immigrant rights– Voice of OC

Immigration Legal Aid Could be Coming to Anaheim

by Spencer Custodio Mar 25, 2026Mar 25, 2026 Why you can trust Voice of OC

Anaheim City Council members are looking to create a hotline and referral program to help families locate their detained loved ones and connect them to an immigration attorney.

Community Opinion

Palumbo: The OC Intersection of Movements for the Rights of Migrants, Trans, and Queer People

by Taryn Palumbo Nov 10, 2023Nov 10, 2023 Why you can trust Voice of OC

A reflection on Orange County’s role in the national movement for migrant rights.

Countywide, Health & Wellness, Investigative, Top Stories

Immigrant Advocates Fighting to Keep State Gang Database Away From Trump

by YVETTE CABRERA Dec 4, 2016Jul 9, 2021 Why you can trust Voice of OC

Advocates want state Attorney General Kamala Harris to block federal access to the controversial CalGang database out of fears that the Trump administration will use it to deport unauthorized immigrants who’ve been erroneously labeled as gang members.

Countywide, Investigative, Top Stories

As Trump Presidency Looms, OC’s Immigrant Advocates Prepare for the Worst

by Thy Vo Nov 18, 2016Jul 9, 2021 Why you can trust Voice of OC

Immigrant-rights advocates throughout Orange County have begun mobilizing to prepare one of the nation’s most vulnerable immigrant communities for what will assuredly be a harsher stance from Washington D.C.

News Briefs, Santa Ana

Santa Ana Immigrant Rights Activists End Hunger Strike

by Adam Elmahrek May 20, 2016Dec 8, 2020 Why you can trust Voice of OC

Activists trying to stop detention of undocumented immigrants at the Santa Ana Jail had started a hunger strike on Monday. By Thursday, they ended it.

Santa Ana, Top Stories

Santa Ana Backs Away From ICE Contract Expansion

by Adam Elmahrek Feb 3, 2016Dec 8, 2020 Why you can trust Voice of OC

After immigrant rights activists spoke out against a proposal to increase the number of Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees at the city jail, the Santa Ana City Council scrapped the idea.

Countywide, Government, Top Stories

Immigrant Rights Groups Call on Feds to Investigate OC Probation

by Voice of OC Jun 20, 2014Dec 8, 2020 Why you can trust Voice of OC

Orange County organizations are calling on the Department of Homeland Security to examine the probation department’s practice of referring juveniles suspected of being undocumented to federal immigration authorities.