Take action today, with Queer Detainee Empowerment Project, Black LGBTQ+ Migrant Project, and La ColectiVA, to demand that ICE #FreePaulWhite
Join us to fight to #FreePaulWhite! ICE is trying to deport Paul White, a Black bisexual migrant who has lived in the US for 20 years. He’s been held at Caroline Detention Facility since August 2020 while fighting his deportation. Paul’s entire community is in the United States. He has a young daughter, who is a U.S. citizen, as well as friends and family across the U.S.
While in ICE custody, Paul has suffered countless indignities and abuses at the hands of ICE officers. The ICE officers target him because he speaks out against their abuses. Paul has submitted several grievances internally within the Caroline Detention Facility, as well as a complaint to the DHS Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties and to the DHS Officer of the Inspector General. Paul has also gone on hunger strike several times to protest his treatment while in detention. Paul also has health issues, including type 2 diabetes, hypertension and struggles with depression and anxiety. Join us in this urgent campaign and let’s #FreePaulWhite and free them all!
Actions you can take:
- Contact ICE (contacts and script below)
- Sign the petition
- Join us for a phone zap this Friday 7/23 at 12pm ET and virtual rally to #FreePaulWhite – Wednesday 7/28 at 12pm ET
- Share the campaign toolkit (includes sample tweets and posts)
Contact ICE – Email/Call:
- Assistant Field Office Director
- EMAIL: James.A.Mullan@ice.dhs.gov
- PHONE: 804-330-8266
- Supervisory Detention and Deportation Officer
- EMAIL: Joseph.B.Ordon@ice.dhs.gov
- PHONE: 804-330-8454
- Supervisory Detention and Deportation Officer
- EMAIL: Jose.RamirezJr@ice.dhs.gov
- PHONE: 804-633-0043 x 165
- Deportation Officer
- EMAIL: Paul.N.Bevard@ice.dhs.gov
- PHONE: 804-633-0043 x 160
- ICE Washington Field Office
- EMAIL: Washington.Outreach@ice.dhs.gov
- PHONE: 703-285-6200
- *ask for contacts listed here and/or ask to pass the message to DO Paul Bevard)
Script/Email
Hello, my name is (NAME), and I’m contacting you to urge you to free Paul White, who is currently detained at Caroline Detention Facility. Paul has been living in the U.S. for 20 years and his entire community is in the United States, including his young daughter, who is a U.S. citizen, as well as friends and family across the U.S. Paul, is bisexual and fears deporation back to his home country that is life threatening due to history of persecution and marginalization. Paul suffers from health issues, some that he acquired or has been heightened while detained by ICE, health issues include type 2 diabetes and hypertension, and struggles with depression and anxiety. Paul is seeking multiple methods of legal resolution to his case and we are ready to continue supporting him upon his release. We ask with urgency that you free Paul immediately. Thank you!
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