Voces Unidas: LIRC is a POC-founded and led New Orleans Coalition. Our vision is an immigration policy and process that honors humanity by ending human detention and the tyranny of racist immigration policies and practices rooted in White Supremacy. We seek to engage our communities in assisting migrating people. Our mission is to amplify the work of established immigrant rights organizations, mobilize our communities for political action, and provide direct support to people immigrating to and through Louisiana.
Voces Unidas provides community support to undocumented community members in the Greater New Orleans area by connecting them to direct resources and providing resources in times of crisis, such as the covid pandemic and hurricane disasters. In addition, we fill the gap the Federal Govt leaves by not providing any resources to asylum seekers.
We work in the State of Louisiana assisting in Transportation logistics when someone is released from a detention center and brought to New Orleans. We provide shelter, food, cell phones, sometimes clothing, toiletries, etc. At the same time, advocate for nonracist immigration policies to end the incarceration of asylum seekers and close detention centers.
We will help 100-150 per year, and this work is ongoing until detention centers in Louisiana are shut down.