Nonprofit ‘Hey Yall Detroit’ halts operations amid ICE raid fears in Texas

Hello everyone A nonprofit organization called Detroit works to address food insecurity. Charmane Neal, the creator, told FOX 2 that it has been difficult and that she has had restless nights worrying about the families who might be affected by the ICE raids and go hungry.

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    A Detroit nonprofit that deals with food insecurity has ceased operations.
    
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    Immigrant workers ar a farm that the organization partners with are not going to work due to fears of ICE raids.
    
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    The founder hopes to keep feeding families in Detroit through crowdfunding.
    

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  A Detroit nonprofit that deals with food insecurity has ceased operations.
  
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  Immigrant workers ar a farm that the organization partners with are not going to work due to fears of ICE raids.
  
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  The founder hopes to keep feeding families in Detroit through crowdfunding.
  

DETROIT (FOX 2):The founder of a nonprofit organization in Detroit claims that the organization shut down because of concerns about ICE raids and the detention of immigrant farmworkers in Texas.

The backstory

Hello everyone A nonprofit organization called Detroit works to address food insecurity. Charmane Neal, the creator, told FOX 2 that it has been difficult and that she has had restless nights worrying about the families who might be affected by the ICE raids and go hungry.

“The past twenty-four hours have been really difficult for me. Excuse me, but I’m passionate about what I do and I’m really empathetic about it. “I am aware that many people depend on me,” she remarked.

Neal has been distributing fresh vegetables to communities in Hamtramck and Southwest Detroit for three and a half years. Through her delivery service or free food markets, her nonprofit provides food to 260 households on average each month.

“Just these last 6 months alone we have sent out 25,000 pounds of fresh produce,” she stated.

She collaborated with a Texas farm to supply the food, and on Thursday, the farm gave her distressing news.

“They personally came up here to tell me the news about the farm closing and things like that,” she said softly to FOX 2. “That just was some tough news.”

What they’re saying:

68% of the farmworkers are immigrants, and Neal claims she was informed that many of them skipped work out of dread of ICE raids and deportations.

She claims that food insecurity is common in Detroit and that some families will not be able to eat, therefore it’s a difficult scenario.

“There is nothing I can do, therefore it’s a pretty difficult pill to swallow. There’s always something I can do. “Hey, you guys have been through so much,” she remarked.

Next steps:

She hopes to win and continue to support families in the Motor City who are facing food insecurity, even though her heart aches for them.

“You are worthy of equality. Good meal is something you deserve. You are worthy of living in a nice house. And I’m prepared to wage that battle once more,” she declared.

According to Neal, she has some ideas on how she wants to fight, such as using crowdsourcing and crowdfunding.

For the time being, she made a GoFundMe,

The Source: Charmane Neal, the founder of Hey Yall Detroit, was interviewed by FOX 2.