COMMENTARY: My safe place will be taken away from me if McFarland city officials grant GEO’s appeal

April 21, 2020 / By Kern Sol News
Tags: Coronoavirus, COVID-19, GEO, GEO Group, ICE, immigrant, Immigration, immigration detention centers, mcfarland

BY AIMEE

McFarland city officials have decided to give GEO Group another chance this week to bring in immigration detention facilities to my hometown.

McFarland residents protest city council’s decision to hold GEO appeal hearing during pandemic

April 20, 2020 / By Fabian Tolan
Tags: Appeal Hearing, COVID, COVID-19, GEO, GEO Inc., ICE, Immigration, mcfarland, McFarland City Council

The COVID-19 pandemic didn’t stop McFarland residents and neighboring communities from getting in their cars Sunday to protest the McFarland city council’s decision to hold the crucial GEO appeal hearing during a time the community can not physically gather safely. 

OUR VIEW: Time to protect our ‘essential’ farmworkers and not double up on oppressing them

April 20, 2020 / By Kern Sol News
Tags: Coronoavirus, COVID, COVID-19, farm workers, farmworker, GEO, ICE, immigrant, immigration detention centers, Kern County, mcfarland, Mesa Verde Detention

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.