Local Philly Organization Helps Immigrant Community with I.C.E.

“Their main goal is to teach youth that are a part of the immigrant community about health, rights, and ways to handle certain situations” anonymous youth member of puentes de salud, giving insight into the type of work that puentes goes into. “People usually come in here for check ups or for when medical emergencies arrive and they can’t afford it.”

In the past month of October, 23,621 people in the U.S have been put into detention centers, that's more than 760 people checked into detention centers daily. 

This active prosecution of undocumented people has also lead to many losing their jobs due to widespread hate. Since January of this year, 2025, 1.2 million undocumented people have left the work force over fear of I.C.E taking them due to their legal status.

Organizations like Puentes De Salud have helped this issue out by hiring undocumented people and giving them benefits. Many of these people are beloved members of their communities and also about 7.4 billion in tax revenue annually.

In total, they contributed around 96.7 billion in state tax revenue in 2022. This is even after receiving the least amount of benefits as a collective population.

Many organizations are giving a helping hand to the local immigrants to help them navigate their lives.