News & Commentary
Jul 13, 2015
ICE vs. the Constitution
The following was originally published in the Los Angeles Times.We should not shred the Constitution in the face of tragedy. In the wake of the shooting death of Kathryn Steinle in San Francisco, the Sheriff's Department is being blamed for having released the man now charged with killing her, Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez, from jail. Presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton, among others, has said the city should have honored a federal request, known as a detainer, to keep Lopez-Sanchez in custody.B
By Hector Villagra
Jul 01, 2015
Lie is exposed; deputies convicted
The deputies’ brazen lies were exposed in photographs taken a day after Gabriel Carrillo was brutally beaten when he went to the Los Angeles County Jail to visit his brother.
Jun 30, 2015
Time to end unlawful and discriminatory citizenship practices
The following post was originally published on Giving In LA.
By Katie Traverso
Jun 25, 2015
ICE is playing the name game
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) rolled out a new immigration enforcement program this month that it bills as an improved approach to using city and county police and jails for immigration enforcement.
By Jennie Pasquarella
Jun 18, 2015
Shackle a pregnant woman, risk a foreseeable tragedy
The news on Mother’s Day left her elated: she was pregnant with her first child. But Monserrat Ruiz Cuevas’ celebration was short lived.When she learned she was pregnant, she was in custody at the Mesa Verde Detention Center, an immigration facility in Bakersfield operated by GEO Group, Inc. Within days Monserrat became ill and was taken to a hospital for urgent medical care.
By Katie Traverso
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