Our reading and teach-in event on Saturday was a huge success! We had a full house and felt so much love from the community. A heartfelt thank you to Pilsen Community Books for hosting and collaborating with us, as well as generously donating $2,168 from their Indie Bookstore Day sales to MIBF!

Earlier this week, MIBF joined more than 200 organizations condemning attacks on lawyers and access to justice.

We're honored to host Alejandra Oliva, Diego Báez, Daniel Borzutzky, Faisal Mohyuddin, and Angelica Julia Dávila for a reading in support of MIBF at Pilsen Community Books on Indie Bookstore Day (this Saturday!) at 6:30 pm. You'll also hear from us about the work we do to pay immigration bonds to free individuals from ICE custody. Snacks and drinks will be available with all proceeds going to MIBF!

Two more community members are now free! That brings our total to 25 people released from ICE detention in 2025 so far!

This progress is only possible because of YOU.

✊🏽 Three more people are FREE! That makes 23 community members released from ICE detention so far in 2025!

April 26 for Indie Bookstore Day, Alejandra Oliva, Diego Báez, Daniel Borzutzky and other special guests will be at the store starting at 6:30 P.M, for a reading and teach-in in support of MIBF!

Detaining families with children is cruel and unnecessary. There are humane solutions to ensure families comply with immigration proceedings while saving taxpayers money.

TWO MORE people FREED from ICE! 🎉 We are so grateful for your continued support and recent grants that allows for MIBF to continue to secure the release of individuals from ICE detention, bringing our total to 20 people freed this year. #FreeThemAll

Another person is free! 🎉 With your support, we’ve secured the release of yet another individual from ICE detention, bringing our total to 18 people freed this year. Amid the alarming rise in ICE detentions reported in the news, every bond paid is a step toward justice.

Your gift keeps on giving! 💛 Donate to our revolving fund and help free someone from detention. When someone’s case is completed, their bond returns to the fund—ready to help someone else in need. One act of kindness, infinite impact.

Another person is free! 🎉 Thanks to your support, we’ve bonded out another individual from ICE detention, bringing our total to 17 people freed this year.

MIBF continues to see a surge in bond applications, and thanks to your generous support we have been able to keep the app open all year, we were able to bond out an additional individual recently—bringing our total to 13 people freed in 2025!

“This policy is associated with some of the most shameful stains on our country’s history, including the reactionary and xenophobic internment of more than 120,000 people of Japanese descent in concentration camps across the United States during WWII…”

Women in immigration detention experience unique abuses, but they also fight back by telling their own stories and demanding justice. Today, on International Women's Day, donate to MIBF to help us #FreeThemAll

We have bonded out 4 individuals this week! Totaling 12 folks in 2025. We cannot do this without your continued support. Thank you for helping us get folks out of detention!

Yesterday, we posted a bond to free one more individual, totaling 8 people in 2025!

This week MIBF joined over 200 human rights organizations in a letter to congress demanding they reject funding for the Trump Administration's unprecedented expansion of the immigrant detention system to detain over 120,000 people, including the use of military assets and bases including Guantanamo Bay.

As we approach the end of Black History Month, we invite our online community to continue the year-round work of dismantling anti-Black racism in immigration advocacy through education and intentional conversations.

After President Trump's inauguration, ICE detentions at Boone County Jail surged, with 77% of January's 113 arrests occurring post-inauguration. This reflects a nationwide increase in immigration enforcement under the new administration.

This ProPublica story highlights the resilience of Nicaraguan immigrants in Wisconsin, who are sending belongings home as they prepare for potential mass deportations.