Frontline DIGNITY was just featured in an article from US Catholic: “Pittsburgh advocacy groups use rapid response to stop ICE raids” From the article: Frontline Dignity’s rapid-response approach to defending immigrants’ rights offers a model that can inspire others across the nation. When Gretchen Jezerc learned of ICE raids ramping up in her hometown of Pittsburgh, she knew she had … Read More

Frontline Dignity was featured in the TribLIVE article, “Immigrant rights marchers continue through Westmoreland County on journey to ICE facility” From the article: A small caravan of backpack-clad immigrant rights advocates pushed through Westmoreland County Monday on their way to an ICE detention facility in Clearfield County. Jaime Martinez, executive director of Pittsburgh-based Frontline Dignity, is making the 8-day, roughly … Read More

Frontline Dignity was featured in the following Indiana Gazette article: “‘Pilgrimage’ to ICE detention center has three west-central PA stops” From the article: Protesters opposed to federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity at a center in eastern Clearfield County are planning an eight-day “public pilgrimage and fundraising campaign” from Pittsburgh to the Moshannon Valley Processing Center, via Apollo, Indiana and … Read More

Frontline Dignity was featured in the following Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article, “Activist challenges immigration crackdown: ‘Is this who you want to be?‘” From the article: On a day marking resurrection, some three dozen immigration activists gathered Easter Sunday to bury intolerance on a rainy South Side sidewalk where yellow flower petals had been scattered. Frontline Dignity, a new Pittsburgh-based immigration rights … Read More

Photo: Justin Guido/Post-Gazette Frontline Dignity was featured in the following Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article: “Pittsburgh activist’s 8-day trek aims to raise awareness about Central Pa. ICE facility” From the article: On Easter Sunday, Jaime Martinez plans to arrive at the Immigration and Customs Office on Pittsburgh’s South Side early in the morning and begin walking east on an eight-day trek toward … Read More

Frontline Dignity was featured in TribLIVE in the following article: Immigrant rights group plans 8-day walk from Pittsburgh to ICE facility in Clearfield County From the article: Jaime Martinez plans to walk from ICE’s field office in Pittsburgh’s South Side to the Moshannon Valley Processing Center in Clearfield County — an eight-day journey — to draw attention to the recent detention of … Read More

Frontline Dignity was recently featured in The Point Park Globe: Point Park University’s Student-Run Newspaper. From the article, ICE protests continue in Pittsburgh and beyond: “Frontline Dignity, a volunteer-run nonprofit, is a rapid response initiative that trains volunteers how to witness, document, accompany and respond safely to ICE activity. They have a hotline phone number available on their website that … Read More

Frontline Dignity was featured in an article on Axios: “Pittsburgh ICE Watch Newtork Grows” The deaths of two legal observers in Minneapolis, along with video that challenged the government’s official narrative, have sharpened local interest in civilian ICE monitoring, Frontline Dignity founder Jaime Martinez tells Axios. The big picture: Martinez, a former Casa San José organizer, launched Frontline Dignity late last year to build a rapid-response … Read More

Frontline Dignity was mentioned in the following 90.5 WESA article: “Allegheny County Council to consider bill barring ICE cooperation” From the article: [..] Officials with Frontline Dignity, a newly formed organization that provides rapid response to local ICE activity, called the legislation “an important and necessary step toward protecting immigrant communities.” “This proposed ordinance affirms what Allegheny County already knows to … Read More

Frontline Dignity was mentioned In The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article: “Allegheny County introduces bill to end cooperation with ICE as protests continue across Pittsburgh.” From the article: [..] “It is the latest in a series of anti-ICE protests that have taken place across the Pittsburgh-area since the death of Good and the first to happen locally since Pretti was killed. The … Read More