As Governor Newsom leans into his pro-immigrant record to fight his potential recall, Orange County’s State Senate Democrats pull support from proposed anti-deportation bill.
Author Archives: Hairo Cortes
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Cortes: Police Union Monopoly on Electoral Spending Threatens Santa Ana’s Democracy
Hairo Cortes, executive director of Chispa, writes that the future of Santa Ana is in the hands of the voters and their ability to hold their elected officials accountable.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Cortes: Liberal Cities Must Respond to Attacks Against Sanctuary
Santa Ana resident Hairo Cortes writes that liberal cities across California, like Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Santa Ana, should counter the actions of entities like the OC Sheriff’s Department and support the state in the Justice Department’s Sanctuary lawsuit with amicus briefs of their own.
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Cortes: OC Sheriff Hutchens Wrong on CA Immigration Detention Bill
Is it time in California to end an inhumane detention system and acknowledge that prisons aren’t the answer on immigration. Cortes counters Sheriff Sandra Hutchens arguing that a new approach to immigration (SB1289) before Gov. Jerry Brown’s desk is constitutional.
Posted inCommunity Opinion, Countywide, Santa Ana
Cortez: Will Santa Ana’s Latino City Council Side With Human Rights Or With ICE and Trump?
Hairo Cortes, of Orange County Immigrant Youth United, challenges Santa Ana’s city council to resist a proposal on Tuesday night to increase the maximum number of LGBTQ and other detainees the city can imprison for ICE at its jail.
