News Archive - LCCRSF

Anniversary of Uprisings: The Lasting Impact of Police Violence

May 31, 2022

by Tifanei Ressl-Moyer Esq. Incredibly effective. These are the words I use to describe the tactics of the Sacramento City Police Department during the uprisings that flooded our city streets …

LCCRSF Statement on Anti-Asian Violence

March 17, 2021

LCCRSF Statement on Anti-Asian Violence Last night, eight people were brutally murdered in Atlanta, Georgia in the span of an hour by a white supremacist who targeted three Asian massage parlors. Seven …

Fall 2020 Asylum Seminar

August 24, 2020

On September 22, 2020, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area (LCCRSF) presented our Fall 2020 Asylum Seminar providing an in-depth, online training in asylum law and procedure, …

Take Action Now to Protect Asylum Seekers

June 28, 2020

Call to Action The right to seek asylum from persecution and harm is enshrined in the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which the U.S. promoted and signed in 1948. Since Day …

LCCRSF's Statement on the Trump Administration’s Dismantling of the U.S. Asylum system

June 24, 2020

On June 10, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services proposed sweeping regulations that, if implemented, would substantially dismantle our nation’s asylum system. The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area condemns these proposed changes, which represent a blatant rejection of …

Victory for Immigrant Youth Sets National Precedent

November 19, 2019

By Bree Bernwanger With new horror stories arriving daily from the U.S.-Mexico border, it’s easy to lose sight of the Trump administration’s attacks on immigrant communities closer to home. It’s …

In These Times: 100 Years Ago, Farmers and Socialists Established the Country's First Modern Public Bank

July 28, 2019

Read the full story from In These Times’ Thomas M. Hanna and Adam Simpson.

CityLab: Has the Time Come for City-Run Public Banks?

July 17, 2019

Read the full story from CityLab’s Sarah Holder.

Common Dreams: As Asylum Ban Takes Effect, Rights Groups Sue Trump

July 17, 2019

Read the full story from Common Dreams’ Jake Johnson.