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Immigrant Rights Groups call for action following reports of neglect and systemic failures conditions at GSA detention center
California Collaborative for Immigrant Justice (CCIJ) released a press release regarding a letter they sent out to ICE to stop the increased number of people it chooses to hold in its custody at Golden State Annex (GSA), an immigrant detention center in McFarland, CA, on March 12.
A statewide pilgrimage spreads awareness about human suffering in detention centers
On May 29, there was a statewide pilgrimage led by fate leaders, community advocates, and community members that were formally in detention centers from various parts of the state; the goal was to bring awareness to the harms of immigration detention centers to stop the double punishment that immigrants are facing.
Women detainees suddenly released from Mesa Verde find relief through safety network
Almost two weeks have passed since the release of all women detainees from the Mesa Verde ICE Processing Center in Bakersfield on May 7th.Notified
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.