Al Otro Lado
@alotrolado-org.bsky.social
Bi-national organization providing no-cost legal aid + humanitarian support for deportees, refugees + separated families. L.A., San Diego, Tijuana.
We're offering free legal assistance to CA residents state-wide who earn a low income + who may be eligible to file one of the following case types ⤵️ with USCIS. Space is limited.
To schedule a consultation (virtual or in person), please call 323-238-993 or email [email protected].
To schedule a consultation (virtual or in person), please call 323-238-993 or email [email protected].
November 18, 2025 at 1:00 AM
We're offering free legal assistance to CA residents state-wide who earn a low income + who may be eligible to file one of the following case types ⤵️ with USCIS. Space is limited.
To schedule a consultation (virtual or in person), please call 323-238-993 or email [email protected].
To schedule a consultation (virtual or in person), please call 323-238-993 or email [email protected].
Al Otro Lado ofrece asistencia legal gratuita a los residentes de CA en todo el estado que tienen bajos ingresos y que pueden ser elegibles para presentar uno de los siguientes tipos de casos ⤵️ ante USCIS. El espacio es limitado. Contáctenos al 323-238-9935 o [email protected].
November 18, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Al Otro Lado ofrece asistencia legal gratuita a los residentes de CA en todo el estado que tienen bajos ingresos y que pueden ser elegibles para presentar uno de los siguientes tipos de casos ⤵️ ante USCIS. El espacio es limitado. Contáctenos al 323-238-9935 o [email protected].
BREAKING: The Supreme Court will review the Trump administration’s appeal in our case challenging the former “turnback”/“metering” policy, which blocked people from seeking asylum at the southern border. The Ninth Circuit ruled the policy unlawful. 1/5
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Supreme Court to consider case that could limit asylum rights for migrants
The Supreme Court agreed to review what it means for a migrant to “arrive” in the United States.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:34 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court will review the Trump administration’s appeal in our case challenging the former “turnback”/“metering” policy, which blocked people from seeking asylum at the southern border. The Ninth Circuit ruled the policy unlawful. 1/5
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
In an attempt to warn ICE officers that children were nearby, a U.S. citizen was shot. ICE agents hide behind masks, swearing they’re under threat + their lives are at risk. It's a lie that fuels violence w 0 accountability. It’s *our* lives at risk, not ICE agents’.
ICE Agents Shoot U.S. Citizen in Los Angeles Area
In Southern California, advocates are raising more alarm over ICE’s use of force in immigration raids, after agents shot a 25-year-old U.S. citizen in the Los Angeles area as he attempted to warn the federal officers that children would soon gather at a school bus stop where the officers had just pulled over a vehicle. Lawyers for Carlos Jimenez said he was shot while trying to leave the scene and reversed his car in panic. A bullet remains lodged in the back of his right shoulder. Jimenez was then arrested, accused of assaulting an officer, which his lawyers deny. He was released from jail on bond last week as he faces federal charges. The shooting came about a week after ICE agents shot a Mexican immigrant they were attempting to arrest during a botched operation in L.A. late last month.
www.democracynow.org
November 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
In an attempt to warn ICE officers that children were nearby, a U.S. citizen was shot. ICE agents hide behind masks, swearing they’re under threat + their lives are at risk. It's a lie that fuels violence w 0 accountability. It’s *our* lives at risk, not ICE agents’.
So deeply grateful for @jessethorn.bsky.social's support 🙏💕! No one should die seeking safety. We fight back with legal aid, food, and hope. Join the fight. Donate today. ✊ #BuildHopeNotWalls
Again, if you want to help: @alotrolado-org.bsky.social does direct service for people on both sides of the border. Food, shelter, legal training and assistance. We have raised over $350,000 and they need more. Please help.
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Build Hope, Not Walls
Be the last line of defense. Join the fight for immigrants’ rights. The United States government is shutting its doors to refugees, expanding internment camps, and unleashing mass deportation program...
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November 11, 2025 at 7:20 PM
So deeply grateful for @jessethorn.bsky.social's support 🙏💕! No one should die seeking safety. We fight back with legal aid, food, and hope. Join the fight. Donate today. ✊ #BuildHopeNotWalls
ICE continues to terrorize schools, homes + now hospitals–waving guns in staff’s faces, even to shackling patients, Gov. Newsom has signed SB 81 to prevent ICE from entering medical facilities w/out proper docs. But let's face it, ICE is lawless.
Immigration agents are raiding California hospitals and clinics. Can a new state law prevent that?
Legal experts say the new California law can’t fully protect immigrant patients because federal authorities are allowed in public places, such as hospital lobbies and parking lots.
www.latimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:30 AM
ICE continues to terrorize schools, homes + now hospitals–waving guns in staff’s faces, even to shackling patients, Gov. Newsom has signed SB 81 to prevent ICE from entering medical facilities w/out proper docs. But let's face it, ICE is lawless.
Pregnant women are being horrifically mistreated in ICE custody. This is an outrage, one that unveils the glaring hypocrisy of the “pro-life” party who claim to be for protecting the unborn yet are fine w endangering the lives of immigrant mothers + their babies.
Pregnant women describe miscarrying and bleeding out while in ICE custody, advocates say
The ACLU and other groups are pressing for ICE to identify and release all pregnant women in custody and to stop detaining anyone known to be pregnant, postpartum or nursing.
www.nbcnews.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Pregnant women are being horrifically mistreated in ICE custody. This is an outrage, one that unveils the glaring hypocrisy of the “pro-life” party who claim to be for protecting the unborn yet are fine w endangering the lives of immigrant mothers + their babies.
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In August, ICE agents in full tactical gear blew the front door off a home in order to violently arrest an expectant mom who was getting back from a medical check-up.
“… an agent turned an outdoor surveillance camera away from what was transpiring—an act she caught on camera and shared w/KTLA.”
“… an agent turned an outdoor surveillance camera away from what was transpiring—an act she caught on camera and shared w/KTLA.”
ICYMI at @americasvoice.bsky.social: Johnson claims he hasn’t seen ICE “cross the line yet.” Maybe he should try opening his eyes.
The growing list of ICE violations against US citizens includes nearly 20 kids—including two with cancer: americasvoicecnn.substack.com/p/speaker-jo... #KavanaughStop
The growing list of ICE violations against US citizens includes nearly 20 kids—including two with cancer: americasvoicecnn.substack.com/p/speaker-jo... #KavanaughStop
Speaker Johnson Claims He Hasn’t Seen ICE ‘Cross The Line Yet.’ Maybe He Should Open His Eyes
The growing list of ICE violations against U.S. citizens wrongfully detained by ICE includes nearly 20 American children—including two with cancer.
americasvoicecnn.substack.com
October 23, 2025 at 10:09 PM
In August, ICE agents in full tactical gear blew the front door off a home in order to violently arrest an expectant mom who was getting back from a medical check-up.
“… an agent turned an outdoor surveillance camera away from what was transpiring—an act she caught on camera and shared w/KTLA.”
“… an agent turned an outdoor surveillance camera away from what was transpiring—an act she caught on camera and shared w/KTLA.”
Reposted by Al Otro Lado
Our client, Afghan human rights advocate Ali Faqirzada, was detained by ICE moments after being found to have a strong asylum claim. Read how Ali's community has rallied for his release.
Join our campaign to #FreeAli: bit.ly/FreeAliFaqirzada
Join our campaign to #FreeAli: bit.ly/FreeAliFaqirzada
Community rallies behind Afghan refugee facing expedited removal
A legal challenge to Ali Faqirzada’s deportation is pending in federal court; meanwhile, the community that took him in is rallying to his defense.
www.timesunion.com
October 22, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Our client, Afghan human rights advocate Ali Faqirzada, was detained by ICE moments after being found to have a strong asylum claim. Read how Ali's community has rallied for his release.
Join our campaign to #FreeAli: bit.ly/FreeAliFaqirzada
Join our campaign to #FreeAli: bit.ly/FreeAliFaqirzada
L.A. County has passed a vote to provide rent relief to families affected by ICE immigration raids. Rent relief funds will be available via an online portal for those who apply within the next two months; however, this does not diminish the horrific treatment people have endured.
October 18, 2025 at 1:34 AM
L.A. County has passed a vote to provide rent relief to families affected by ICE immigration raids. Rent relief funds will be available via an online portal for those who apply within the next two months; however, this does not diminish the horrific treatment people have endured.
The Trump admin’s policies aren’t just destroying the lives of immigrants - they’re devastating the lives of American families too; families like the Blaguis.
Lauren is a US citizen whose husband Bechir is trapped in the impossible maze of our asylum system + whose family may be torn apart. 1/4
Lauren is a US citizen whose husband Bechir is trapped in the impossible maze of our asylum system + whose family may be torn apart. 1/4
October 15, 2025 at 9:22 PM
The Trump admin’s policies aren’t just destroying the lives of immigrants - they’re devastating the lives of American families too; families like the Blaguis.
Lauren is a US citizen whose husband Bechir is trapped in the impossible maze of our asylum system + whose family may be torn apart. 1/4
Lauren is a US citizen whose husband Bechir is trapped in the impossible maze of our asylum system + whose family may be torn apart. 1/4
ICE stormed an apt complex by helicopter as families slept, zip-tying children + US citizens. Used chemical agents near a public school. Shot a woman they say was trying to run over agents. W/ zero accountability + ruthless tactics, ICE has become a modern-day Gestapo.
Immigration agents become increasingly aggressive in Chicago
Activists, residents and elected leaders say increasingly combative tactics used by federal immigration agents are sparking violence and fueling neighborhood tensions in the nation’s third-largest city.
www.pbs.org
October 15, 2025 at 1:30 PM
ICE stormed an apt complex by helicopter as families slept, zip-tying children + US citizens. Used chemical agents near a public school. Shot a woman they say was trying to run over agents. W/ zero accountability + ruthless tactics, ICE has become a modern-day Gestapo.
The asylum system is a maze that tears families apart. 🎧
Hear from a U.S. citizen fighting to keep hers together—and learn why “doing things the right way” is a cruel myth.
open.spotify.com/episode/57dC...
Hear from a U.S. citizen fighting to keep hers together—and learn why “doing things the right way” is a cruel myth.
open.spotify.com/episode/57dC...
An Inside Look at the Asylum Process
open.spotify.com
October 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The asylum system is a maze that tears families apart. 🎧
Hear from a U.S. citizen fighting to keep hers together—and learn why “doing things the right way” is a cruel myth.
open.spotify.com/episode/57dC...
Hear from a U.S. citizen fighting to keep hers together—and learn why “doing things the right way” is a cruel myth.
open.spotify.com/episode/57dC...
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As our communities have been under attack, @alotrolado-org.bsky.social have been at the forefront of humanitarian support to refugees, deportees and have been trying to protect the rights of immigrants and asylum seekers. During October, the profits from every shirt sold will be donated to AOL.
October 9, 2025 at 5:31 PM
As our communities have been under attack, @alotrolado-org.bsky.social have been at the forefront of humanitarian support to refugees, deportees and have been trying to protect the rights of immigrants and asylum seekers. During October, the profits from every shirt sold will be donated to AOL.
Our Border Rights Project Director, Nicole Ramos, + Professor Jaya Ramji-Nogales reveal how border lawyers are being surveilled + harassed by U.S. & Mexican authorities. Defending asylum seekers shouldn’t come with a target on your back. Read the essay @knightcolumbia.org : knightcolumbia.org/c...
October 7, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Our Border Rights Project Director, Nicole Ramos, + Professor Jaya Ramji-Nogales reveal how border lawyers are being surveilled + harassed by U.S. & Mexican authorities. Defending asylum seekers shouldn’t come with a target on your back. Read the essay @knightcolumbia.org : knightcolumbia.org/c...
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In a new essay for our Regardless of Frontiers series, Jaya Ramji-Nogales (@templelaw.bsky.social) and Nicole Ramos (@alotrolado-org.bsky.social) discuss the U.S. government’s surveilllance and harassment of lawyers who serve migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border. knightcolumbia.org/content/surv...
Surveilling Border Lawyering
knightcolumbia.org
October 3, 2025 at 3:04 PM
In a new essay for our Regardless of Frontiers series, Jaya Ramji-Nogales (@templelaw.bsky.social) and Nicole Ramos (@alotrolado-org.bsky.social) discuss the U.S. government’s surveilllance and harassment of lawyers who serve migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border. knightcolumbia.org/content/surv...
“I am always nervous.”
ICE has detained multiple U.S. Citizens based on their physical appearance, leaving many traumatized from the horrific treatment. Constitutional rights are eroding right before our eyes, and the presidential administration is not only allowing it but encouraging it.
ICE has detained multiple U.S. Citizens based on their physical appearance, leaving many traumatized from the horrific treatment. Constitutional rights are eroding right before our eyes, and the presidential administration is not only allowing it but encouraging it.
October 5, 2025 at 12:09 AM
“I am always nervous.”
ICE has detained multiple U.S. Citizens based on their physical appearance, leaving many traumatized from the horrific treatment. Constitutional rights are eroding right before our eyes, and the presidential administration is not only allowing it but encouraging it.
ICE has detained multiple U.S. Citizens based on their physical appearance, leaving many traumatized from the horrific treatment. Constitutional rights are eroding right before our eyes, and the presidential administration is not only allowing it but encouraging it.
🚨 Another detention center has opened in California City—illegally, without permits. Inside: no clean water, no medical care. Outside: immigrant families are too afraid to leave their homes. Fear is the point. We refuse to accept it.
ICE began shipping immigrants to this tiny California town. Chaos has reigned ever since
ICE began sending immigrants to a new California detention center in small town in August. Since then, it has been inundated with activists, desperate families and utter confusion.
www.yahoo.com
October 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
🚨 Another detention center has opened in California City—illegally, without permits. Inside: no clean water, no medical care. Outside: immigrant families are too afraid to leave their homes. Fear is the point. We refuse to accept it.
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Thank you, Melanie Hicken at @cnn.com , for telling the stories of American kids impacted by immigration actions. The investigation found 100+ US citizen children were left without parents due to Trump’s deportation efforts.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ywd...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ywd...
Hear from children left behind when their mother was deported
YouTube video by CNN
www.youtube.com
October 1, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Thank you, Melanie Hicken at @cnn.com , for telling the stories of American kids impacted by immigration actions. The investigation found 100+ US citizen children were left without parents due to Trump’s deportation efforts.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ywd...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ywd...
As an org that has documented thousands of disappearances w/in the immigration system, we can say that what's going on here meets the UN definition of enforced disappearances. To say that the US is hurdling towards authoritarianism is no longer hyperbole
economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/interna...
economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/interna...
Mystery deepens: Hundreds of immigrants disappear from infamous Florida ICE prison Alligator Alcatraz
The mysterious disappearance of hundreds of immigrants detained at the Alligator Alcatraz immigration processing center near Miami, Florida, has raised serious concerns. About 800 detainees who were h...
economictimes.indiatimes.com
October 1, 2025 at 1:27 AM
As an org that has documented thousands of disappearances w/in the immigration system, we can say that what's going on here meets the UN definition of enforced disappearances. To say that the US is hurdling towards authoritarianism is no longer hyperbole
economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/interna...
economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/interna...
Language shouldn’t be a death sentence. Refugees in Mexico are being denied protection because they can’t speak Spanish. We are stepping in with interpretation—but we need $75K to expand this urgent lifeline. Help us make sure they’re heard.
www.globalgiving.org/projects/pro...
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September 30, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Language shouldn’t be a death sentence. Refugees in Mexico are being denied protection because they can’t speak Spanish. We are stepping in with interpretation—but we need $75K to expand this urgent lifeline. Help us make sure they’re heard.
www.globalgiving.org/projects/pro...
www.globalgiving.org/projects/pro...
Homeland Security depicts immigrant arrests set to Pokémon music and clips. Using a fictional game to dehumanize real people and turn them into characters to “catch,” many times without warrants or reason, just goes to show how sadistic this administration is.
Homeland Security slammed over video comparing migrants to Pokémon
Online users have flagged the video to Nintendo and described it as ‘ICE propaganda’
www.the-independent.com
September 25, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Homeland Security depicts immigrant arrests set to Pokémon music and clips. Using a fictional game to dehumanize real people and turn them into characters to “catch,” many times without warrants or reason, just goes to show how sadistic this administration is.
Over 80 judges this year have been fired amidst the growing backlog of nearly 4M immigration cases. This is a war on due process and a deliberate attempt to implode the immigration system.
www.npr.org/2025/09/...
www.npr.org/2025/09/...
September 25, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Over 80 judges this year have been fired amidst the growing backlog of nearly 4M immigration cases. This is a war on due process and a deliberate attempt to implode the immigration system.
www.npr.org/2025/09/...
www.npr.org/2025/09/...
Our communities are under attack. Families are being torn apart. We lost $2M in funding, but the need is growing. Help us #BuildHopeNotWalls. Donate now. 🔗 alotrolado.org/buildhopenot...
September 24, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Our communities are under attack. Families are being torn apart. We lost $2M in funding, but the need is growing. Help us #BuildHopeNotWalls. Donate now. 🔗 alotrolado.org/buildhopenot...
Utterly wild. After firing scores of immigration judges, the Pentagon has approved sending 600 military lawyers to serve as temporary immigration judges. That’s like asking a podiatrist to perform ❤️ surgery. Soon, immigration courts will be nothing but kangaroo courts. abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
Senate Democrats raise concerns over Pentagon plan to use military lawyers as immigration judges
A group of Democratic senators say they are deeply concerned that a Pentagon plan to allow military lawyers to work as temporary immigration judges will violate a ban on using service members for law ...
abcnews.go.com
September 19, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Utterly wild. After firing scores of immigration judges, the Pentagon has approved sending 600 military lawyers to serve as temporary immigration judges. That’s like asking a podiatrist to perform ❤️ surgery. Soon, immigration courts will be nothing but kangaroo courts. abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...