Immigrant, 74, Dies By Suicide in Mesa Verde Detention Facility
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 18, 2020 MEDIA CONTACTS: ACLU SoCal Communications & Media Advocacy, communications@aclusocal.org, 626-755-4129 Centro Legal de la Raza, jchavez@centrolegal.org, 559-213-6841 San Francisco Public Defenders, valerie.ibarra@sfgov.or, 628-249-7946 Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of …
LCCRSF and Start Small Think Big Announce Strategic Partnership for Bay Area COVID-19 Small Business Assistance
Partnership will increase service capacity and speed in matching small business clients with legal, financial and marketing assistance FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 7, 2020 Contact: Mark Conley-Buchsieb, mconleybuchsieb@lccrsf.org, (415) 500-5229 …
ADVOCATES DEMAND THAT MAYOR BREED FOLLOW THE LAW, MOVE UNHOUSED PEOPLE INTO HOTELS AND ALLOW COVID TESTS FOR SHELTER RESIDENTS
The City’s Inaction is Now Unlawful Under Unanimously-Passed Ordinance, Public Health Law FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 5, 2020 News Media Contact: Elisa Della-Piana, Legal Director, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights …
Court Finds Likely Constitutional Violation in ICE’S Detention of Immigrants in Two Cramped Detention Centers during Pandemic
Order Establishes Process for Court to Consider Releases of Detainees FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 29, 2020 MEDIA CONTACTS: San Francisco Public Defenders, Valerie Ibarra, valerie.ibarra@sfgov.org, 628-249-7946 ACLU SoCal Communications & Media Advocacy, communications@aclusocal.org, …
DETAINED IMMIGRANTS FILE CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST ICE, DEMAND IMMEDIATE RELEASES FROM EXTREMELY UNSAFE CONDITIONS DURING GLOBAL PANDEMIC
Lawsuit Also Defends First Amendment Right to Hunger Strike Over Dangerous Conditions FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACTS: San Francisco Public Defender’s Office (628) 249-7946 (cell) Valerie.Ibarra@sfgov.org ACLU SoCal Communications, 626-755-4129 (cell) …
Federal Judge orders ICE to release four detained immigrants at risk of serious illness or death from COVID-19 infection
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Mark Conley-Buchsieb, mconleybuchsieb@lccrsf.org, (415) 500-5229 April 9, 2020 SAN FRANCISCO – A federal judge has ordered the release of four immigrants detained in two ICE detention centers …
Lawsuit Demands ICE Release Immigrants at Risk of Death from COVID-19
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 24, 2020 Contact: Mark Conley-Buchsieb, mconleybuchsieb@lccrsf.org, (415) 500-5229 Lawsuit Demands ICE Release Immigrants at Risk of Death from COVID-19 :Thirteen Detainees at Yuba County Jail and Mesa …
Federal Court Finds Conditions in Customs and Border Protection Detention Facilities Unconstitutional
TUCSON, AZ — A federal court today ordered U.S. Customs and Border Protection to overhaul the way the agency detains people in its custody in the Tucson Sector. The court …