Wilmington community members and allies from across the region filled city streets near the intersection of Anaheim and Avalon Boulevards on Feb. 22, to attend an Immigration March and Rally organized for grass-roots pushback against mass deportations.
“I shook hands with a 13 year-old-boy whose mother told him to make eye contact and shake hands firmly. Even in the midst of horrific living conditions and imprisonment, children at the facility are still being taught to treat people with respect, while being treated less than human…”
A total of 170 asylum seekers arrived in recent days.
“One of the reasons that I don’t think it’s an individual problem is that these folks are talking to each other. There are a lot of posts that have eight comments underneath them, and three of those comments are by other police officers, and in those long comment threads you often see a kind of piling on,” said Philadelphia-based attorney Emily Baker-White.
Panelists were joined by Dr. Barbara Ferrer, Director, Department of Public Health, who outlined a handful of underutilized services and debunked false narratives around services.
A recipient of the Dean Collection grant, Diakité creates an art exhibition for the public.
The human rights catastrophe keeps getting worse.
As the conversation of immigration tends to focus on undocumented Latinos, the African population is just as much affected by Trump’s immigration policies and programs.
State Bar Issues Fraud Alert for Immigrants Seeking Legal Help Following Immigration Raids
The report also recommended the city enact a comprehensive anti-discrimination ordinance, and decriminalize minor offenses likely to be committed by low-income residents
According to migrationpolicy.org, “immigrants make up a sizeable proportion of the U.S. health care workforce.
Since our founding, our country has struggled with discrimination and inequality.
What these victims of the horrific fire at the 24-story Grenfell Tower in North Kensington, England, had in common was their ancestry in Africa.
The city of Los Angeles will need more than 164,000 new apartment units by 2030 to keep up with demand, according to a study released Monday by the National Multifamily Housing Council and the National Apartment Association.