Workgroup: Supporting Our Immigrant Neighbors

Baby Shower Drive

Rise Up Frederick is partnering with the Asian American Center of Frederick's Welcome Baby program to support local immigrant families with babies on the way. We are collecting new items and cash donations until November 30th!

Click here to access our Sign Up Genius

Immigrant Legal Resource Center Red Card Campaign

• Print out free Know-Your-Rights cards. 56 languages available.

• If you are a nonprofit, order the cards for free.

• Donate to the campaign

Learn about 287(g) in Frederick with this resource from the ACLU

• From the site: "287(g) is a federal-local partnership that authorizes a local law enforcement agency to perform duties of the federal Immigration and Custom’s Enforcement (ICE), an agency within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)"

• Also: "The people arrested and processed through the 287(g) program are overwhelmingly nonviolent, and are pretextually arrested for traffic offenses so they can be questioned about their immigration status at the jail, have immigration proceedings initiated against them, and then deported."

• Frederick County in 2008 was the first to introduce this program to Maryland

Local Nonprofits Working to Help Our Immigrant Community (Many of these organizations have lost funding due to federal cuts and can use our help)

• Spanish Speaking Community of Maryland

• Centro Hispano de Frederick

• Asian American Center of Frederick

• The Literacy Council of Frederick County

• Mission of Mercy

• Refugee Welcoming Coalition of Frederick