For Immediate ReleaseMarch 17, 2016Contact: Olga Tomchin, 402-650-2339, olga@ndlon.org Beyond Inspections, We Need Consequences for Human Rights Violations in DHS Prisons Los Angeles, CA–In response to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) statement that it will begin conducting unannounced inspections at immigration detention centers, the National Day Laborer Organizing…
For Immediate ReleaseAugust 25, 2015Contact: Olga Tomchin, olga@ndlon.org Advocates Condemn Plan to Detain Transgender Women at Adelanto “[the] way to keep LGBTQ immigrants safe is not to detain them in the first place” Today, over 100 national and local LGBTQ, immigrant, and civil rights organizations urged President Obama in a letter to stop Immigration and Customs…
For Immediate Release July 13, 2015 Contacts: Olga Tomchin, olga@ndlon.org, 402.650.2339 // Christina Fialho (for interviews with Carlos Hidalgo), cfialho@endisolation.org, 385.212.4842 “Free Adelanto 4” Announces Successful Release of Carlos Hidalgo, Pledges Continued Fight Against Detention of People with Disabilities & Vulnerable Groups Campaign Continues for Vulnerable Individuals Still Detained at Adelanto, Calls to Prevent Transfer…
For Immediate ReleaseJuly 6, 2015Contact: Olga Tomchin, olga@ndlon.org #FreeAdelanto4: LGBTQ & Immigrant Rights Groups React to ICE Announcement of Plans to Transfer Transgender Women to For-Profit Immigration Prison Already Abusing People with Disabilities and Asylum-Seekers Los Angeles, CA—Days after a coalition of immigrant rights groups launched a campaign exposing abuses against people with disabilities and…