Mekong NYC – Pass NY’s #ClemencyJusticeAct Now! Transparency and efficiency in our immigration and criminal legal systems is vital to us surviving. So many families who face deportation and incarceration – overwhelmingly immigrant families and families of color – slip into poverty conditions while enduring forced separation, detention, and incarceration. The #ClemencyJusticeAct is the bare minimum our community deserves: a fair, transparent, accessible clemency application process. Instead, our immigrant women, queer folks, and elderly who are in detention centers and prisons endure violence and neglect. From 2017-2020, New York received over 6,400 immigrant clemency applications and granted only 1.5% of those. Even when clemency applications are submitted, our families often wait years for an update. We desperately need the #ClemencyJusticeAct, which creates more transparency and relief from forced separation. Sign our petition today! From 2017-2020, New York received over 6,400 clemency applications and granted only 1.5% of those. Even when a clemency application is submitted, our families often wait years for an update. We desperately need the #ClemencyJusticeAct: https://t.co/A8virRzlJl pic.twitter.com/5k8GybW4Fm— Mekong NYC (@MekongNYC) February 7, 2022