Concerts Highlighting Urgency for Deportation Relief Continue Outside LA Detention Center with a Son Jarocho Performance

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For Immediate Release // Excuse Cross Posting Contact B. Loewe, NDLON, bloewe@ndlon.org, 773.791.4668 Concerts Highlighting Urgency for Deportation Relief Continue Outside LA Detention Center with a Son Jarocho Performance Los Angeles, CA – After a successful opening concert with Chilean MC Ana Tijoux, the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON) will continue the Chant Down the Walls Concert…

MALDEF and NDLON File Lawsuit Over TRUST Act Violation in Baldwin Park

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For Immediate Release // Excuse Cross-Posting Contact: B. Loewe, NDLON, bloewe@ndlon.org, 773.791.4668 Larry Gonzalez, lgonzalez@rabengroup.com, 202.466.0879 Donald Gatlin, 202.587.2871, dgatlin@rabengroup.com   MALDEF AND NDLON FILE LAWSUIT AGAINST CITY AND POLICE DEPARTMENT OF BALDWIN PARK FOR VIOLATION OF CALIFORNIA TRUST ACT  One Year Following Passage of Law That Limits Cruel and Costly Immigration “Holds” in Local…

MALDEF and NDLON File Lawsuit Over TRUST Act Violation in Baldwin Park

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For Immediate Release // Excuse Cross-Posting Contact: B. Loewe, NDLON, bloewe@ndlon.org, 773.791.4668 Larry Gonzalez, lgonzalez@rabengroup.com, 202.466.0879 Donald Gatlin, 202.587.2871, dgatlin@rabengroup.com   MALDEF AND NDLON FILE LAWSUIT AGAINST CITY AND POLICE DEPARTMENT OF BALDWIN PARK FOR VIOLATION OF CALIFORNIA TRUST ACT  One Year Following Passage of Law That Limits Cruel and Costly Immigration “Holds” in Local…

NDLON Reacts to LA County Renewal of 287(g) Agreement with ICE

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For Immediate Release // Excuse Cross-Posting Contact: B. Loewe, NDLON, bloewe@ndlon.org, 773.791.4668 NDLON Reacts to LA County Renewal of 287(g) Agreement with ICE Los Angeles, CA – In reaction to the Los Angeles Board of Supervisors voting to renew it’s 287(g) agreement at the request of the current unelected Sheriff, Pablo Alvarado, Executive Director of the National…

LA Coalition Sees Major Progress with New City Policy Rejecting Detainers

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for immediate release // excuse cross-posting Contact: B. Loewe, NDLON, 773.791.4668, bloewe@ndlon.org   ICE Out of LA Coalition Takes Major Step Forward with New City Policy Rejecting ICE Holds, Sets Stage for County to Follow Suit New policy part of national trend ending Arizona-style enforcement, instead creating bright line between local law enforcement and federal deportation efforts…

Announcing New Suit to Halt Arpaio’s Workplace Raids

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For immediate release // excuse cross-posting Contact: B. Loewe, National Day Laborer Organizing Network, bloewe@ndlon.org, 773-791-4668   Coalition Files New Suit to Halt Arpaio’s Workplace RaidsCalls State Laws on Which Raids Are Based Unconstitutional   What: Press conference to announce suit against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery  When: 1:00…

Somerville Mayor to Sign Order Limiting ICE Holds

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Somerville Mayor to Sign Order Limiting ICE Holds, First in Massachusetts to Join National Trend Against Federal S-Comm Program

S-Comm is a “wall between police and community” says Police Chief

“All eyes on Massachusetts” as immigrant communities look to other localities to follow suit

May 22, 2014, Boston, Massachusetts——Wednesday, the Mayor of Somerville, Massachusetts, Joseph Curtatone, announced he will sign an executive order limiting local application of ICE holds, one component of the controversial Se Communities program (S-Comm), at a signing ceremony on Thursday at 5:30pm Eastern. The announcement comes one week after President Obama and DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson announced they would take a “fresh look” at the deportation dragnet program—widely criticized for contributing to rampant racial profiling and an unprecedented level of deportations.

Civil Rights Organizations Warn California Counties

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Civil Rights Organizations Warn California Counties: New Federal Court Decision Finds Immigration Detainers Unconstitutional; Local Law Enforcement Liable for Detention
Letter Urges Counties to Join 30 Counties in Oregon, 3 in Washington, and 3 in Colorado in Ending Compliance with Detainers in Wake of Decision

Contact: B. Loewe, NDLON, 773.791.4668, bloewe@ndlon.org

LOS ANGELES, MAY 2, 2014–Today civil rights organizations, including the National Day Laborer Organizing Network and the ACLU of California, sent letters to every County in California urging them to end compliance with immigration detainer requests in the wake of a recent federal court decision holding that the requests are unconstitutional and local law enforcement may be held liable for money damages for complying with them.