Have you been released from Buffalo immigrant detention?
Are you traveling for an asylum claim?
Do you need help getting to your destination?
Call Justice for Migrant Families at 716- 202-0611 if you need help
Justice for Migrant Families meets and supports people as they are released from immigrant detention and reunite with family and friends.
Volunteer with our team!
We are in need of people who want to greet people who have just been released from immigrant detention and are en route to their final destination with friends, family and community. People detained by immigration after arduous journeys are often shipped thousands of miles away from their communities and released without basic necessities and information. Our team meets people at the bus station and supports them in the final leg of their journey. There are many different roles available for release support volunteers, and even remote support is helpful, especially if you have multilingual capacity
Folks who provide in-person support on our Release Support team meet community members at the Downtown Buffalo bus station (sometimes elsewhere) to provide support. Some roles you can take on are:
Language Support/Translation
Food/Warm Meal Purchasing Support
Ticket Purchasing Support
Emergency Sleeping Accommodations
Clothing and dignity bag distribution
Rides/Taxi Cabs
In-person roles
Volunteers who provide off-site support play a huge roll in our release support work! Here are some examples of work you can support on our team:
Phone/Communication Assistance
Dignity Bags creation
Clothing and supply collection, organizing and distribution
Resource research and support
Fundraising