We are so excited to announce that Baby Aisha Lara is here! On her due date, November 18, Habibou was surrounded by support, including a French speaking physician and a Birthing Beautiful Communities doula as the couple welcomed a healthy baby girl into their family and our community. As is their custom, the family organized …
We are so moved by the generosity of the AMIS community. Last night’s event was a wonderful opportunity to connect with the people and families you have been supporting through your donations to AMIS. Thank you so much to everyone who joined us! We are thrilled to have raised almost $40,000, with some donations still …
Launched on Inauguration Day 2021, our $46 and Change” fundraising campaign has been a great success! We are so close to our initial goal and all $46 and Change donations received during the first 100 days of the Biden-Harris administration will be used to support DACA application fees for young Americans like *Mark Costillo (name …
Ansly Damus, the Haitian refugee who spent two years in a Geauga County jail before inspiring a nationwide movement powered by grassroots organizers and the ACLU to rally for freedom on behalf of asylum-seeking immigrants, is now working full-time and living in his own apartment in Cleveland Hts. He recently raised over $900 to buy …
Each time you support AMIS Ohio with donations, support, emails and social media sharing our “freedom family” grows. Most recently, your efforts helped bring freedom for Jonas, a 30-year-old asylum seeker from the Democratic Republic of Congo. He fled the Congo in 2017 after being severely beaten and detained by corrupt government officials when he …
Now in her early 40s, Leonor has lived in the United States all her adult life. In her early 20s, in California where she lived at the time, someone claimed to be an attorney who wasn’t, took her money, and was unable to legally assist them, thereby obfuscating her path to citizenship. This act of …
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Elias Castro-Tum was set free from unjust detention at Northeast Ohio Corrections late in the day on Friday, Feb. 21, 2020 and returned to New Philadelphia with his girlfriend and her two sons. With the support of AMIS, Inc. and our nonprofit partners IRTF (InterReligious Task Force on Central America) and Cleveland Jobs with Justice, …
Issoufou, Emmanuel, and Idrissa who are from Burkina Faso, were released from the Youngstown prison on Monday, January 13, and arrived at their new home at Forest Hill Church Presbyterian in Cleveland Heights late in the afternoon. AMIS, Inc., the Diocese of Cleveland Immigration Assistance Fund, and Cleveland Jobs with Justice raised the $45,000 needed …
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