A coalition of Hispanic activist groups has announced a plan to take it upon themselves to “shut down” another federal agency next Monday. At a news conference outside the Phoenix Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) office, activists announced a “day of action” against ICE. Organizers say the Obama administration is about to set a shameful…
DetailsEl Gobierno mexicano expresó su reconocimiento a las nuevas leyes aprobadas en California que reconocen los aportes, así como las aspiraciones y planteamientos de los inmigrantes. La Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores (SRE) destacó por medio de un comunicado el trabajo de la Asamblea Estatal de California y del gobernador, Jerry Brown, para que la…
DetailsEl gobernador de California Jerry Brown promulgó el sábado un paquete de iniciativas de ley relacionadas con inmigración, incluida una que prohíbe a agencias judiciales locales detener a personas para deportación si fueron arrestadas por un delito menor que les permita ser elegibles a obtener la libertad. El proyecto de ley AB4 del asambleísta demócrata Tom Ammiano crea un estándar estatal sobre cómo deben las agencias locales cumplir con el programa federal de Comunidades Seguras, el cual exige a agentes judiciales revisar el estatus de inmigración de la gente que sea arrestada y retener durante 48 horas a cualquiera a quienes las autoridades federales deseen detener. La ley que firmó Brown permite a la policía estatal y local, así como a los departamentos del alguacil, detener a inmigrantes solo si han sido arrestados o declarados culpables por ciertos delitos graves o violentos.
DetailsOn a day when immigrant-rights activists nationwide rallied for action from Washington, Gov. Jerry Brown put California at the vanguard of change, signing sweeping laws aimed at speeding the assimilation of those in the country illegally. Brown signed eight bills Saturday, including one prohibiting local law enforcement officials from detaining…
DetailsSigning of TRUST expected to propel national immigration debate in new direction When: Monday, Oct. 7, 10:30 AM Pacific / 1:30 PM Eastern Who: Confirmed speakers include – Assemblymember Tom Ammiano, D – San Francisco Former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Jose Antonio Vargas, Pulitzer Prize-winning undocumented journalist and founder of Define American Rabbi Ken Chasen, Leo…
DetailsGov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill that prohibits local law enforcement agencies from detaining people for deportation if they are arrested for a minor crime and otherwise eligible to be released from custody. Assembly Bill 4, also known as the “TRUST Act,” was designed to counteract an Immigration and Customs Enforcement program that critics of the program say has led to nearly 100,000 Californians classified as “dangerous criminals.” AB 4 aims to give illegal immigrants in California “protection from overzealous immigration enforcement,” according to a statement from a spokesperson for the bill’s sponsor, Assemblymember Tom Ammiano, D-San Francisco.
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