Advocacy Work: Data Transparency Initiative

In addition to direct services, advocacy is a core pillar of Migrant Support Collective’s mission to dismantle systems of detention and criminalization that target LGBTQ+ migrants.

Through grassroots storytelling efforts, we will collect and amplify the experiences of trans and queer people in detention. These stories are powerful tools for change: they expose the inhumanity of immigration detention and challenge narratives that erase LGBTQ+ voices from public discourse. 

We will work with movement partners to publish these stories in reports and social media campaigns that center the dignity and agency of detained migrants. We look forward to publishing data on local ICE detention practices, conditions, and experiences. This initiative is designed to increase transparency and accountability, using data-driven insights to inform the public, support policy advocacy, and push for structural change.