Hi, it's me Susan...and **it's (almost) my 40th birthday!** In lieu of cards and gifts, please consider donating to help me fight back against the largest deportation effort in modern American history.  It's insane and inhumane and we cannot stand by and watch.

Now is the time to act.  **Plus, they have a match going - ARIANA GRANDE HERSELF will personally match your donation to double its impact!!  \*\~\*\*\~WICKED!!\*\~\*\*\~**

I chose to do a fundraiser for Defending Our Neighbors because it's working to protect families and is a joint project of ACLU and United We Dream so we know they have the legal might and expertise needed to really get sh\*t done.  

Their [website](https://defendingourneighbors.org/about/) states: *"As federal agents continue to rapidly detain tens of thousands of our neighbors every month, ICE detention centers continue to expand and our neighbors, including children, are forced to face immigration court alone. The Defending Our Neighbors Fund directs critical funding to trusted organizations providing legal representation and bond support to immigrant communities all across the country. Your support helps gives our neighbors  a fighting chance."*

Thank you all so so much for your generosity at this difficult time - let's fight back!

As our **moderately-handsome yet rapidly-aging** Governor Gavin Newsom wrote on X, “This is exactly what I warned would happen last year. Trump is using mass deportations to TERRORIZE diverse communities out of legally voting — ordering his secret police to 'go after everybody.' Donald, your campaign of fear will FAIL. The American people will NOT be intimidated!”

For my bday, help me fight ICE and protect immigrant rights!

An urgent lifeline to local organizations providing legal and bond support to immigrant families and individuals who need it most.

**The Defending Our Neighbors Fund is powered by everyday people, like you, stepping up and building a vital lifeline to support our immigrant neighbors, loved ones, and communities against injustice.**

We all deserve to be treated fairly and with dignity. Yet every day, immigrant families are forced to navigate a complex and punishing immigration system alone, **without access to legal counsel**. Even young children, the most vulnerable members of our communities, are facing trained prosecutors without anyone by their side.

**This is why the Defending Our Neighbors Fund exists.** 

Today, there are more than 6 million U.S. households who have a family member at risk of detention or deportation. Right now, the federal government is funneling $170 billion of our taxpayer dollars to dramatically increase enforcement in our cities, all while slashing funding for legal service organizations who provide critical support for immigrants and make sure they have access to a lawyer. The Defending Our Neighbors Fund is a rapid-response effort to meet this urgent need for legal representation head-on, working to ensure families have access to life-saving legal support, and when possible, bond assistance.

**Access to legal representation makes a profound difference in whether families can stay together.**

As people's due process rights continue to be violated — affecting tens of thousands of people who are immigrants, children, and even U.S. citizens and green card holders — the need for legal counsel is skyrocketing. Studies show that in 2024, there were more than 2.5 million cases in immigration court where people did not have legal representation. Having access to a lawyer is often the difference between a family staying together or being separated indefinitely. 

To meet the ballooning demand in this moment, the Defending Our Neighbors Fund is quickly deploying high-impact grants to trusted organizations providing legal and, when possible, bond assistance to communities in need, this includes organizations that are:

- Serving communities with large immigrant populations
- Serving communities in legal deserts, and
- Serving communities near some of the country’s most active immigration detention and processing centers

**In this moment of division, we must all come together to defend our neighbors.** 

Supported by United We Dream and the ACLU, the Defending Our Neighbors Fund is hosted by Abundant Futures Fund (a fiscally sponsored project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors), and aims to raise and deploy $30 million to grassroots organizations to meet this crisis with action and care.

**We, the people, will power this movement with small dollar contributions. Your donation supports trusted organizations providing legal representation and, when possible, bond assistance, to communities in need.**

Thank you for helping us defend our communities at such a critical moment. Your support makes all the difference.

Defending Our Neighbors Fund

Thank you for the important work you are doing.

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