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
That is why I sincerely cannot understand the support that some organizations and politicians are giving to bills in Congress that are primarily focused on enactment of legislation designed to maintain a cheap labor force that is kept waiting. Continue reading
Article on meatpacking industry and its needs for immigrant workers. The article focuses on workers in the Greeley area — an area where I grew up — and where I organized after graduating from the University of Colorado. Continue reading
President Obama will be coming to Los Angeles on June 7th and we’ll be rallying to greet him with a clear message: Not1More Deportation! Continue reading
Sacramento – Today, Assembly Bill 263 authored by Assembly member Roger Hernández passed the Assembly Floor on a 52-22 vote. Continue reading
I have great news for all our supporters. After constant battle in the Assembly Transportation and Appropriations Committees, AB60 finally made it to the floor for a vote. Continue reading
The passage of AB 60 out of the appropriations committee with no provision for having marked driver’s licenses for undocumented is one more reason for meeting this Saturday in a dialogue sponsored by the Latino and Latina Roundtable Political Action and Immigrant Rights Committees to discuss pending immigrant rights legislation on a state level and federal level. Continue reading