Right now in Los Angeles, immigrant communities are being targeted and traumatized by a surge in ICE enforcement. Over the past week alone, more than 100 individuals have been arrested across the city—many of them Southeast Asian, Central American, Black, and other marginalized immigrants.
ICE agents have been seen raiding homes, workplaces, and even routine check-ins, with National Guard troops deployed to assist arrests. These actions are tearing families apart, often without warning or due process.
Among those hit hardest are:
- Southeast Asian immigrants—including Vietnamese, Cambodian, Hmong, Laotian, and Mien community members—many of whom arrived in the U.S. as refugees decades ago, often as children.
- Latinx and Central American families, especially undocumented individuals with deep roots in L.A. who are now facing deportation to countries they haven’t seen in years.
- Black immigrants, including Afro-Caribbean and African asylum seekers, who are disproportionately detained and held without access to legal representation.
In response, Asian Hustle Network Foundation, Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, is raising $100,000 to directly assist immigrant families who have been detained, separated, or are at imminent risk of deportation.
Funds will be used to:
- Access legal aid — cover costs for attorney consults, filings, bail support.
- Family support grants — for rent, food, child care, missed income during detention.
- Know‑Your‑Rights outreach — print and distribute legal toolkits, and help staff hotlines.
- Emergency bail/relief — for families caught in sudden raids or check-ins.
Why does this matter?
- Systemic targeting: Families once compliant with ICE are ISOLATED and DETAINED during routine check-ins—creating widespread mistrust and fear.
- Family separation crisis: Children are losing parents overnight, with no warning and without legal or emotional support.
- Community-wide trauma: These actions send shockwaves through neighborhoods—minority-owned businesses, cultural hubs, and religious communities feel unsafe.
- A moment of collective action: As LA pours resources into legal defense and CARE networks, our immigrant communities must not be left behind.
Every dollar goes directly to families in crisis—no administrative overhead.
How can you get involved?
- Donate today — help protect immigrant families before it’s too late.
- Share this campaign — blow up community halls, minority-owned businesses, churches, schools.
- Volunteer — support legal clinics, hotline services, community outreach events.
- Stay informed — upcoming events and ways to help will be posted weekly.
If you or your family have been affected by ICE, please contact us through our fundraiser.
The beneficiary is Bryan Pham. We will be sending the funds via direct deposit.
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