At a recent URBAN-L. A. forum it was pointed out that deportations and detention have fueled the growth of the massive prison industrial complex, and a huge waste of economic resources. Mass detention has generated a billion-dollar industry for private prison companies, including the Corrections Corporation of America and GEO Group. Immigration and Customs Continue reading
The children and families who are coming here from Central America are coming as a result of long-standing structural and historical inequalities and violence. At the minimum, they deserve refugee status. Continue reading
The video repeatedly features the words “STOP DEPORTATIONS” in Spanish and English, and tells the stories of several immigrant families who were split up when a parent was deported. The video will include photographs of people who were deported. Some of them will be family shots. Continue reading
Right now, the Department of Homeland Security is trying to push the state of California into a downward spiral of discrimination against undocumented immigrant drivers.
In many cities, officials are taking advantage of this time period when the driver’s licenses for undocumented are not issued until January –and they are stepping up the unjust impounding of cars – accumulating tremendous profits. Please join in advocating that the Pomona City Continue reading
Votantes Latinos asked: “when folks say there are executive orders to halt deportations, what specifics are, something like daca, temporary, Its good if specifically stated what executive order can be, for example defund secure communities, do you have any example of recommendations on executive orders? Continue reading
The protest today, led by the Inland Empire Immigrant Youth Coalition and the Justice for Immigrants Coalition of Inland Southern California, took place outside the privately run Adelanto Detention Facility East. Continue reading
Reading for a ‘brief’ report on IMMIGRATION DETENTION, I realized how much I didnt know. ( I am about to read Alfonso Gonzalez’ REFORM WITHOUT JUSTICE (Oxford) IMMIGRATION DETENTION is the new ‘growth’ industry in incarcerations. Continue reading