Immigrant Advocates to Set Out on 8-Day Walk From Pittsburgh to Philipsburg

Immigrant advocates to set out on 8-day walk from Pittsburgh to Philipsburg

Volunteers will walk from Pittsburgh to Clearfield County to advocate for immigrants who were detained by ICE. While the walk is open to everyone, there are some people in the local immigrant advocacy space who will not participate.

After Death of Haitian Immigrant Daphy Michel, Pittsburgh Activists Build Community

PITTSBURGH, PA - Like any other bus shelter in Pittsburgh, I had passed by the bus stop at Smithfield & East Carson hundreds of times, never giving it a second glance. On Sunday, though, it had transformed into a shrine, decorated with candles, flowers, and photos of Daphy Michel, a 31-year-old Haitian immigrant, who was found unresponsive there on March 2nd with an electronic monitor from an ICE detention facility attached to her ankle.​In Sept…