Media Coverage of Ravi’s Presidential Pardon

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Associated Press: Biden pardons the late Black nationalist Marcus Garvey as well as 4 others and commutes 2 sentences

Brooklyn Eagle: Brooklyn Immigration Advocate Among Those Receiving Presidential Pardons from Biden

Democracy Now: Biden Pardons Marcus Garvey, Immigration Activist Ravi Ragbir and Immigrant Activist Ravi Ragbir Speaks After Biden’s Last-Minute Pardon Saved Him from Deportation (see video below)

Documented NY: Biden Pardons Immigrant Advocate Ravi Ragbir and Biden’s Pardons of Ravi Ragbir and Marcus Garvey Draw Praise from Caribbean Leaders

Gothamist: Biden grants presidential pardon to NYC immigrant rights leader Ravi Ragbir

Guardian (Trinidad & Tobago): Ravi Ragbir, TT-born immigration activist, granted clemency

The Indypendent: Immigrant-Rights Leader Ravi Ragbir Wins Last-Minute Presidential Pardon

Newsday (Trinidad & Tobago): Garvey, Ragbir pardons matter

The New York Carib News: Ravi Ragbir, Immigration Advocate from Trinidad, Pardoned by Biden

The New York Times: Biden Pardons Five More, Including the Civil Rights Leader Marcus Garvey

Pix 11 (video above): Ravi Ragbir, immigration advocate, celebrates pardon by President Biden

Religious News Service: With last-minute pardon, Biden delivers immigration activist Ravi Ragbir from deportation

Watch: Congressional Briefing on Immigrant Rights Activists Under Attack

On January 13, 2021, the New Sanctuary Coalition, the Immigrant Rights Clinic at NYU School of Law, the National Immigrant Justice Center, Migrant Justice, and the Immigrant Justice Network held a panel discussion with targeted leaders of the immigrant rights movement. Clinic students also presented an interactive map highlighting the breadth of the government’s campaign to silence immigrant leaders. With the Biden Administration soon to take office, this moment calls for a public reckoning of our country’s immigration policy. Immigrant voices must be protected and centered in this conversation. The briefing addressed what members of Congress can do to defend and prevent further retaliation against the rights of their constituents and members of the immigrant community.

Also see the English-language transcript here. [Spanish version is in the works.]

Listen and/or download the audio here:

“We are on fire for justice.” Attorney Steve Sacco’s speech at the Feb. 10 #IStandWithRavi Rally in NYC

My name is Steven Sacco, I am an immigration lawyer, I defend people against deportation and against ICE.  When I’m working I must be polite to ICE because they have my client’s life in their hands.  But I am not at work today.  That means I am not here to be polite, I am here to be honest. Continue reading