In response to Janet Napolitano’s departure from the Department of Homeland Security, Pablo Alvarado, executive director of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network issued the following statement: “Security Janet Napolitano oversaw the Arizonification of the country during her tenure at DHS. Under her watch, DHS operated with a self-imposed deportation quota, a fact…
In vetoing a bill last year that would have curtailed some deportations under the federal program known as Se Communities, try Gov. Jerry Brown explained that he feared it would block immigration authorities from removing some genuinely dangerous criminals. Now, a new bill is moving through the Legislature, and it attempts to fix the problems of…
For Immediate Release
August 26, 2013
Mountain View, CA—The Executive Director of the Day Worker Center of Mountain View, Maria Marroquin, was selected to be a Bay Area Local Hero for 2013 KQED Latino Heritage Month. Maria was selected from dozens of highly qualified candidates and will be awarded the honor on Tuesday, September 10th, at the Yerba Buena Center of the Arts in San Francisco.