As the administration of President Donald Trump continues its crackdown on undocumented people across the country, a dedicated group of legal organizations has mobilized to help impoverished migrants facing detention, deportation or family separations.
Barbara Peña, 45, is at the forefront of the movement working in opposition to Trump’s immigration policies. “The workload can be intense,” she explains. “Sixty-hour work weeks are not uncommon.”
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Peña is the education and outreach director for the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES), a Texas-based nonprofit that offers low-cost legal services mainly to people who fled poverty or instability in Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and southern Mexico.
RAICES is best known for a viral fundraising campaign that brought the organization more than $20 million in donations over the summer, propelled by public shock over the news that the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy had separated more than 2,000 children from their families.
Source: Inside The Fight To Get Justice For Detained Migrants In Trump’s America
