100 STORIES PROJECT
The 100 Stories Project is the heart of the HURRICANE initiative, raising community voices for justice and human rights. Through the 100 Stories Project, community members, families, advocates, organizers, and allies can tell their stories, gather community testimonies, and report human rights abuses to expose the pattern of rights violations and demonstrate the type of changes that are needed.
In 2008, NNIRR documented over 100 stories and tracked 118 incidents of immigration raids, or “enforcement operations.”
100 STORIES PROJECT
The 100 Stories Project is the heart of the HURRICANE initiative, raising community voices for justice and human rights. Through the 100 Stories Project, community members, families, advocates, organizers, and allies can tell their stories, gather community testimonies, and report human rights abuses to expose the pattern of rights violations and demonstrate the type of changes that are needed.
In 2008, NNIRR documented over 100 stories and tracked 118 incidents of immigration raids, or “enforcement operations.”
See NNIRR’s 100 Stories Chronology of Abuses for 2008 here.
See NNIRR’s Raids Chronology for 2008 here.
Read NNIRR’s Guilty by Immigration Status: A report on US Violations on the Rights of Immigrant Families, Workers & Communities 2008 here.
Juana Villegas: Read the story of Juana Villegas, a Nashville resident who was 9 months pregnant when stopped and arrested by local police, reported to ICE, and forced to deliver her baby in the presence of jail guards at a nearby hospital. “No quisiera que a otra persona le pase lo mismo/ I wouldn’t want any one else to go through this.” Read Juana’s story here.
Postville Raids: Read about the massive ICE raids at Postville in May 2008, where nearly 400 immigrant workers – mainly Indigenous people from Guatemala and Mexico including women and children – were arrested, jailed, and immediately prosecuted with egregious aggravated felony charges including “identity theft” and “social security fraud.” Read about the Postville Raids here.
Hiu Lui Ng: Read the story of Hiu Lui Ng, a Vietnamese man who died of cancer while in DHS/ICE custody after being repeatedly denied medical care and subjected to physical and psychological abuse at ICE facilities in Rhode Island, Vermont, and Massachusetts. Read Mr. Ng’s story here.
THE HUMAN RIGHTS IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK (HURRICANE)
Build power for Justice and Human Rights! The HURRICANE initiative offers multiple ways of being involved in a dynamic movement tracking and seeking redress for human rights abuses, including a documentation project which tracks abuses and seeks accountability. Click on the following resources for more details:
What is the HURRICANE initiative? (english)
Que Significa el HURACAN? (espanol)
Join HURRICANE (english)
Estas Invitada al Proyecto HURACAN (espanol)
Questionnaire for Survivors of Human Rights Abuses (english)
Cuestionario para Personas Afectadas por Abusos a sus Derechos Humanos (espanol)
Questionnaire for Survivors of ICE Raids (english)
Cuestionario para Redadas de Inmigracion (espanol)
MARTUS Database Training
Over-Raided, Under Seige: U.S. Immigration Laws and Enforcement Destroy the Rights of Immigrants (english)
Redadas desmedidas, comunidades asediadas: las leyes y el control migratorios EEUU destruyen los derechos de las y los inmigrantes (espanol)