Gov. Newsom Signs AB 3228
California Continues Fight to End Private Detention, Passes Bill To Protect Human Rights and Ensure Accountability 9/27/20220 For Immediate Release Sacramento, CA —…
IDA’s oral statement to the court on AB 32
May it please the court, my name is Jackie Gonzalez, and I am here representing Immigrant Defense Advocates and Immigrant Legal Defense. This…
Immigrant Defense Advocates and Immigrant Legal Defense to present Amicus Brief in AB 32 Litigation
IDA will appear before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California to present an Amicus Brief filed along with Immigrant…
The California Committee for Immigrant Liberation Letter- COVID-19 and Yuba County Jail
May 15th 2020 The Honorable Gavin Newsom Attorney General Xavier Becerra 1303 10th Street, Suite 1173 1300 I Street Sacramento, CA 95814 Sacramento,…
A Cry for Help : Letter from Oscar Nevarez – M Pod of Otay Mesa – In Honor of Carlos Escobar Mejia
This letter was the basis for the following story in the San Francisco Chronicle - ‘This is a cry for help’: ICE detainees…
CALL TO ACTION – ICE Denying Family Access to Hospitalized Man from Otay Mesa
Update 5/13/2020 - Thanks to ongoing pressure on ICE and community mobilization, Noe was briefly able to speak to his family on May…
IDA joins community organizations calling for the release of detainees in Mesa Verde
On Friday April 10th, a coordinated act of defiance and solidarity was organized by individuals detained inside the Mesa Verde ICE Processing Center…
Immigrant Defense Advocates joins the ACLU of California and 150 other orgs demanding Gov. Newsom halt expansion of immigrant detention in the wake of COVID-19
As California takes drastic measures to counter the spread of COVID-19, Immigrant Defense Advocates joined the ACLU of California and the San Francisco…
55 California organizations call for state audit related to private prison contracts
Advocates and community members from across California have signed on to a letter expressing grave concern over public corruption and misconduct in the…
Op-ed: SF Chronicle -Open Forum: Stopping ICE raids begins with ending immigration detention
Original posting By Hamid Yazdan Panah July 16, 2019 Last week, the threat of raids imposed by the Trump administration sent waves of panic…