Action Items

Medium

• Physicians please sign a petition calling for an end to force feeding in ICE detention. The petition calls for the following:
  1. The Texas Medical Board to immediately conduct a thorough review of Dr. Iglesias’s medical practices and suspend her medical license while under review.
  2. The Texas Academy of Family Physicians to conduct a formal review of the ethical behaviors of its members who work in immigration detention centers.
  3. The American Academy of Family Physicians to issue a policy that condemns the practice of force-feeding people on hunger strike.

American Immigration Lawyers Association (ALIA)

• Send a letter to tell your members of congress to reform immigration courts.

AVID Actions

• Seasoned visitor volunteers, consider participating in the new visitor mentorship program.