Boston Immigration Justice Accompaniment Network
The Boston Immigration Justice Accompaniment Network (BIJAN or "Beyond") and the Beyond Bond and Legal Defense Fund (BBLDF) support people with a connection to Massachusetts who are targeted by ICE.
We honor people's dignity and choices in a system that denies dignity and choice.
We expect messiness, confusion, and discomfort, and we also choose courage and trust.
We judge the system, not people.
We fight for one another as family, because we are.
We are an all volunteer network that provides accompaniment, which can include support in court or at ICE check-ins, legal referrals, fundraising for bond or legal fees, letters of support from the community, rides for families to visit loved ones in detention, and logistical assistance with paperwork or bond payments, and more. We also help with housing, transportation, and other immediate needs of people released on bond who have no other resources in the community. Volunteers are needed in all of these teams.