Yesterday, for the first time, Janet Napolitano revealed her perspective on how the decision to do DACA was made in 2012. Today, Buzzfeed is reporting that the President is set to receive final recommendations from his current Secretary of Homeland Security about expected changes in deportation policies. In reaction, Pablo Alvarado the Executive Director for…
For Immediate Release // Excuse Cross Posting Contact B. Loewe, NDLON, bloewe@ndlon.org, 773.791.4668 Concerts Highlighting Urgency for Deportation Relief Continue Outside LA Detention Center with a Son Jarocho Performance Los Angeles, CA – After a successful opening concert with Chilean MC Ana Tijoux, the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON) will continue the Chant Down the Walls Concert…
For Immediate Release // Excuse Cross-Posting Contact: B. Loewe, NDLON, bloewe@ndlon.org, 773.791.4668 NDLON Launches Chant Down the Walls Concert Series Los Angeles, CA – Today, Monday October 13, the National Day Laborer Organizing Network is launching Chant Down the Walls, a free concert series that will take place in front of the Metropolitan Detention Center…
For Immediate Release // Excuse Cross-Posting Contact: B. Loewe, NDLON, bloewe@ndlon.org, 773.791.4668 Larry Gonzalez, lgonzalez@rabengroup.com, 202.466.0879 Donald Gatlin, 202.587.2871, dgatlin@rabengroup.com MALDEF AND NDLON FILE LAWSUIT AGAINST CITY AND POLICE DEPARTMENT OF BALDWIN PARK FOR VIOLATION OF CALIFORNIA TRUST ACT One Year Following Passage of Law That Limits Cruel and Costly Immigration “Holds” in Local…
For Immediate Release // Excuse Cross-Posting Contact: B. Loewe, NDLON, bloewe@ndlon.org, 773.791.4668 Larry Gonzalez, lgonzalez@rabengroup.com, 202.466.0879 Donald Gatlin, 202.587.2871, dgatlin@rabengroup.com MALDEF AND NDLON FILE LAWSUIT AGAINST CITY AND POLICE DEPARTMENT OF BALDWIN PARK FOR VIOLATION OF CALIFORNIA TRUST ACT One Year Following Passage of Law That Limits Cruel and Costly Immigration “Holds” in Local…
For Immediate Release // Excuse Cross-Posting Contact: B. Loewe, NDLON, bloewe@ndlon.org, 773.791.4668 NDLON Reacts to LA County Renewal of 287(g) Agreement with ICE Los Angeles, CA – In reaction to the Los Angeles Board of Supervisors voting to renew it’s 287(g) agreement at the request of the current unelected Sheriff, Pablo Alvarado, Executive Director of the National…
for immediate release // excuse cross-posting Contact: B. Loewe, NDLON, 773.791.4668, bloewe@ndlon.org On one year anniversary of landmark CA TRUST ACT, is Los Angeles poised to buck national trend of de-Arizonification? ICE Out of LA Coalition to Rally Before BOS Vote. October 6, 2014 – Los Angeles, CA Though hard to believe, there…
For immediate release // excuse cross-posting Contact: B. Loewe, 773.791.4668, bloewe@ndlon.org UPDATE: DACA Recipient Interrupts President’s Speech at CHC GalaWhile Families Facing Deportation Protest Outside Demanding Seat at the Table Video available at: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/53499354 Outside the gala, the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, Casa de Maryland, Workers United of DC, Juntos and others picketed with signs…
In reaction to President’s speech on immigration tonight at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Gala, Pablo Alvarado issued the following statement: “The President correctly noted that people want to know ‘where [his] heart is’ on immigration, and his reaction to the courageous shouts of Blanca Hernandez, summed things up perfectly. The President said, ‘listen to what i’m…
Ese güey no paga (That dude doesn’t pay) by Los Jornaleros de Norte A new song by Los Jornaleros del Norte highlights the unjust practice of wage theft by unscrupulous employers. Wage theft is one of the most common labor law violations that Day Laborers are faced with. Inspired by the case of José Ucelo,…