U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York is bravely taking heat from the Trump Administration for informing immigrants of their Constitutional rights. On her website and with a Facebook webinar, published flyers and through her office, she is working to make sure that immigrants know what to do if they are confronted by immigration agents.
Pope Francis today forcefully defended immigrants and refugees against the Trump Administration’s dehumanizing attacks and mass-deportation campaign. He reminded the world – and the United States in particular – that immigrants and refugees possess “the infinite and transcendent dignity of every human person.”
Chris Newman, Legal Director of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON), tackles immigration, the Democrats, the current calamity – and how we’ll try to get out of it – in a new, deep-diving conversation with Daniel Denvir, the author and educator, on Denvir’s podcast, “The Dig.”
The National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON) on Friday called on local governments and police departments across the country to clear up the uncertainty over sanctuary laws by making a strong commitment – publicly, officially, with clearly written policies – to protect immigrants and to defend their human, civil and labor rights against the Trump Administration’s brutal campaign of fear and intimidation.
The Justice Department sued the City of Chicago, the State of Illinois and Cook County on Thursday, accusing them of “impeding” and “thwarting” the Trump Administration’s efforts to arrest and deport immigrants.
The Trump Administration has started sending immigrant prisoners to the Guantánamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. Meanwhile, Secretary of State Marco Rubio welcomed an offer from El Salvador’s autocratic president, Nayib Bukele, to lock up U.S. deportees in his squalid mega prison.
For Immediate Release Jan. 31st, 2025 Contacts: Palmira Figueroa, pfigueroa@ndlon.org, (425) 301-2764 NDLON Helps 174 Workers Get Certified for Hazardous Cleanup Jobs PASADENA, Jan. 31 – With the disastrous Palisades and Eaton fires now almost completely contained, the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON) is looking ahead – training immigrant workers to safely and effectively…
For Immediate Release Jan. 31st, 2025 Contacts: Palmira Figueroa, pfigueroa@ndlon.org, (425) 301-2764 RECKLESS RUMORS, NEEDLESS FEARNDLON Urges Media, Officials to Stay Grounded in Facts: False ICE Rumor Amplify Trump’s “War of Attrition” on Immigrant Families RECKLESS RUMORS, NEEDLESS FEAR LOS ANGELES, Jan. 31 – With the Trump Administration’s dangerous immigration raids spreading anxiety and fear…
For Immediate Release Jan. 20, 2025 Contacts: Palmira Figueroa, pfigueroa@ndlon.org, (425) 301-2764 Salvador Sarmiento, sgsarmiento@ndlon.org, (202) 746-2099 On the ground: Manuel Vicente, mvicente@ndlon.org Pasadena Community Job Center: (626) 440-0112 More information at ndlon.org or email info@ndlon.org IMMIGRANT WORKERS HONOR SERVICE AND SOLIDARITY ON MARTIN LUTHER KING HOLIDAY | Pledge to Defeat Hatred and Division With…
For Immediate Release Jan. 29, 2025 Media Contact José Palma, jpalma@ndlon.org Martin Pineda, mpineda@carecen-la.org National TPS Alliance Responds to Trump Administration’s Revocation of TPS for Venezuelans: “An Attack on One is an Attack on All“ An attack on one is an attack on all. While there has been talk of division among immigrants based on…