Lawrence artist hosts sticker sale fundraiser for immigrants needing legal help in Kansas – The Lawrence Times

Jul 02, 2025

Claudia Deluna Navarrete, an artist based in Lawrence, has organized an online sticker sale to raise funds for immigrants in Kansas.

All sticker proceeds will go to organizations advocating for immigrant communities or directly to families impacted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids to fund legal representation.

Although there has only been one confirmed ICE arrest in Lawrence so far this year, Kansans are seeing the impacts of the Trump administration’s goal to arrest 3,000 immigrants a day.

For example, a Topeka man has been detained and faces deportation despite qualifying for immigration protections. In Pittsburgh, a woman was taken into ICE custody after agents asked her to meet under the false pretense of a green card interview. Advocates for Immigration Rights and Reconciliation (AIRR) has confirmed multiple ICE sightings throughout Kansas City, with a sighting occurring as recently as Thursday. The threat of increased ICE activity in the region looms.

Navarrete organized a red card campaign in the first few months of 2025 in response to the Trump administration’s immigration policy.

As part of the campaign, volunteers came together to print resources for undocumented people in Lawrence and Kansas City detailing their legal rights and how to interact with ICE.

More recently, Navarrete and a friend put out a call on Instagram for artists to donate sticker designs. Her goal was to sell the stickers to benefit immigrant communities in Kansas.

Two artists have contributed stickers that are currently available for purchase: KU alum Kaja Wakefield (@kaja.w on Instagram) and Midwestern creator Lauren (@itsvvtired on Instagram). The designs include images of papel picado with the words “America Runs on Immigrants” and declarations that “ningún ser humano es ilegal.”

More sticker designs will be added in the coming few weeks.

People can purchase stickers through a Google Form Navarrete created, which includes a Venmo QR code for payment. Each sticker costs $4, with an additional $2 shipping cost. She hopes to establish regular pickup times for those who don’t want to pay extra shipping costs, which she will communicate to contributors via emails collected in the form.

Navarrete is also seeking additional funding to sustain the project.

“Right now it’s costing us under 30, 40 cents a sticker, so adding it to $4 really gets us a lot of donations going,” said Navarrete, who is currently using StickerApp to print the designs. “I’m also going to make a post about, like, if people have funds to just keep the sticker process going, that would really help, because the first round was pretty much covered just with me and my family.”

Navarrete is also exploring lower-cost printing options for the stickers, as she hopes to keep the fundraising campaign running for “as long as we need to.”

As of Tuesday afternoon, she had raised just less than $500 through sticker sales. She has contacts with organizations such as Sanctuary Alliance, Somos Lawrence, the Kansas Immigration Coalition, Eye of an Immigrant and AIRR KC to ensure accountability in distributing the funds.

“It’s taken me a little bit of work, but I’m making sure that this is all getting to the people, specifically in Kansas, who need funds for legal representation due to ICE raids,” Navarrete said.

The final recipients of the funds have yet to be decided, but will likely include nonprofits, grassroots groups funding legal aid or relevant GoFundMe campaigns.

Thanks to her collaborations and a former job working for an immigration attorney in the area, she also has direct contact with several people in the immigrant community who may receive mutual aid distributions. Navarrete plans to post screenshots on her Instagram with proof of payment as she sends the money through various channels.

She hopes to start shipping the first batch of sticker orders next week.

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Wulfe Wulfemeyer (they/them), community reporter, has worked with The Lawrence Times since May 2025. They can be reached at [email protected]. Read their complete bio here. Read their work for the Times here.

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