NDLON members Tonatierra and the Southside Workers’ Center, along with other organizations and individuals directly impacted by Arizona’s anti-immigrant hate law, SB 1070, brought this lawsuit in federal court to challenge 1070’s constitutionality. On February 28, 2012, the judge granted Plaintiffs’ motion to enjoin the anti-day labor provisions of SB 1070. NDLON is co-counsel in the suit, along with the ACLU, MALDEF, NILC, and others.
DetailsA federal judge blocked police in Arizona from enforcing a section of the state’s 2010 immigration enforcement law that prohibited people from blocking traffic when they seek or offer day labor services on streets. U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton ruled Wednesday that groups seeking to overturn the law will likely prevail in their claim that the
DetailsWorking behind the scenes, the head of the country’s immigration enforcement agency has offered to pay the costs of holding suspected illegal immigrants who are arrested for other crimes in Cook County, part of an effort to get county officials to reconsider their refusal to cooperate with federal detention requests. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director John Morton has harshly criticized a Cook County ordinance that orders the sheriff’s office to ignore ICE detainers and release illegal immigrants who have been jailed on other charges after they’ve posted bail. County officials have said the measure is partly related to the costs of keeping suspected illegal immigrants locked up.
DetailsVictoria para jornaleros Pablo Alvarado, seek Director de la Red Nacional de Jornaleros sobre la decisión de la Corte Suprema de Justicia que legaliza que el trabajador se pueda parar en una acera para solicitar trabajo en cualquier parte de EEUU. – Telemundo 02.24.2012
DetailsSi bien la decisión de la Corte Suprema de Justicia que concedió el pleno derecho de los jornaleros a buscar trabajo en las calles, fue una enorme victoria celebrada con gran alegría en la VI Asamblea Nacional de la Red Nacional de Jornaleros (NDLON, por sus siglas en inglés), que se realizó del 19 al 23 de febrero pasados en Los Ángeles (Calif
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