FREE JUAN DAVID:
Juan David, Mirian, and their young daughter, are urgently seeking protection under the federal T-Visa program, created to safeguard trafficking survivors. By ordering Juan David’s removal and detaining him, ICE is attempting to force him to abandon his pending legal case, effectively invalidating the humanitarian protection Congress created for him.
This action constitutes the subversion of due process and sends a dangerous message to all survivors of violence: cooperating with the law puts your family at risk.
Updated 12/9/25, 2:30PM.
Take action to call Senator Markey, Senator Warren, and Congressman Neal to urge them to free Juan David!
STOP ICE FROM TEARING FAMILIES APART
SENATOR MARKEY: 617-565-8517
SENATOR WARREN: 617-565-3170
CONGRESSMAN NEAL: 413-785-0325
LETTER to FREE JUAN DAVID and to STOP ICE FROM TEARING FAMILIES APART
Dear Senator Warren, Senator Markey and Representative Neal,
On the morning of December 9th, 2025, Juan David once again arrived promptly for his scheduled ISAP check-in in Burlington. More than 100 people - including faith leaders and community members from across the state - stood outside in prayerful solidarity. They witnessed agents aggressively force him into a tinted ICE vehicle, despite his full compliance and pending T-visa application.
His wife, Mirian, is now left to parent alone while reliving the trauma of her own 2.5-month detention earlier this year. During that time, she was forced to sleep on the floor, eat spoiled and inadequate food, and drink from a toilet because clean water was not made available. Their young daughter has been pleading to stay home out of fear that her father will be taken - her deepest fear has now become reality.
Juan David is a labor trafficking survivor. Detaining him not only inflicts further harm on a traumatized family - it undermines the federal protections Congress created for survivors like him. We cannot allow him to be subjected to further cruelty. The wellbeing and safety of this family depend on immediate intervention.
We are doing everything in our power within our communities. Now we urgently ask each of you to use the full weight of your office to support the following:
We urge you to press DHS/ICE to immediately release Juan David pending adjudication of his T-visa, in accordance with the protections Congress established for trafficking survivors. Please use full authority of your offices to ensure that DHS/ICE complies with due process requirements and upholds the rule of law.
We ask each of you to issue a public statement highlighting this case and your commitment to taking action to support and protect Juan David, given escalation and retaliatory actions via ICE/DHS.
We call on you to affirm that dignity and safety must be guaranteed for every person in the U.S.
We are deeply grateful for what you and your staff have already done to support Juan David and his family. Their case is not over, and neither is our fight - we need you alongside us as our elected officials.
Media Coverage of this case:
WGBH: Ecuadorian family prepares to self-deport despite having open trafficking case
Boston Globe: Springfield man who fears he will be harmed if deported to Ecuador is detained at ICE office
WWLP: Looming deportation of Juan David sparks outcry in Springfield over due process rights
LUCE’s PEOPLE’S PANTRIES
While families struggle to eat, billions are being poured into ICE, detention, and deportation - stripping food, dignity, and hope from our tables to fund cruelty. This isn’t just an attack on immigrants; it’s an attack on all of us. When one family goes hungry, every community in Massachusetts feels the loss. These policies don’t keep us safe; they tear our communities apart. But we know another way: we feed each other, we stand together. And together, we demand a state that invests in care, not cages.
Our solidarity and power is stronger than their neglect.
Find a Local Action
11/12 Arlington 4:30 - 6:30PM @ Fox Library
11/12 Quincy 7:30 - 8:30PM - Community Phone Bank (Zoom)
11/15 Roslindale 9:30AM - 3PM @ Adams Square Farmers Market (Speakout 2PM)
11/15 Cambridge 9AM - 1PM @ Cambridge Community Center
Cambridge 12 - 4 PM @ Cornerstone Co-Housing
11/15 New Bedford 1 - 4PM @ Buttonwood Park
11/15 Allston/Brighton 10AM - 2PM @ Brighton Common Park (Speakout 1PM)
11/15 Everett Malden 10AM - 3PM @ First Parish Malden
(Action Hour 1 PM)
11/15 Jamaica Plain 11AM - 1PM @ Loring Greenough House
11/15 Amherst 12 - 4PM @ Hitchcock Center
11/15 Holyoke 12:30 - 2PM @ Gran Cocina, 112 High St
11/15 Gloucester 12 - 1PM @ Cut Bridge
11/15 East Boston 2 - 5PM @ 3 Lewish Mall
11/16 Roxbury 2 - 5PM @ Tropical Foods
11/16 Worcester 1 - 3PM @ Elm Park
11/22 Salem 12PM @ Lappin Park
11/23 Springfield
PEOPLE’s PANTRIES Artist TOOLKIT
The posters below are free to download, print, and use for local actions. The following artists contributed their work:
Maria Fong, Vivian Ho, Amy Chu, K Tan, Katelyn Lipton, Kate W, Miranda A, Shaina Lu
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Demand Governor Healey to stop the war on immigrants
Since the start of the new presidency, ICE activity has surged across the United States, with close to 50,000 people in ICE detention centers in just the first few months. Here in Massachusetts, a state that has long prided itself on being a beacon of liberty and justice, the threat is especially grave.
Now, more than ever, we need Governor Healey to take action to defend immigrants across the Commonwealth from the escalating state sanctioned violence.
LUCE Immigration Justice Network of Massachusetts is calling on our movement partners, allies, and supporters to join our demands to Governor Healey to end Massachusetts' participation in the prison-to-deportation pipeline by:
Declaring ICE a rogue federal agency operating outside the law
Restoring COVID-19 era remote participation in our courthouses
Supporting state legislation, to terminate every state contract funneling money and resources into the deportation machine, and ban new contracts (including the Dignity Not Deportations Bill - H.1588 & S.1122). This includes terminating the existing 287g contracts with the Department of Corrections, and doing everything in your power to end the Intergovernmental Service Agreement with Plymouth County Correctional Facility
Creating a reparations fund for families and communities shattered by these kidnappings
#SupportRuth
Ruth, a beloved member of our broader immigrant justice network, was detained by federal agents at Logan airport yesterday afternoon as she was traveling home to her family. She is a lawful permanent resident, a grandmother, a lifelong community advocate, and a member of the Worcester community. We need to mobilize our networks to demand Ruth’s immediate release and return to her family. We are deeply concerned for her health and well-being as she continues to be held. A rally will be held at 12pm at Moakley Courthouse in Boston on April 30, 2025.