By Larry Baskett Deadline: ASAP, since they’re threatening to send stormtroopers to Oakland — You’ve no doubt seen that the Repressor-in-Chief and his henchmen, under disturbing and outrageous excuses like … Continue reading Tell local officials: say NO to federal troops
Oppose unjust asylum regulations
By Dean Gloster Deadline: Comments due January 13, 2020 - It’s the law: Refugees are legally entitled to asylum in the U.S. if they have a well-founded fear of persecution … Continue reading Oppose unjust asylum regulations
Border to border with love to defund hate
On September 10, volunteers gathered to assemble a giant pro-immigrant, anti-hate collage as part of Indivisible East Bay’s participation in Defund Hate Week. Coordinated by the Defund Hate Campaign, a … Continue reading Border to border with love to defund hate
Join us for Defund Hate Week!
Immigrant families are under an all-out assault: from caging children and families at the border and refusing them access to basic necessities like showers and toothbrushes, to launching raids that … Continue reading Join us for Defund Hate Week!
Tell our Senators: Keep ICE’s hands out of the cookie jar
UPDATED September 5, 2019 Under the US Constitution and federal law, it’s the responsibility of Congress and the President to create a federal budget and spending bills. The process is … Continue reading Tell our Senators: Keep ICE’s hands out of the cookie jar
Fight DHS expanded “expedited removal” program
By Sylvia Chi Deadline: Submit comment by September 23, 2019 - In July 2019 the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced it would expand the expedited removal program. Expedited removal is a … Continue reading Fight DHS expanded “expedited removal” program
The administration is causing the border crisis
This article was edited on July 17 to reflect updates since its original publication. The administration is right about there being an immigration crisis, but it isn’t for the reasons … Continue reading The administration is causing the border crisis
Tell Big Business: No Cruelty for Profit!
By Alice Towey It's no secret that conditions at border detention facilities are dangerous and inhumane. Reports detail overcrowding, degrading treatment, and lack of access to food, sanitation, and medical treatment. … Continue reading Tell Big Business: No Cruelty for Profit!
A Matter of Life, Death, and the Rule of Law
Somewhere in Northern Mexico, an exhausted nine-year-old girl stumbles. She’s traveling with her maternal grandmother, her legal guardian since her mother died, but they don’t have a paper explaining that, … Continue reading A Matter of Life, Death, and the Rule of Law
Tell our MoCs: no raiding the budget for wall funding
Our Members of Congress have been consistent opponents of Trump’s efforts to increase militarization of our country’s southern border. But on February 14, all of them other than Senator Kamala … Continue reading Tell our MoCs: no raiding the budget for wall funding