Earlier this year, the Harbor Institute for Immigrant and Economic Justice revealed that the Orange County Sheriff’s Department transferred 221 residents to ICE, primarily targeting Mexican, Vietnamese, and Central American communities. This practice erodes trust, wastes resources, and inflicts harm to immigrants and refugees without improving public safety.
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Palumbo: Beyond Equity, Perspectives on Vietnamese Migration and Settlement in Orange County
During a recent presentation hosted by OCG, Tracy La and Vincent Tran of VietRISE, Son Do of the Orange County Mobile Residents Coalition, and Thuy Vo Dang of UCLA, co-author of A People’s Guide to Orange County, shared the history of how refugees from Southeast Asia “remade their lives through and against conditions of war and displacement,” eventually making Orange County “home to the largest population of resettled Vietnamese refugees.”
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La and Cortes: By Giving In to Anti-Immigrant Talking Points, OC Senate Democrats Undermine Newsom’s Anti-Recall Strategy
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.
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Westminster Could Join Number of OC Cities Banning Evictions
It would be the latest city to join a growing list banning evictions throughout the county amid the coronavirus public health emergency. Many residents in Little Saigon area live in rental units with many others living in accessory dwelling units and mobile homes.
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Gaps In Coronavirus Outreach to Non-English Speaking Families & Businesses
Recent orders — and subsequent clarifications — by the county health officer weren’t immediately translated into non-English languages when they went into effect Tuesday. Meanwhile, local activists and doctors have taken it upon themselves to ensure key information about the novel coronavirus gets across to immigrant families and businesses where English isn’t the first language.
