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We’re relieved the world is welcoming Ukrainian refugees and excited to dance with our Ukrainian friends in San Diego. In the meantime, let’s not forget that the 26 million refugees from the global majority rarely get a second thought or are greeted with the love and dignity they deserve. In our own backyard, inhumane immigration laws are putting thousands of vulnerable asylum seekers in horrible situations full of danger in Mexico. Often refugees and asylum seekers don’t want a better life. They just want to live. Please keep informed to dispel myths about immigration and help us expand our reach to bring much-needed support to refugee communities. 

Peter Schey, Tenacious Lawyer Who Defended Migrant Rights, Dies at 77

He won the right to services like school and health care for people illegally crossing the border into the U.S. He also fought the Trump administration’s family separation policy. 

THE NEW YORK TIMES April 25, 2024

Peter Schey, a driven defender of the human rights of migrants crossing the Southern border, who won landmark legal cases requiring humane care for undocumented children and the right of migrants to attend school and receive health care in states that tried to bar those services, died in Los Angeles on April 2. He was 77.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/25/us/politics/peter-schey-dead.

His death, in a hospital, was caused by complications of lymphoma, said Melinda Bird, a former wife.

Mr. Schey (pronounced shay), an immigrant himself, from South Africa, ran his legal practice as a small nonprofit group in Los Angeles, making a major impact even as his workaholism and impatience drove away other public interest lawyers who tried to work for him. He took on both Democratic and Republican administrations in Washington.    READ MORE HERE

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    Gente Unida is called to highlight those working for social justice and to find collective means to feed, protect, clothe and comfort those in our community that have limited access to resources due to their nationality, immigration status, age, gender, or political status.

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Educating others about immigration issues and changing perceptions about migrants

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Educational and arts programs for Migrant/Refugee children, especially in partnership with migrant shelters in Baja California.

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