On Tuesday, Judge William H. Orrick issued an injunction blocking President Donald Trump’s threatened plan to take federal funding away from so-called sanctuary cities. Judge Orrick ruled, “[Trump’s] Order cannot constitutionally place new conditions on federal funds.”
On Friday, the Department of Justice sent letters to eight jurisdictions asking for proof that they collaborate with immigration enforcement. According to the the LA Times, “the letters went to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, as well as officials in Chicago, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Las Vegas, Miami, Milwaukee and New York City.” In the statement, the Department of Justice says that american cities are “crumbling under the weight of illegal immigration and violent crime.”
The San Francisco Day Labor Program and Women’s Collective of Dolores Street Community Services, a worker-run collective that unites, empowers and organizes immigrant labor and domestic workers, celebrates its 25th Anniversary with the Grand Re-opening of the newly remodeled power center for organized workers on Thursday, February 16th, 2016 from 10:00 am – 2:00pm. This event is free and open to the public.
For Immediate Release // Excuse Cross Posting // January 31st 2017 Contact: Armando Carmona, 323-250-3018; armando@ndlon.org; BREAKING: In Face of Trump’s Threats, California is Doubling Down- Not Backing Down- on Sanctuary protections Landmark Legislation (SB54) Makes First Significant Step Forward Los Angeles, CA – On Tuesday morning, California Senate Bill 54 (SB54) was debated in…
For Immediate Release // Please Excuse Cross Posting // Available Online Here January 25, 2017 Contact: Armando Carmona, 323-250-3018; armando@ndlon.org; NDLON Responds to President Trump’s Executive Action on Interior Enforcement: “¡Ni Un Paso Atrás!” In reaction to the Executive Order on interior enforcement released today by President Donald Trump, NDLON Executive Director Pablo Alvarado issued…
For Immediate Release // Please Excuse Cross Posting // Available Online Here January 25, 2017 Contact: Armando Carmona, 323-250-3018; armando@ndlon.org; Trump Is Still Selling Fear, But America Doesn’t Need To Buy It Los Angeles, CA – President Trump has promised to issue a series of executive orders on immigration today, starting at 1:30 pm ET.…
For Immediate Release // Please Excuse Cross Posting January 21, 2017 Contact: Armando Carmona, 323-250-3018; armando@ndlon.org; Past as Prologue: The fight against the next Deporter-in-Chief must take place from the bottom up Los Angeles, CA – As President Donald J. Trump is sworn into office, immigrant rights activists and people all over the country are…
For Immediate Release // Please Excuse Cross Posting December 7, 2016 Contact: Armando Carmona, 323-250-3018; armando@ndlon.org; Day Laborer Network Issues Statement on CA Values Act Los Angeles— On Wednesday, California Senate Pro Tem Kevin De León (D- Los Angeles) introduced SB 54, the California Values Act which would “prevent the use of state and local…
For Immediate Release // Please Excuse Cross Posting November 21, 2016 Contact: IUPAT: Gavin McDonald, 202-351-8547, gmcdonald@iupat.org; AFL-CIO: Carolyn Bobb, 202-637-5018, Cbobb@aflcio.org; NDLON: Armando Carmona, 323-250-3018 armando@ndlon.org; The Worker Institute at Cornell: Prerna Sampat, 847-340-1658, ps828@cornell.edu Labor Organizations Launch Innovative New Phone App to Redress Wage Theft and Worker Abuses As Donald Trump Prepares to…
For Immediate Release // Please Excuse Cross Posting November 18th 2016 Contact: Sandra Hernandez, shernandez@maldef.org; Armando Carmona, armando@ndlon.org, (323) 250-3018 MALDEF AND NDLON ANNOUNCE JOINT IMMIGRANT CIVIL RIGHTS DEFENSE EFFORT Two Leading Immigrant Rights Organizations Establish Fund and Seek Donations (LOS ANGELES) – Less than two weeks after Donald J. Trump was elected president, two…