Campaign for Immigrant Detention Reform (CIDR) is fighting inhumane detention of immigrants in NorCal & nationwide. A campaign by civil & imm rights orgs!
Why is this MASSIVE news?
➡️Yuba was the LAST county in CA to hold a contract with ICE to detain immigrants at one of its jails.
➡️Yuba County Jail has an extensive record of human rights violations that has tragically led to many deaths.
➡️ The contract was set to end in 2099!
📢 BREAKING: We FINALLY get to celebrate THE END OF THE YUBA-ICE CONTRACT!
The Yuba Liberation Coalition calls for the immediate release of the remaining individuals.
@pangealegal@ACLU_NorCal#CarlosSauceda#FaithfulFriends
https://t.co/vVfvisBKzG
BREAKING: A federal judge ruled that the Biden admin must undo the harms of the Muslim & African Bans, and reconsider denied visa applications. The Biden admin must do what’s right and develop a fair, effective visa process for our communities.
“Family is all we have in this world,” says Fidel Garcia, who's detained by ICE in CA. “That’s all we have to hold on to—that’s all I have to hold on to—and it’s very difficult to be in this environment with that lack of visitation.”
Read more: https://t.co/8m3HecYjG6
Yesterday we went all the way to Yuba County to let the Board of Supervisors know we’re holding them accountable for maintaining a multimillion dollar contract with ICE at the expense of our communities. We’re demanding: YUBA LIBERATION, CONTRACT TERMINATION 📣
🎉MORE GREAT NEWS for CA immigrants!
@CAgovernor's proposed #CABudget includes #Food4All, which would remove CalFresh exclusions for Californians ages 55+ due to immigration status.
Excited to lead this effort w/ @Nourish_CA, @Senator_Hurtado & all of YOU! Let's go!
👏🏼BREAKING: @CAgovernor includes #Health4All in the #CABudget, which would end the exclusion of ALL income-eligible undocumented Californians from Medi-Cal.
We've been co-leading the campaign w/ @healthaccess for years and we won't stop until we win this, pen on paper. Let's go!
🆕 NEW REPORT from @NIPNLG highlighting the stories of ppl cruelly prosecuted for illegal entry/re-entry, a troubling section of federal law that has explicit white supremacist origins.
Read the report ➡️ https://t.co/04UWkbFChe
🆕NEW REPORT highlighting the stories of ppl cruelly prosecuted for illegal entry/re-entry, a troubling section of federal law that has explicit white supremacist origins.
Read the stories ➡️ https://t.co/YXCfuciOfX
🚨 STATEMENT: As omicron spreads rapidly, people in immigration detention continue to report:
🚫 No booster shots
🚫 Lack of adequate PPE
🚫 Denial of sanitary and habitable living conditions
The solution is–and has always been–RELEASES.
#FreeThemAll
https://t.co/stFiXuWQBC
A for-profit prison company that runs an ICE detention center owes detainees $17.3 million in back pay after paying them just $1 a day for their work, a federal jury says.
https://t.co/jnJwiPrc0R
BREAKING: Border groups walked out in protest of a meeting with Biden admin officials just now regarding the administration’s plans to resume the cruel #MPP program.
“It is not possible to make the inhumane, humane” #EndMPP#WelcomeWithDignity
Immigration enforcement disproportionately affects Black immigrants yet mainstream media and policymakers often see immigration as a “non-Black Latino/Latinx issue,” leading to the erasure of Black immigrants #ProtectBlackMigrants
BIG NEWS! Luis, one of remaining two individuals in ICE custody at YCJ, is now FREE!
While we celebrate Luis’ release we need to move quickly & collectively for Ricardo. He urgently needs our help! Please contact DO Correll & demand his immediate release. Dm us for the script!
BREAKING: We've joined @HaitianBridge, @UndocuBlack, & @BAJItweet in filing a complaint w/ @DHSgov Office of Civil Rights + Civil Liberties, demanding potential witnesses to @CBP abuses be allowed to remain in/returned to the US during any investigation. https://t.co/2resHkoea9