NDLON Press Releases

Latest updates on our news, events & campaigns

Abuela Xochitl Files Civil Rights Complaint against LAPD and Department of Homeland Security

Press Advisory for October 18 Contact: Armando Carmona, armando@ndlon.org, (323) 250-3018 Abuela Xochitl Files Civil Rights Complaint against LAPD and Department of Homeland Security Immigrant Grandmother Jailed for 6 Months as a Result of Racial Profiling Files Civil Rights Complaints with Department of Homeland Security and LAPD Abuela Xochitl Hernandez Calls on DHS to Close…

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100+ Organizations Call Upon DOJ to Drop Felony Charges Against Salvadoran Mother and End Practice of Criminalizing Refugees

For Immediate Release // Please Excuse Cross-Posting // October 13, 2016Press contacts: Tara Tidwell Cullen, 312.660.1337, ttidwellcullen@heartlandalliance.org; Armando Carmona, armando@ndlon.org, (323) 250-3018,  100+ Organizations Call Upon DOJ to Drop Felony Charges Against Salvadoran Mother and End Practice of Criminalizing Refugees St Louis, MO — More than 100 immigrant rights, civil rights, faith, and domestic violence organizations demanded that Attorney General Loretta Lynch and…

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Immigrant Workers Take Sheriff Joe Arpaio and County’s Top Prosecutor To Court

Media Advisory for October 13 Contacts: Carlos Garcia, Puente, carlos@puenteaz.org; Armando Carmona, NDLON, armando@ndlon.org, (323) 250-3018; Steve Kilar, ACLU of Arizona, skilar@acluaz.org; Jennifer Kim, UCI Law, yoonjk2@law.uci.edu   Immigrant Workers Take Sheriff Joe Arpaio and County’s Top Prosecutor To Court Plaintiffs Ask Federal Judge to Rule Arpaio’s Workplace Raids and County Prosecutions of Immigrant Workers…

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U.S. Congressman Meets With Deported Father of U.S. Veteran at the U.S.-Mexico Border Wall. Champions Efforts to #BringJoseBack

For Immediate Release // Please Excuse Cross-PostingOctober 11th, 2016
Contact: Armando Carmona, National Day Laborer Organizing Network, armando@ndlon.org, (323) 250-3018 U.S. Congressman Meets With Deported Father of U.S. Veteran at the U.S.-Mexico Border Wall. Champions Efforts to #BringJoseBack San Diego/Long Beach CA – On Sunday afternoon, U.S. Congressman Alan Lowenthal (47th District of CA), Long Beach…

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Families of Deportees & Detainees Call on Bill Clinton to Denounce His ‘96 Immigration Law, Join “Bring Jose Back” Petition

For Immediate Release // Please Excuse Cross-Posting // Available Online here September 29, 2016 Contact: Armando Carmona, armando@ndlon.org, (323) 250-3018   Families of Deportees & Detainees Call on Bill Clinton to Denounce His ‘96 Immigration Law, Join “Bring Jose Back” Petition 1996 federal immigration legislation (IIRIRA) is responsible for fusing mass incarceration and mass deportation…

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TRUTH Act Signed into Law: Step Forward in Fight to get ICE out of Jails

For Immediate Release
 // Excuse Cross Postings // Available OnlineSeptember 28th, 2016
Contact: Armando Carmona, armando@ndlon.org, 323-250-3018 TRUTH Act Signed into Law: Step Forward in Fight to get ICE out of Jails Los Angeles, CA – On Wednesday afternoon California Governor Jerry Brown signed the TRUTH Act which focuses on transparency and accountability when it comes…

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