2027 Fundraising Campaign

Can you imagine living in Canada without immigration status?

Help us keep building community in 2027

Hello, friends:

What does it mean to live in Canada when your right to remain in the country is increasingly uncertain? What does it mean to try to build a life here when accessing basic services, finding decent housing or getting medical care can turn into an obstacle course?

And can you imagine facing all of this as an undocumented, racialized person?

For many people in our communities, these questions are not hypothetical. They are part of their everyday lives.

The past year has brought new challenges for migrant communities in Canada

Tougher immigration policies, fewer pathways to permanent residence and temporary permits, and new restrictions on the refugee protection system are transforming the living conditions of thousands of people.

The 2026–2028 Immigration Levels Plan keeps reduced targets for temporary resident arrivals. In addition, the passage of Bill C-12 in March 2026 introduced new restrictions on access to the refugee protection system and expanded certain government powers over immigration documents and applications.

These decisions do not happen in isolation. They take place in a context where structural problems with housing, employment and access to public services are increasingly blamed on immigration. Anti-immigrant and racist rhetoric fuels prejudice, normalizes discrimination and contributes to migrants being treated as a problem, instead of having their rights and contributions recognized.

And while the possibilities to regularize immigration status are being restricted, what happens to those who are already here? To those who cannot renew their permits, are left out of immigration programs or cannot find a way to keep their status?

Precarious immigration status can turn into being undocumented.

And living without status means facing additional barriers to accessing essential services, reporting abuse, seeking protection or simply asking for help without fear.

In the face of this context, our communities are also building responses

Since 2019, at Vivimos Juntxs, Comemos Juntxs (VJCJ), we have worked to create spaces where undocumented people can meet, share knowledge, access resources and build mutual support networks.

Our work is rooted in one conviction: no one should have to face exclusion, immigration uncertainty or precarity alone.

Through our community gatherings, shared meals, workshops and organizing spaces, we seek to respond to immediate material and social needs, while strengthening the collective capacity of our communities to defend themselves, care for one another and build dignified living conditions.

VJCJ is a space led and decided by migrants. We do not work from charity, but from solidarity, mutual aid and the recognition that our communities have the knowledge, experience and capacity to transform the conditions we live in.

To continue this work in 2027, we need your support

Here is what your contribution makes possible:

Community gatherings

Organizing spaces to meet, share information and build trusting relationships.

Shared meals

Offering meals at every gathering, because eating together is also a way of caring for each other.

Transportation and child care

Making it possible for everyone to get there and take part.

Interpretation and translation

Providing interpretation and translation so that no one is left out because of language.

Accessible spaces

Keeping spaces where people can share information, build trust and find support.

Every donation helps sustain something bigger than an activity: it helps keep alive the community networks that make it possible for no one to face these barriers alone.

Today we invite you to be part of this effort

Donate to VJCJ and help us keep building community, solidarity and spaces of resistance in 2027.

In a context where exclusionary policies and rhetoric seek to limit who belongs and who deserves access to rights, we believe it is more important than ever to build community from the ground up.

Because our lives matter. Because our rights should not depend on our immigration status. And because living together and eating together is also a way to care for each other, organize and resist.

Thank you for being part of this community and for helping us continue.

In solidarity,

Vivimos Juntxs, Comemos Juntxs (VJCJ)

MAIRA ALEJANDRA

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