Deportation 101: The Training
In 2005, FFF partnered with the Immigrant Defense Project to develop Deportation 101, an intensive seminar on the deportation system from the point of arrest to expulsion. We expected only a handful of local service-providers and organizers to attend. But over 200 organizations signed up for our first trainings, at New York University School of Law. Since then Deportation 101 has become a hotly demanded training that we have brought to cities including Boston, Miami, Atlanta, and Washington DC.
We have begun Deportation 102 for advanced practitioners. We are also partnering with members of the Detention Watch Network to bring our hands-on curriculum around the country.
Diverse people concerned with the growing deportation system request the training. They include religious leaders of the New Sanctuary Movement; criminal justice advocates; leaders from diverse ethnic communities; and defense committees formed around an individual facing deportation. Training is one-on-one and intensive, and includes best practices on anti-deportation organizing.