On August 7^th, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested/detained over 680 immigrants working in seven poultry plants in Mississippi. Over 600 ICE agents, in a coordinated effort, terrified hundreds of immigrant families through Mississippi and beyond. Three TRP staff members joined activists, volunteers and organizers to provide support to those affected by the detention of over 680 workers. Below are photos from the trip.

Thank you to Scorpion Graphics for printing 300 backpacks with school supplies for immigrant children in Morton, Forest, and Canton, Mississippi. The backpacks say “Somos Familia/We are One Family. Thank you to the student workers at Purdue University, St. Agnes of Bohemia families and members of a new base community at St. Pius V Church for supporting this effort.

Thank you to Scorpion Graphics for printing 300 backpacks with school supplies for immigrant children in Morton, Forest, and Canton, Mississippi. The backpacks say “Somos Familia/We are One Family. Thank you to the student workers at Purdue University, St. Agnes of Bohemia families and members of a new base community at St. Pius V Church for supporting this effort.

TRP staff members attended the Mississippi Immigrants Rights Alliance’s Pop-Up Legal Clinic at Trinity United Methodist Church.

TRP staff members joined parish leaders in a night prayer service with affected youth and families. Representatives from the Mississippi Immigrants Rights Alliance, UFCW, members of the Dominican Laity of New Orleans, LA and a caravan of Dominican Sisters of Springfield, IL shared in a blessing and listened to powerful testimonies from the raid.

Sunday mass in Morton, Mississippi.