigrants and refugees. Video here Photos here   MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN — On Thursday, August 1st, 22 Wisconsin Jewish leaders blockaded the garage doors of the Milwaukee Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) building beginning shortly after 9 […]

The undersigned, support changes to the Milwaukee Police Department Standard Operating Procedure 130, which would create stronger safeguards to ensure public dollars for law enforcement are not used to collaborate with Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the absence of a judicial warrant. Under Trump’s xenophobic and racist war on immigrant and refugee families, it is […]

Click here to purchase tickets, sponsorships, and ads now! Click here to purchase tickets, sponsorships, and ads now! Date and Time: Friday, October 25th, doors open 5:00pm for Cocktails & Entertainment. 6:30pm Dinner & Program. Location: Harley Davidson Museum, Chrome Room, 400 W Canal St, Milwaukee, WI 53201 Keynote Speaker: Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes   Individual Tickets & […]

Voces de la Frontera is organizing a statewide tour called “Defending Families, Restoring Driver’s Licenses for Immigrants” to strengthen support through Wisconsin for the restoration of access to driver’s licenses for immigrants. Come to the forum to get informed and get involved in the fight to restore driver licenses for immigrants in Wisconsin. Help us […]

MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN — On Thursday, the Supreme Court blocked the Trump Administration’s effort to add a citizenship question to the 2020 US Census, rejecting the Trump Administration’s stated justification for adding the citizenship question as “contrived.” While the Court gave the Administration the opportunity to provide an adequate justification, the Administration has said that they need to […]

31 ministers, rabbis, and other religious leaders blocked the garage doors of the ICE building in Milwaukee to stop agents from leaving to detain and deport community members Hundreds of people rallied at the same time Photos here. Video here. MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN — On Monday, a group of 31 ministers, rabbis, and religious leaders blocked the […]

On Tuesday, the House of Representatives passed the Dream and Promise Act, which provides a path to citizenship to some 2.5 million immigrant young people and refugees currently threatened with deportation because of President Trump’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and Deferred Enforced Departure […]