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Proposed Bill Aims to Keep CA Taxpayers From Funding ICE Detention Centers
On Tuesday evening, PICO CA, the state’s largest faith-based, multiracial community organizing network, hosted an informational webinar to provide an in-depth overview of Assembly Bill 2465, titled the “No Taxpayer Dollars for Our Family Separation Act.”
Dr. Mae Ngai Examines How U.S. Immigration Policy Created Undocumented Immigration
On Monday, Columbia University hosted an online discussion with Dr. Mae Ngai, author of several critically acclaimed books, including Impossible Subjects: Illegal Aliens and the Making of Modern America and The Chinese Question: The Gold Rush and Global Politics.
Taft farm workers stand their ground with red cards during alleged ICE raid
Fear and worry have continued to grow across Kern County following reports of sightings and unannounced raids by immigration enforcement and Border Patrol over the past month.
Immigrant rights activists, detained leaders speak up amidst labor strike
Immigrant rights and labor activists gathered outside the Golden State Annex and Mesa Verde Detention Centers on Sunday along with previously detained immigrants in support of currently detained immigrants who have been on labor strike for over four months.
COMMENTARY: My safe place will be taken away from me if McFarland city officials grant GEO’s appeal
BY AIMEE
McFarland city officials have decided to give GEO Group another chance this week to bring in immigration detention facilities to my hometown.
OUR VIEW: Time to protect our ‘essential’ farmworkers and not double up on oppressing them
There is a small farm working community in Kern County where essential workers risk their lives everyday by going to work amid the COVID-19 pandemic to provide the nation with the food we eat.
Kern High School District approves policies that protect immigrant students and families
Compelled by state law passed last year, Kern High School District board members voted Monday to enact a slew of policies that bolster protections to immigrant students and their families.
GBLA to host free Civil Rights and Immigrants Conference
The Greater Bakersfield Legal Assistance will host a free Civil Rights and Immigrants Conference to address the current policies and issues immigrants in Kern County face.