Get MaDD for Justice.
Get MaDD for Families.
Get MaDD for Due Process
Immigrant families are being torn apart every day by a system that refuses to follow its own rules. People are detained without cause, denied medical care, and stripped of their rights. We fight back.
Jemmy’s Story
The Moment Everything Changed
In early 2025, Jemmy, a lawful permanent resident, mother of four, and community member of 30+ years, arrived at Boston Logan Airport after a family vacation.
She never made it home.
CBP officers detained her without explanation. They held her for 10 days without charges, without access to her family, and without the medical care she needed for serious health conditions. She collapsed twice and was hospitalized twice, from neglect, not illness.
Her “crime”?
A minor marijuana charge from her twenties, long decriminalized in Massachusetts.
Jemmy’s story exposed something bigger, a system that disregards rights, ignores medical conditions, and hides behind silence.
We founded GET MaDD so no other family has to live through this nightmare. Read the Recent New York Times Article: The System is Meant to Break You
The Crisis Is Real
The United States is removing people at the highest rate in nearly a decade. Many of them have lived here for years. Many have children. Many have no criminal record at all.
In 2024:
271,000+
deportations
40%
never spoke to an attorney
1 in 3
individuals have
no criminal record
Medical neglect is common and often dangerous!
This isn’t how justice works.
This isn’t due process.
…And it’s happening right now in our airports, our neighborhoods, and our detention centers.
Message from Attorney Todd Pomerleau
Photo Credit: Emily Glick and Asher Ben-Dashan
“These are not abstract policy debates. These are students, parents, and workers who vanish from their lives overnight.” – Todd Pomerleau, Partner and Chair of Impact Litigation at Rubin Pomerleau PC Supreme Court Winning Immigration Lawyers Defending Your American Dream ℠
Immigration enforcement has escalated. People are being detained or deported without fair hearings, without legal representation, and in some cases, in direct violation of court orders. Families are blindsided. Students are removed from airports. Workers disappear from their jobs.
These cases don’t make headlines unless someone brings them forward.
FEATURED STORIES
FEATURED STORIES
Any Lucia. Every Dreamer. One Future.
A 19-year-old college student was deported despite a federal judge’s order. Her story shows why Dreamers need protection and why the DREAM Act matters now.
Without protections, Dreamers who make up nearly one-fifth of the nearly 2.5 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S. face sudden removal, family separation, and threats to their future.
Mass Deportation Defense legal clinic is fighting for her return and defending Dreamers nationwide.
Jemmy, a mother of four from Canton, MA was detained by Customs Border Protection at Logan Airport on the way back from a family vacation.
Your support backs cases like this.
More than half of the Allston Car Wash workers arrested by ICE freed by immigration judge.
Your support backs cases like this.
Read the Recent New York Times Article:
The System is Meant to Break You
HOW WE HELP
617-367-0077
We protect families. We confront injustice. We fight for due process.
GET MaDD operates through a unique dual model designed for impact, growth, and national reach.
Legal Support (Nonprofit)
Emergency intake for families in crisis
Case documentation and evidence gathering
Coordination with immigration attorneys
Free and low-cost help for individuals facing detention or deportation
Public Education & Advocacy
Know-Your-Rights training
Public storytelling that exposes abuse
Media outreach and community mobilization
Policy and coalition support
Why Your Donation Matters
“Families do not find out what is happening in a calm phone call. They find out when their loved one disappears into detention. One wrongful deportation can shatter a family permanently. One missed filing can remove someone from the country forever. Your support helps us fight back.” – Attorney Todd Pomerleau
“Most of the people I represent are not asking for special treatment. They are asking for the process that the law already promises them.”
Take Action.
You can help restore
due process
right now.
Donate to fund rapid legal response
Request Legal Help for a detained loved one
Lawyers: Join the network, train, or volunteer
Start a Chapter in your community
Share Stories and elevate awareness
Connect us with partners or foundations
Report potential wrongful deportations
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Trust and Transparency: Mass Deportation Defense Inc. is a Massachusetts nonprofit organization. All donations go directly toward the mission of stopping unjust deportations and protecting due process. Reports are published quarterly.