"Broken Hope" Book Delivery on Capitol Hill
OHIA is seeking volunteers to help deliver copies of “Broken Hope: Deportation and the Road Home” to every member of the U.S. House and Senate on June 11 in Washington, DC! Read more and sign up here.
(NIJC) Chance to Come Home: Overcoming Injustices in the U.S. Immigration System
Sara Hamdi, Tina’s eldest sister, is joining the National Immigrant Justice Center for “Chance to Come Home: Overcoming Injustices in the U.S. Immigration System,” a town hall in Los Angeles, CA on May 10. Catch it in person in LA or via livestream here.
Webinar: Broken Hope
On January 30, 2024 at 1 p.m. ET, members of the public are invited to attend a webinar to learn more about the people behind “Broken Hope: Deportation and the Road Home.”
Written by Lynn Tramonte of the Ohio Immigrant Alliance and Suma Setty at the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP), “Broken Hope” is based on 255 interviews conducted by OHIA Organizer Maryam Sy between 2021 to 2023. The men and women Sy interviewed had lived in 22 states and were deported to 27 countries, primarily in Africa. They had a median U.S. residency of 17 years, as well as families, businesses, homes, and careers they were forced to leave behind. They told Sy they envision a world where they can come back to the lives they left, and that they want to be seen and heard in the immigration debate.