NDLON: One simple message, Black Lives Matter
In response to the extrajudicial murder of Mr. George Floyd and nationwide protests calling for an end to police violence, NDLON Co-Executive Director, Pablo Alvarado made the following statement:
NDLON: Reaction to Leak of Planned ICE Escalation
In response to leaks of a planned escalation by the Trump administration, Pablo Alvarado, NDLON Executive Director, released the following statement: No one doubts that Donald Trump will do anything to stay in power. Nor that ICE is the rogue agency he uses to send political messages to opponents and allies alike. The question is why do local and federal Democratic officials continue to enable and fund them?
In the midst of Racist Tirade, John Kelly Agrees TPS Holders Deserve Citizenship
Last night, John Kelly, President Trumps Chief or Staff and former Secretary of Homeland Security said in an NPR interview that TPS holders should be given a path to Citizenship. In Response, Pablo Alvarado, Director of NDLON issued the following statement…
Trump Tweets Only Strengthen California Policy
In response, Pablo Alvarado, Director of NDLON issued the following statement: “Trump’s tweets against California might win the news cycle on talk radio, but his attacks only strengthen the resolve and cohesiveness of efforts to advance immigrant rights in California. Simply put, his bullying doesn’t work over here. We’re not scared of him or his tweets, and we don’t fall for his efforts to scare and divide people…”
NDLON REACTION: Victory in the Battle Between Fear & Courage as CA Senate Advances Values Act
Sacramento, CA – In reaction to the California Senate voting to advance the California VALUES Act (SB-54), Pablo Alvarado, Executive Director of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON), made the following statement…
NDLON Reacts to President’s Comments on Immigration Reform to Law Enforcement
NDLON Reacts to President’s Comments on Immigration Reform to Law Enforcement
Today, President Obama met with representatives from several major national law enforcement agencies, commenting on the possibility of Congressional action on immigration reform and blaming House Republicans for lack of action. His full remarks are available below. In response, NDLON Executive Director Pablo Alvarado issued the following statement:
“The President’s remarks on immigration today are more of an indictment of his own policies than of Congress’s failure to allow a vote. President Obama’s policies, not Republicans in Congress, have led to the Arizonification of the country. It borders on becoming a political crime for President Obama to decry the very status quo he created. While there is unity among immigrant rights advocates on the need for Speaker Boehner to allow a vote, there is equal consensus that the President should end his failed experiment to use police and sheriffs as so-called ‘force multipliers’ for immigration enforcement. That policy has been a catastrophe. Particularly if statutory immigration reform were to be signed into law this year, there would be heightened need for President Obama to end Se Communities and programs like it in order to ensure immigrants have safe passage on the metaphorical road to citizenship contemplated in the Senate proposal. In related news, Santa Cruz, California is the latest local jurisdiction to rebel against President Obama’s signature deportation program.”
National Praise for Philadelphia Executive Order
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Philly’s Historic Executive Order Draws
Praise from National Advocates
In response to Philadelphia Mayor Nutter’s announcement of an Executive Order to effectively end the city’s submission to ICE hold requests, leading national civil rights and labor organizations gave the following statements.
Pablo Alvarado, Executive Director, National Day Laborer Organizing Network:
“Philadelphia’s new policy makes the city safer, it protects civil rights, it constitutes an exemplary policy of inclusion, and it sends a clear message that the city values the contributions of its immigrant population. Whereas shameful federal deportation dragnet programs like SCOMM have created a culture of suspicion that has divided communities and led to Arizonification, Philadelphia’s new policy represents the turning tide. We expect more cities will follow Philly’s lead in weeks and months ahead, and we congratulate and thank everyone involved in this historic policy.”
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Pablo Alvarado, executive director of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, was also disappointed to see Obama make no mention of deportations. He called on the president to “lead by example” and sign an executive order to stop deportations. “The President has already shown that he has broad legal authority in the realm of immigration; but t…
TRUST Act Signed into Law in California
October 5, 2013. – Los Angeles, CA
In response to Governor Jerry Brown signing the California TRUST Act (AB4) into law, NDLON Executive Director Pablo Alvarado released the following statement:
“The tide is turning. California’s historic legislation marks a shift of the pendulum away from the criminalization of immigrants and against the idea that police should have any role in immigration enforcement. The more the public learns about the failed Se Communities deportation program, the more clear it becomes that it should be ended. The President should take a cue from the state of California and other locales that have rejected his deportation quota program and reverse course on his Administration’s policies of Arizonification.
New Detainer Statistics Show that Actual ICE Practice is Opposite of Administration’s Stated Priorities
Oct 01, 2013 – Los Angeles, CA
In response to new statistics released by TRAC today that, despite several directives from former ICE director John Morton, fewer than one in nine (10.8 percent) of the ICE detainers met the agency’s stated goal of targeting individuals who pose a serious threat to public safety or national security, Pablo Alvarado, Executive Director of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network issued the following statement.
“The Obama Administration’s approach to immigration has spelled disaster for immigrant communities. No matter what talking points the President repeats, the data shows complete disregard for priorities, an expansion of the deportation dragnet, and more innocent people being ripped from their families.