We are the 14 immigration attorneys, undocumented organizers, and supporters who locked ourselves to each other and to the gate of California Governor Gavin Newsom’s mansion Monday morning, demanding he use his authority to protect the lives of people who…
Below is a letter that nearly 100 organizations across the state have endorsed supporting the demands of hunger strikers at the Mesa Verde Detention Facility in Bakersfield, CA. Strikers demand that Gov. Newsom and Attorney General Becerra take broader steps…
***En español abajo. As COVID-19, more commonly referred to as the "coronavirus," begins to make its impact in the United States, we want to take this moment to remind undocumented youth and their families to prioritize their health to the…
Alliance of local farmworkers, formerly detained immigrants defeat GEO Group’s bid to expand immigration detention in McFarland, CA McFarland, CA--Immigrant rights advocates are celebrating a significant victory this week in the town of McFarland, CA, where courageous grassroots organizing by…
ob Bonta's Assembly Bill 32 makes its way to the senate floor today. This bill upholds immigrant values and holds million-dollar corporations accountable for the atrocities they are responsible for, including death, within their immigrant prisons. Though we celebrate this…
his morning, California Governor Newsom and Attorney General Xavier Becerra challenged the Trump on their racist public charge policy, in another effort in California's so called "resistance" against the administration. As an undocumented immigrant that calls California home I feel…
The following statement in support of AB-32 is issued by the California Immigrant Youth Justice Alliance: CALIFORNIA-- As California policymakers end their summer recess, they will have the opportunity to help lead the nation against private detention centers and prisons.…
“Today is seemingly quiet,” thinks Samantha to herself, as she sips her soy green tea latte at a local coffee shop. She shrugs and thinks nothing of it. She had just come back home to Santa Ana after graduating from…
n June 9th, Valeria Suarez--an undocumented and queer organizer--was detained by Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) on her way home from Puerto Rico, where she celebrated having recently graduated. Like many undocumented folks who travel within the United States, both…
Press Statement For Immediate Release: March 28, 2019 Contact: Dianey Murillo, dmurillo@06d.b80.myftpupload.com, 951-742-1848 Jose Servin, jservin@06d.b80.myftpupload.com, 714-728-2520 RIVERSIDE — The California Immigrant Youth Justice Alliance today released the following statement in response to the announcement by the city council of…