CCIJ moves beyond traditional legal services and supports innovative approaches for the liberation and empowerment of detained immigrants and their communities.
OUR COMMITMENT
Our immigration system is rooted in racism and xenophobia. It dehumanizes and defames our community members to justify detaining them and profiting off their suffering.
CCIJ is committed to fighting against this unjust and for-profit system by empowering folx in detention and working with them to find innovative strategies for individual and collective liberation.
COMMUNITY RESOURCES
Rapid Response Networks (RRN)
An up-to-date directory of existing Rapid Response Networks in California. Find your local number and keep it handy in case of an emergency.
Communities United Against ICE
A toolkit that provides Know Your Rights information for various situations where you might encounter ICE. Share the graphics and videos widely to help protect and inform our communities!
First Steps After Immigration Arrest
A comprehensive guide on the first steps you should take after someone you care about is detained by immigration.
UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENS IN ICE DETENTION
Detained leaders and legal advocates created this KYR handbook, which includes an overview of labor history in the US, ways people can assert their rights inside detention, and more!
The ICE contract with Yuba County Jail, long marked by abuse and rights violations, is finally over. The Yuba Liberation Coalition shares the strategies that made it possible, offering a roadmap for others working to shut down immigration detention, as well as other carceral systems, and build toward collective freedom.
Detained workers, paid $1 a day to work for the multibillion dollar company detaining them, have had enough. Learn about their fight for fair pay and humane treatment inside two detention centers in California.
After multiple complaints from people detained at Mesa Verde and Golden State Annex, ranging from spoiled milk and cockroaches to neglect of medical and religious diets, CCIJ began monitoring food conditions inside both facilities. This report shares our findings and outlines next steps to hold detention centers accountable.
Check out our most recent report on labor conditions inside immigration detention centers in California. Published by graduate students from the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.
Immigrant Defense Advocates, the California Collaborative for Immigrant Justice, and Disability Rights California have released a report on detention conditions in California. Along with 50 partner organizations, we are also calling on the state to take action and address the dangers in detention detailed in the report.
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