Knowledge is Power

There is no question that immigrant communities are facing one of the most challenging periods in U.S. history. ICE is arresting and detaining a record number of people for deportation — and those numbers are expected to keep rising. In July 2025, Congress approved more than $170 billion over four years for border and interior enforcement. According to the Brennan Center for Justice, that annual spending exceeds the combined budgets of every state and local law enforcement agency in the country. Most of this funding is dedicated to locating, arresting, detaining, and deporting immigrants who are already living in the United States.

Under these circumstances, it is entirely understandable that people without lawful immigration status feel afraid. News coverage frequently highlights immigration raids, arrests, and detentions. Those stories are real and concerning — but they are incomplete. The reporting focuses on the part that generates fear, not on what comes next.

What truly matters is that a raid or arrest is only the beginning of the story, not the end. The legal process that follows — and the potential for a positive outcome — is what ultimately counts. Understanding how deportation defense works is one of the most powerful tools an immigrant can have, and it can be the difference between a tragic outcome and a hopeful one.

Normally, the most frightening part of life for undocumented immigrants in the United States is the belief that they are powerless to defend themselves against detention and deportation by ICE. In reality, most people are far from powerless — they simply have not been shown how to prepare so they can avoid prolonged immigration detention and ultimately prevail in their deportation cases. That lack of understanding is entirely reasonable; immigration law is one of the most complex areas of the U.S. legal system. But the truth is that very few cases are hopeless. In fact, the majority of deportation cases are defensible.

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