The coalition Tuesday night called on the Santa Ana City Council to no longer allow detention of undocumented immigrants in the Santa Ana Jail.
Tag: Immigration and Customs Enforcement
ICE in Orange County, covered from the courthouse and the neighborhood rather than the press release. Raids and the fear that follows them, arrests at immigration court, what cities will and will not disclose and residents pressing their own officials to respond.
Posted inGovernment, Health & Wellness, Top Stories
Protesters Demand Sheriff Address Immigrant Rights
Dozens turn out to protest the county’s collaboration with federal authorities in the arrest and detention of undocumented immigrants.
Posted inGovernment, Inside the Newsroom
Voice of OC on KPCC
Voice of OC contributing writer Rex Dalton will discuss his recent article on realities of immigration detainees.
Posted inGovernment, Health & Wellness, Housing & Homelessness, Investigative, Irvine, Orange, Santa Ana, Top Stories
A Window Into the World of Immigration Detainees
In recent months, group of local volunteers began visiting immigration detainees held in Orange County jails. Some of their and others’ discoveries have been alarming.
Posted inHealth & Wellness, Top Stories
A Young Woman Tells Her Story of Housing Insecurity
Marilynn Montano’s family has been forced to move every two to three years in response to neighborhood crime, fear of immigration authorities, rent increases or foreclosure.
Posted inGarden Grove, Santa Ana
An Allegedly Fake Investigation in Garden Grove
Former Homeland Security agent used nonexistent investigation
into organized crime in Garden Gorve as part of a larger scheme,
according to prosecutors.
Posted inGovernment, Investigative
Orange (the city of) Worried About Orange (jumpsuits)
Supervisors approved an agreement allowing beds in two county jails to be rented out for federal immigration detainees. But Orange officials are still concerned about the effect of more inmates in town on its main shopping center.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Investigative, Norberto Santana Jr., Orange, Top Stories
City of Orange Isn’t Keen on ‘Beds for Feds’
City officials say they are ready to go to court if Orange County’s deal with the federal government to house immigrant detainees triggers any expansion of Theo Lacy jail.
Posted inCountywide, Investigative, State, Top Stories
County Faces Uncertainty and Ugliness for 2010-11 Budget
The most important decisions — the ones that could result in deep cuts in law enforcement and elsewhere — will be made in Washington, D.C., and Sacramento.
