Una docena de estudiantes soñadores e inmigrantes indocumentados mantuvieron durante horas un acto de desobediencia civil en las propias oficinas del gobernador Jerry Brown para presionarlo por la firma del Acta de Confianza, una medida que pondría fin a la colaboración de las policías locales con el Servicio de…
Activists staged a sit-in in and around Brown’s office. They hoped to meet with him about the TRUST Act, look which would prevent undocumented immigrants who’ve committed minor crimes from being turned over to federal authorities for possible deportation. Brown vetoed similar legislation last year. Carlos Alcala works in the office of As…
Activists staged a sit-in in and around Brown’s office. They hoped to meet with him about the TRUST Act, help which would prevent undocumented immigrants who’ve committed minor crimes from being turned over to federal authorities for possible deportation. Brown vetoed similar legislation last year. Carlos Alcala works in the office of As…
Americans traditionally treat Independence Day as an observance of the country’s hard-won freedom and liberties. But some activists say for undocumented immigrants in the U.S., there’s nothing to celebrate this Fourth of July. “There’s a huge number of families who are not at liberty,” said Blanca Pacheco, an organizer with interfaith immigrants ri…
Americans traditionally treat Independence Day as an observance of the country’s hard-won freedom and liberties. But some activists say for undocumented immigrants in the U.S., sick there’s nothing to celebrate this Fourth of July. “There’s a huge number of families who are not at liberty,” said Blanca Pacheco, an organizer with interfaith immigrants ri…
Americans traditionally treat Independence Day as an observance of the country’s hard-won freedom and liberties. But some activists say for undocumented immigrants in the U.S., s there’s nothing to celebrate this Fourth of July. “There’s a huge number of families who are not at liberty,” said Blanca Pacheco, an organizer with interfaith immigrants ri…
Americans traditionally treat Independence Day as an observance of the country’s hard-won freedom and liberties. But some activists say for undocumented immigrants in the U.S., there’s nothing to celebrate this Fourth of July. “There’s a huge number of families who are not at liberty,” said Blanca Pacheco, an organizer with interfaith immigrants ri…
Americans traditionally treat Independence Day as an observance of the country’s hard-won freedom and liberties. But some activists say for undocumented immigrants in the U.S., there’s nothing to celebrate this Fourth of July. “There’s a huge number of families who are not at liberty,” said Blanca Pacheco, an organizer with interfaith immigrants ri…
About a dozen protesters — some of them said by activists to be undocumented immigrants — are staging a sit-in this afternoon in Gov. Jerry Brown’s office to lobby him on an immigration bill, prompting law enforcement officials to block the door to his reception area at the Capitol. At issue is legislation that would prevent local police from…
Undocumented immigrants rallied in the Capitol on Tuesday to support legislation aimed at reducing deportations, as California lawmakers continued tweaking the bill in hopes of winning Gov. Jerry Brown’s support. The measure (AB 4), known as the Trust Act, would limit local law enforcement from working with federal authorities to detain immigrants…