State Senate Committee approves bill to counteract disgraced “S-Comm’ deportation program
TRUST Act would ease burden on local governments of controversial program which has deported 72,694 Californians
Sacramento – Today, by a vote of 5 to 2, the California State Senate’s Public Safety Committee approved the new version of the TRUST Act (AB 1081 – Ammiano). The bill would reform California’s participation in the discredited “Se” Communities deportation program – which has faced severe criticism for undermining public safety and burdening local governments – by limiting the unfair, extended detention of immigrants in local jails for deportation. Details are available below. The bill now heads to the Senate Appropriations Committee for consideration.
Wage Theft: A Crime You Can Get Away With
By Tim Judson, Workers’ Rights Policy Spet at Progressive States Network | Source: HuffingtonPost.com | Posted: 06/07/2012 5:19 pm
Co-authored with Cristina Francisco-McGuire
This week, we authored a report grading states on how well they protect a fundamental workplace right: getting paid what you are legally owed. This right is so basic and common-sense that most people are still unaware of how commonly it is violated.
Wage theft, or the illegal underpayment of workers, has become so widespread, it affects millions of workers across the country and is nearly ubiquitous in certain industries: retail, restaurants, ity, day-labor, warehousing, child care, and construction. That’s a lot of people — already not getting paid enough — whose bosses illegally make their paychecks even lighter.
The last time a detailed, multi-state survey was done, the findings were shocking. Researchers in three of our nation’s largest cities interviewed thousands of workers who earned at or near the minimum wage, and found a wide array of workplace violations. Here are just the basic facts:
CA Senate Committee Approves TRUST Act
Source: New America Media, News Report | Jun 12, 2012 SACRAMENTO — The California State Senate’s Public Safety Committee on Tuesday approved, by a vote of 5 to 2, the new version of the TRUST Act (AB 1081), introduced by Assemblymember Tom Ammiano). If enacted, the bill would change California’s participation in the Se Communities…
¿Qué es la Discreción Fiscal? – Alto a la Polimigra
¿Qué es la Discreción Fiscal?- Alto a la Polimigra
Prosecutorial Discretion – Alto a la Polimigra
Prosecutorial Discretion – Alto a la Polimigra
Ice Holds – Alto a la Polimigra
Ice Holds – Alto a la Polimigra
Acta de La Confianza (TRUST Act – AB1081) – Alto a la Polimigra
Acta de La Confianza (TRUST Act – AB1081)
Day laborers can solicit work in Agoura Hills
City’s ban is ‘unconstitutional’ By Sylvie Belmond | Source: TheAcorn.com The City of Agoura Hills repealed its ordinance prohibiting day laborers from soliciting work in the public right of way on the heals of a federal ruling that struck down a similar law in Redondo Beach last year. In September 2011, the U.S. 9th Circuit…
Artist pays homage to L.A.’s unseen workers – latimes.com
Their faces are vague, order the color of coffee beans, but before Ramiro Gomez heads out with pliers and wire to install them, he gives each one a name. There was Guillermina, named for his Aunt Guille, a housekeeper at a casino hotel; Maria Elena, after his mom, a janitor at an elementary school; and Luis, like Uncle Luis, who delivers meat for a
Community Applauds DC Council for Passing Emergency Detainer Compliance Act on Day of S-Comm Activation
Washington DC Maintains Bright Line Between Police and Wrongful Deportation Policies June 05, 2012. Washington, DC The Washington, DC Council was praised by a wide coalition of community, faith, and labor organizations for passing the Immigration Detainer Compliance Emergency Amendment Act in response to today’s federally imposed activation of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s controversial “Se Communities”…