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., 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., 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…
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Five government agencies will pay $1.2 million in legal fees after having to disclose documents on a controversial fingerprinting and deportation program, s a rights group says. In April 2010, the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON) and others sued the FBI, the Executive Office for Immigration Review and the Office of Legal Counsel and two other agencies seeking information about Se Communities, or S-Comm. The plaintiffs, which include the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the Immigration Justice Clinic of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, said the "error-prone" system would be instituted nationwide "without sufficient transparency, oversight, or public engagement." Ostensibly developed to target criminals, the system was allegedly flush with immigrants whom authorities fingerprinted for minor traffic offenses to meet deportation quotas. The groups sought the information as ammunition for a campaign urging supporters to "End Se Communiti..
With rain pelting down and a crowd of a supporters behind her with picket signs and umbrellas, Alma Barrios got on her knees and faced the agents in front of the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement office. "Agents of ICE, store I plead, please, no more deportations," Barrios said in Spanish through a bullhorn, her voice quivering and tears…
With rain pelting down and a crowd of a supporters behind her with picket signs and umbrellas, s Alma Barrios got on her knees and faced the agents in front of the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement office. "Agents of ICE, I plead, please, no more deportations," Barrios said in Spanish through a bullhorn, her voice quivering and tears…
With rain pelting down and a crowd of a supporters behind her with picket signs and umbrellas, Alma Barrios got on her knees and faced the agents in front of the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement office. "Agents of ICE, I plead, please, no more deportations," Barrios said in Spanish through a bullhorn, her voice quivering and tears…