Urgent Action: Border Officials Forcibly Separate Families

Four asylum-seeking fathers have been separated from their children at the U.S.-Mexico border. Sign the petition, call and write to CBP and ICE to demand their release and family reunification! José Demar Fuentes, 30, and his son Mateo. Photo Credit: Pueblo sin Fronteras From Amnesty International: US border

Stand by or Cry? Everybody can redeem themselves, even dogs

J. is an LGBT asylum seeker from Namibia currently detained in California “Boy with his dog,” by Louise Nienaber (2011). Charcoal and pastel on Fabriano. Source: SketchedOut I come from the Kavango tribe. It is an agricultural and fishing tribe settled along the Kavango river in what is today northeastern

California’s “Sanctuary State” Law: A Guide

By Nina Randazzo Image Source: Nicki Padar at The California Aggie In October 2017, Governor Jerry Brown signed State Senate Bill 54 into law. This law established a state-wide sanctuary policy. However, many Californians, including those directly affected by this bill because of their immigration status, may be confused about

We are being treated differently. We only want to be treated with respect.

Two women’s testimonies and a complaint with 27 signatures reveal a pattern of abusive conditions at the West County Detention Facility in Richmond, CA Women being detained at the West County Detention Facility in Richmond, California, sent the above complaint to [Community Initiatives for Visiting Immigrants in Confinement](http: