H.R.32 could potentially cut federal funding to schools, hospitals, homeless shelters, and transportation systems in more than two dozen states deemed "sanctuaries."
Read MoreThank City Attorney Chiu for filing a lawsiut against the Trump Administration to protect our Sanctuary Status.
Read MoreTell Governor Newsom: protect our immigrant communities and don’t give them up to ICE
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Submit a public comment by July 15th on Trump administration’s new proposal to almost completely block asylum.
Read MoreCOVID-19 is a threat to prison populations, including ICE detainees, due to the poor conditions at prisons and detention centers. Governor Newsom has the discretion to order the detainees to be released back to their communities where they can safely shelter in place. Urge Governor Newsom to make this order.
Submit a public comment on DHS proposal to further restrict asylum eligibility for immigrants from criminalized communities.
Read MoreSubmit a public comment on DHS proposal to bar current and future asylum applicants from receiving work permits.
Read MoreIt's time for Democrats to stand up for Main Street and stop selling their souls to Wall Street. No NAFTA 2.0!
Read MoreICE is trying to get around AB32 by establishing private prison contracts before the law kicks in. Tell state officials not to let them get away with it!
The Trump Department of Labor announced plans to make sweeping revisions to the H-2A agricultural guest worker program to the detriment of farm workers. The proposed H-2A changes would weaken key protections for farm workers, limiting their ability to obtain employment with H-2A employers and exposing H-2A workers to greater vulnerability and costs. You can give public comment in opposition to the changes!
Read MoreIn our “checks and balances” government, Congress holds the power of the purse—the authority to direct how the government spends money, and thereby what the government does and how. Congress can use this to check immigration enforcement authorities by cutting off the flow of money to programs that mistreat people coming to the United States.
Read MoreFor decades the ESA protected the bald eagle and grizzly bears from extinction, now Republicans want to allow oil drilling, coal mining, and logging on their last remaining habitats, but gutting the ESA. Tell your MoC’s to use the Congressional Review Act to stop this rule change!
Read MoreThe Trump administration intends to deport people if they use government services via their Public Charge rule change. Tell your MoC’s to use the Congressional Review Act to stop this rule change!
Read MoreIn our “checks and balances” government, Congress holds the power of the purse—the authority to direct how the government spends money, and thereby what the government does and how. Trump administration programs and schemes can be blocked by denying them funds, and some of their destructive regulation and rule changes can be countered by mandating how funds have to be used.
Read MoreOn May 1, Trump requested billions of dollars in additional funding for the Department of Homeland Security, including over $1 billion in funding to expand detention (yes, more cages), hire more ICE and CBP agents, and accelerate deportations.
Read MoreAylaliya “Liyah” Birru, an Ethiopian immigrant survivor of domestic violence, is facing deportation for defending herself against her abusive ex-husband. Ask Governor Newsom to pardon her and stop the deportation.
Trump is threatening to take funds that have been appropriated to other departments by Congress to pay for his racist wall. Not only is this unconstitutional, but it will place Americans at far greater risk than any imagined border emergency.
Read MoreMake no mistake -- Trump’s emergency declaration is an illegal, anti-democratic power grab rooted in racism. We need to stand up and defend our democracy and our immigrant, Muslim, black, and brown communities.
Read MoreA budget deal is in the works and it contains concessions to Trump, ICE, and DHS. House Democrats need to stay strong and do the right thing.
Read MoreAsk Asm. Chiu to introduce state laws that protect Californian undocumented immigrants.
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