Allie Seidel
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Yesterday, businesses across the country went on strike against ICE. Our offices remained open to continue reporting, but we want to make it clear where Voice Media Group and our publications stand.
Immigrants are a vital part of our community. Our employees. Our readers. Our members. And our advertisers. We support them today in the strike against ICE and the current administration’s surge in funding of this program, sending thousands of agents into U.S. communities.
Our company and publications were built on uplifting the voices of our communities – voices from all backgrounds of life – and holding our government leaders, both locally and nationally, to account. We are standing in solidarity with today’s national protest.
Today, we remember Renee Good.
We remember Alex Pretti.
We will continue reporting for children taken from their homes and families, like five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos.
We will continue reporting for anyone who is feeling terrified to step foot in a hospital to bring their children in for treatments or to visit a member of their family.
We will continue reporting to stand vigilant and expose the indignities and abuse happening within the immigrant communities.
In addition to our solidarity, 50 percent of the membership contributions we raise January 30-31 to support our journalism will be donated to local pro-immigrant nonprofits in each of our markets:
- Denver: Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network
- Phoenix: Phoenix Legal Action Network
- Miami: International Rescue Committee
- Dallas: Immigration Advocates Network
Follow each of our publications’ reporting across the country today for stories on protests, strikes and other action, and our ongoing coverage of immigration and Trump: Westword, Phoenix New Times, Dallas Observer and Miami New Times.
Thank you for your time. Be safe.
