Immigrant rights group uses $2.1 million to free nearly 200 detainees
By Louis Casiano | Fox News
An immigrants rights group said Wednesday it was using $2.1 million in donations to post bonds for nearly 200 undocumented detainees across the country in a bid to reunify families separated at the nation's southern border.
The Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services, or RAICES, a Texas nonprofit that provides low-cost legal services to immigrant and refugee families, teamed up with the National Bail Network and volunteers to make the payments in a single-day effort.
Wednesday's actions are aimed at bringing attention to the number of immigrants being detained, the arbitrary way in which bond is granted and the expense shouldered by detainees and their families, said Blake Vera, the RAICES interim director of the bond fund.
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