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Los Angeles Sheriff Will No Longer Turn Over Low-Level Offenders to Immigration
by Jorge Rivas on December 5 2012, 5:04PM
Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca said Wednesday he will no longer honor federal requests to hold some undocumented immigrants.
Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog
Calif. Gov Protects Some Immigrant Families, Leaves Others Out in the Cold
by Seth Freed Wessler on October 1 2012, 10:26AM
The bills, inspired in part by Colorlines.com’s Shattered Families investigation, take steps to stop U.S. citizen children from getting stuck in foster care if their parents are detained and deported.
Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog, Felipe Montes
Report: Deportation Program Costs L.A. County More Than $26 Million
by Jorge Rivas on August 23 2012, 4:44PM
LA County is spending $26 million a year to hold undocumented immigrants under the Secure Communities program.
Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog
U.S. Citizen Wrongly Imprisoned Due to Secure Communuties Sues FBI and DHS
by Jorge Rivas on July 3 2012, 2:34PM
The lawsuit is the first litigation challenging Secure Communities.
Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog
Feds Reveal Their Janus Face on Arizona’s Racial Profiling
by Seth Freed Wessler on June 28 2012, 9:24AM
Despite the Obama administration’s protest of Monday’s Supreme Court ruling, federal immigration officials are poised to continue detaining people rounded up through the state’s “show me your papers” law.
Topics: Arizona's SB 1070, Immigration
‘TRUST Act’ Legislation to Reform ‘Secure Communities’ Advances in California Senate
by Jorge Rivas on June 12 2012, 4:55PM
On Tuesday, by a vote of 5 to 2, the California State Senate’s Public Safety Committee approved the new version of AB 1081, also known as the TRUST Act.
Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog
California Lawmakers Propose Changes to Deportation Program
by Jorge Rivas on June 12 2012, 12:09PM
California lawmakers will decide Tuesday whether to set strict limits on how local law enforcement agencies participate in a controversial federal immigration program, Secure Communities.
Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog
DC Defies Federal Orders to Implement Deportation Program
by Jorge Rivas on June 5 2012, 11:49AM
The Council members city community trust as one of the reasons for defying the federal orders to implement Secure Communities.
Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog
NY and MA Forced to Join Secure Communities Despite Opposition
by Jorge Rivas on May 14 2012, 5:33PM
Despite opposition from the governors of New York and Massachusetts, federal immigration authorities are moving forward to implement Secure Communities in both states.
Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog
ICE Announces Minor Deportation Policy Shift for Secure Communities
by Julianne Hing on May 3 2012, 9:05AM
Those with an otherwise clean criminal record who are arrested for minor traffic violations won’t be flagged for deportation unless they’re convicted first, ICE announced.
Topics: Immigration
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UCLA DREAMers Walk Out on Napolitano [Video]
by Jorge Rivas on April 18 2012, 5:30PM
UCLA students protest Janet Napolitano.
Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog, Schools & Youth
Local Fight Against Deportation Pipeline Moves From Money to Rights
by Julianne Hing on March 16 2012, 10:29AM
The Obama administration is willing to pay big money to make sure the politically symbolic Cook County doesn’t ditch its marquee immigration enforcement program. Key lessons? Fighting unjust policy with a fiscal argument has its limitations.
Topics: Immigration
Baltimore Mayor Prevents Police From Asking About Immigration Status
by Jorge Rivas on March 5 2012, 10:55AM
Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has signed executive order prohibiting police officers from asking people they come in contact with about their immigration status.
Topics: /NOW Blog
LA Sheriff’s Letter to Miramonte Parents: ”We Will Not Ask About Your Immigration Status’
by Jorge Rivas on February 13 2012, 5:33PM
Los Angeles Sheriff Lee Baca on Friday mailed a letter to an estimated 1,400 parents of students at Miramonte Elementary telling them “not to worry about immigration status” if they had any information on the sexual abuse scandal that has…
Topics: /NOW Blog, Schools & Youth
Fear of Deportation Kept L.A. School’s Parents From Reporting Sex Abuse
by Jorge Rivas on February 10 2012, 8:39AM
As the Miramonte Elementary School sex scandal grows, new reports claim that some parents didn’t report their children’s abuse because of their legal status.
Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog, Schools & Youth
ICE Creates Public Advocate Position to Serve ‘Those in Immigration Proceedings’
by Jorge Rivas on February 7 2012, 3:38PM
Advocates say ICE would do better to halt programs like Secure Communities than patch things up with these sorts of minor reforms.
Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog
California Assemblyman Introducing Bill to Counter Federal Secure Communities Program
by Jorge Rivas on February 1 2012, 9:46AM
Legislation would counter Secure Communities program by limiting local law enforcement’s role in holding people for immigration authorities.
Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog
Ten Undocumented Youth Arrested in San Bernardino for Civil Disobedience at DHS Office
by Jorge Rivas on January 26 2012, 6:10PM
On Tuesday ten undocumented immigrant youth were arrested in San Bernardino, Calif. after practicing non-violent civil disobedience by holding multiple “sit-ins” in front of the Department of Homeland Security building in town.
Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog
Justice Dept. Finally Cuffs Sheriff Joe, But Not the Policy That Made Him
by Julianne Hing on January 5 2012, 9:54AM
Sheriff Joe Arpaio has cried uncle, sort of, in his standoff with DOJ over racial profiling and other abuses. But what about the Homeland Security program that enabled his behavior in the first place?
Topics: Immigration, Joe Arpaio
Department of Homeland Security and ICE End Sheriff Arpaio’s 287(g) Contract
by Jorge Rivas on December 15 2011, 5:00PM
Sheriff Joe Arpaio will no longer have the ability to hold undocumented detainees after they’ve served their time for their initial arrest.
Topics: Criminal Justice, Immigration, /NOW Blog
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