Contact: Edwin Carmona-Cruz | 415-933-4922 | edwin[@]ccijustice.org December 30, 2021 For immediate release Confirmed ICE Custody Repopulation at Yuba County Jail As Omicron cases surge, advocates worry so will immigrants in detention Northern California – As of December 27, 2021, at least 1 person is confirmed to be detained in ICE custody at the Yuba County Jail (YCJ). The “suicide jail” sat empty of civil immigrant detainees since October 27, 2021, when Ricardo Vazquez Cru

Ricardo (center) and his family on the day he was released from Yuba County Jail FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 27, 2021 MEDIA CONTACT: Laura Duarte Bateman | laura[@]ccijustice.org | 415-684-5463 | FreeTheYuba11 Coalition Valerie Ibarra | Valerie.Ibarra@sfgov.org | 628-249-7946 | S.F. Public Defender’s Office BREAKING: Last Person in ICE custody at the Yuba County Jail released after Pressure from Advocates, Attorneys, and Members of Congress Termination of ICE Contract with

Contact: Laura Duarte Bateman | laura[@]ccijustice.org | 415-684-5463 Tamara Marquez tamara[@]ic4ij.org 562-212-2664 Adriana Jasso | ajasso[@]afsc.org | 619-808-7277 October 21, 2021 For immediate release BREAKING: 24 Members of Congress Led by Lofgren and Correa Urge Closure of 3 ICE Detention Centers in CA California — Today, Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren and Congressman Lou Correa led an additional 22 Members of the California Delegation, including U.S. Senator Alex Padilla, i

Contact: Esperanza Cuautle Velazquez | advocate[@]pangealegal.org | Laura Duarte Bateman | laura[@]ccijustice.org | For immediate release September 9, 2021 ICE Conducts Mass Transfers Amidst COVID-19 Surge in Kern County, ICU Beds Near Capacity McFarland, CA — While a surge in positive coronavirus cases sweeps Kern County, leaders detained at Golden State Annex (GSA) and advocates categorically reject ICE’s intimidation tactic of transferring people in the middle of the night

In September 2020, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) began using Golden State Annex, a former state prison located in McFarland, California as an expansion of the Mesa Verde Detention Facility. Centro Legal de la Raza and the California Collaborative for Immigrant Justice have analyzed the impact on communities and enforcement trends of this expansion from September, 2020 to the end of March, 2021. Read the report here A promi

For immediate release March 8, 2021 DEATH UNDERSCORES MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE AT THE YUBA COUNTY JAIL The #FreeYuba12 issued the following statement with respect to the untimely death that occured at the Yuba County Jail: The #FreeYuba12 mourns the loss and we send our condolences to the family and community of Vong Yang, 30, who died while in custody at the Yuba County Jail on Sunday, February 28, 2021. We are saddened, frightened, depressed, and disappointed to hear the news of

October 13th 2020 For Immediate Release California State and Federal Officials Join Advocates Decrying Public Health Threat Posed by ICE A delegation of 26 California state legislators, led by Assemblymember Rob Bonta (D-Oakland) submitted a letter to the California Department of Public Health seeking answers on the role and responsibility of state public health authorities with respect to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids and immigrant detention in the state o

Contacts: Lisa Knox, California Collaborative for Immigrant Justice lisa@ccijustice.org Edwin Carmona-Cruz, Pangea Legal Services edwin@pangealegal.org October 5, 2020 California Rapid Response Networks Slam ICE Raids As Threat to Public Health Advocates, legal observers, and attorneys are on standby 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. In the wake of recent press reports that Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is planning an operation to target sanctuary cities ahead of th

California Rapid Response Networks PRESS STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 18, 2020 Contacts: Jesus Chavez, Centro Legal de la Raza, jchavez@centrolegal.org Jesus Ruiz, Rapid Response Network in Santa Clara County, jesusr@sacredheartcs.org Teresa Borden, Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA), tborden@chirla.org Armando Carmona, Inland Coalition for Immigrant Justice (IC4IJ), media@ic4ij.org Abigail Salazar, San Francisco Rapid Response Network (SFRRN) abigail

For immediate release: August 20, 2020 Local Rapid Response Networks Report ICE Resuming Arrests in Northern California 2020.08.20 – In the first half of August, Rapid Response Networks in Northern California confirmed four arrests by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”), after a period in which the agency significantly reduced detentions in the community. Local networks supported by the California Collaborative for Immigrant Justice (CCIJ) responded to four arres

For immediate release August 18, 2020 2020.08.18 – Yesterday afternoon, immigration advocates met with Governor Newsom’s office to express their concerns about the plight of Black immigrants held in immigration detention centers throughout California. As COVID-19 rages in immigration detention, and disproportionately affects Black people, advocates challenged Newsom to take decisive action to address what is now a life and death issue for Black immigrant communities. In parti