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City of Chicago Under Review by OIG for Use of Gang Database
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The investigation comes after more than a year of campaigning for Chicago to be a real ‘Sanctuary’ for its residents by, amongst other demands, eliminating the Gang Database. Chicago, IL – Today Inspector General Joseph M. Ferguson announced that the City of Chicago Office of Inspector General will begin a review into […]
ReadUndocumented Activist Targeted by ICE Asks Immigration Judge to Throw Out Case Based on First Amendment
Maru Mora-Villalpando, a Washington-based organizer facing her first immigration court date, files Motion to Terminate her deportation proceedings, citing First Amendment violations.
ReadTrump Supreme Court Gives ICE Power to Hold People Indefinitely, Making Private Prisons Millions
The Supreme Court of the United States ruled today that U.S. Immigration officials can hold people indefinitely, without receiving bond hearings. Carlos Garcia, Mijente member and Executive Director of Puente Human Rights Movement in Arizona, issued the following statement on behalf of the organizations: “The decision of the Supreme Court will have a permanent impact […]
ReadICE Targets Undocumented Immigrants Who Share Their Story in the Media
February 26th, 2018Immigration agents claimed they pursued activist Maru Mora-Villalpando when they found her name and story in a local newspaper, labeling her an “anti-ICE” activist. The Seattle Field office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) released documents stating that immigrant rights organizer Maru Mora-Villalpando came to their attention after she “stated that she is ‘undocumented’ in […]
ReadArpaio Run for Senate is Desperate Attempt to Save Failed Legacy
Phoenix, AZ – This morning the infamous former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio announced that he would be running for United States Senate in the state of Arizona. Carlos Garcia, Executive Director of Puente Human Rights Movement, the organization that has led campaign against Arpaio for the last 10 years for his violent and […]
ReadNational Lawsuit Seeks to Expose Secrecy of Immigration Raids
Immigrant and civil rights groups around the country file lawsuit after ICE fails to disclose information regarding recent mass raids and threats of mass raids. Groups also highlight abuse of ICE agents and current harsh immigration enforcement tactics through coordinated events. Click here to read the lawsuit (Washington D.C) -- Organizations around the country are [...]
ReadMijente Reacts to Trump’s Cancellation of DACA
September 5th, 2017We Will Organize Against this White Supremacist President’s Agenda September 5, 2017 In response to the announcement that the White House is terminating the deferred action for childhood arrivals (DACA) program, Marisa Franco, director of Mijente, issued the following statement: “Jeff Sessions is a living monument to the Confederacy. He and Donald Trump’s white [...]
ReadDemanding that Congress Defend DACA, TPS and Initiate an Investigation on ICE
August 14th, 2017Undocumented and immigrant leaders were joined by community organizations and labor unions on Monday to demand Members of Congress to defend DACA and TPS, to investigate ICE’s rogue actions and to hold the line on all hate legislation that further criminalize immigrants.
ReadAfter Health Care Loss, Trump Goes to Long Island to Beat Up on Immigrants
“At a time when the administration is trying to defund health care, PBS, or almost all other government agencies over their supposed costs, it’s ridiculous to see it also trying to inflate ICE’s payroll.”
ReadGroups Push All Officials to Defend DACA and TPS
July 28th, 2017DACA and TPS are irreplaceably necessary in their own right.
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