Orange County Immigrant Youth United

Hello all! Hope you’re all having a good Monday. Read the new Deport This! Column to stay informed on why tomorrow is such an important day for immigrant rights!

Will Big Tech Pay a Steep Price for Collaborating With ICE in California? | OC Weekly By Hairo Cortes, Chispa Tomorrow could be one of the most significant days for immigrants in California’s history. The State Assembly’s Judiciary Committee is expected to decide whether to advance…

Read the new Deport This! Column where activists and organizers hold Sheriff Don Barnes accountable and relay the message that every detained individual needs to be freed!

Activists Rally For Release of All Immigrant Detainees from OC Jails | OC Weekly By Sandra De Anda, Orange County Immigrant Youth United Activists briefly blocked traffic in front of Theo Lacy facility in Orange on Saturday in a rally to free immigrant detainees from Orange County…

Check out our new Deport This! Column. Last Wednesday local organizers and activists went up to SF to fight for the right to have California stay a sanctuary city. Give it a read and share ✊🏽 https://ocweekly.com/oc-immigrant-rights-activists-joined-sf-rally-supporting-sanctuary-laws/

OC Immigrant Rights Activists Joined SF Rally Supporting Sanctuary Laws | OC Weekly By Sandra De Anda, Orange County Immigrant Youth United Activists and organizers got on a bus Tuesday night in Anaheim for an hours-long trek to San Francisco. That’s where a rally took place the…

In this new Deport This! Collum,
Gerson Cortes writes about how the dreamer narrative still provides a path recogniation and help to many undocumented folks. https://ocweekly.com/dreamer-narratives-help-immigrant-youth-far-from-big-activist-hubs/

Dreamer Narratives Help Immigrant Youth Far From Big Activist Hubs | OC Weekly By Gerson Cortes, (Guest columnist) I first joined the DREAM movement at the end of 2010, right after the DREAM Act failed to pass through the Senate. For months, activists burned themselves out…

Local community member Fabiola has been putting work into helping preserve our community, and now she needs our help. Please share the fundraiser and donate!

Click here to support Community Support for Fabiola organized by OC community organizers Fabiola, a community member who has a history of supporting community efforts is currently in need of support. She has provided fundraising opportunities for efforts to support the well being of trans asylees in the OC and even helped further by providing direct support like employment and transp...

“A startling 26 percent of women in Orange County identify as victims of domestic violence. In 2017 alone, local law enforcement responded to 8,452 domestic violence calls — nearly one call every hour of every day.” 88 lots are up for debate at today’s city council meeting in Santa Ana. The city wants to privatize these lands for their own benefit and their own pockets. We are having a housing crisis in Santa Ana, and this crisis exacerbates domestic violence because many women do not have the financial means to leave their homes. Those that do leave end up homeless. A lot of the women affected by this gentrification are women of color and undocumented women. Let’s take the people’s land back from greedy hands. Housing justice is reproductive justice! 🏡 Hope y’all come out today!

Give the new Deport This! Column a read! Local organizer Erik Garcia gives y’all the scoop on what’s going on with this smart wall business https://ocweekly.com/a-smart-wall-is-a-dumb-idea-after-supreme-court-passes-on-daca/?fbclid=IwAR25MN9y5xoIhhuPElbyFp-_tjpR8gJrLbbS30fpnlzagJcPeWLSdP6pC-4

A “Smart Wall” is a Dumb Idea After Supreme Court Passes on DACA | OC Weekly By Erik Garcia, Chispa The Supreme Court of the United States deferred action last week on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). The move leaves the policy in place for about 700…

Read our new Deport This! Column! ✊🏽https://ocweekly.com/the-mental-health-of-migrants-should-be-on-all-of-our-minds/?fbclid=IwAR34C9KCoMlqoAjd2uFbvQ2XpJXqt_g_GF6Fl0v1WzKy9Wnmn4C4KM8z13M

The Mental Health of Migrants Should Be on All of Our Minds | OC Weekly By Samuel Paramore, OCIYU How’s that “new year, new me” pledge working out three weeks in? Regardless of resolutions, it’s a new year and the same damn presidential administration.

Taco Trucks Feeding Striking Teachers: ‘It’s L.A. What Else Are You Going to Bring?’ The Los Angeles teachers’ strike began with rain, but at least there was food. Some taco truck operators showed up at some schools to provide teachers with food. “It’s L.A. What else are you going to bring?” said Victor Fernandez. “It’s tacos. Nobody hates tacos.” About 50 people picke...

Cheer up on this rainy day with a beautifully written letter to Cyntonia Brown. The struggles of women of color are intersectional and we need to hold each other up in the face of the military industrial complex

A Letter to Cyntoia Brown in Solidarity From an Immigrant Sister in Struggle | OC Weekly Editor’s Note: Cyntoia Brown received clemency last week after serving 15 years in prison for a killing committed while a victim of child s*x trafficking in Tennessee. Alejandra Pablos…

https://www.courthousenews.com/trump-admin-opposes-ongoing-mental-care-for-reunited-migrant-families/?fbclid=IwAR2fYve-NKleURP4DyisC6-5ZWXZ11rVIgwdAFeCjm8yZ-e-nh0B_oJBWKo

Being able to afford, get proper diagnosis, and be subject to needed treatment of trauma imposed by the deportation system was already extremely difficult for detained-and-released migrants. The Trump Administration wants it to be near-impossible.

Trump Admin Opposes Ongoing Mental Care for Reunited Migrant Families A Justice Department attorney said Monday that the government has no constitutional duty to provide mental health treatment to migrant families who were separated under President Donald Trump’s now…

https://ocweekly.com/the-perilous-treks-of-children-across-the-u-s-mexico-border-then-and-now/

In this week's Deport This!, Hiaro Cortes provides important perspective to the deaths of Jakelin Caal Maquin and Felipe Alonzo-Gomez though a telling of the path of his own youthful migration.

The Perilous Treks of Children Across the U.S.-Mexico Border, Then and Now | OC Weekly By Hairo Cortes There’s three things I remember most about the day I crossed the border as a seven-year-old child: Space Jam, the last movie I watched in Mexico in the smuggler’s house…

Happy New Years everybody!!! Chinga la Migra! With that being said, if you still haven't renewed your DACA application you can attend World Relief's DACA Thursday to get help and funds for your applications. Link is below!
https://worldreliefsocal.org/dacathursdays

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-immigrants-dialysis/scheduled-dialysis-for-undocumented-immigrants-saves-money-and-lives-idUSKCN1OR17Z
Let's fight for 2019 being a year where equal,efficient, and life-saving medical procedures will become accessible to all undocumented people!

Scheduled dialysis for undocumented immigrants saves money and lives (Reuters Health) - Providing scheduled dialysis for undocumented immigrants with...

http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/santa-fe-program-helps-undocumented-immigrants-connect-deal-with-loss/article_c1f246f2-6dcd-5797-bff8-f974f2343490.html

A beautiful location in Santa Fe that exists as a therapy circle for undocumented people of all ages who have lost close ones, or been affected deeply by, the atrocious practice of deportation. Does Orange County have any such places, and if not, would y'all want the existence of one?

Santa Fe program helps undocumented immigrants connect, deal with loss The idea, organizers say, is to fill the sense of loss with strength and hope.

Greet the new year with this 9 point platform to abolish ICE once and for all!

We must close this year and begin next rooted in collective values!

This past November, 45 immigrant rights strategist gathered together from across the state, to form values that will allow us to abolish ICE! Here is our co creation!

Check out our latest Deport This! Column as we go into Little Saigon to protest the deportation machine with our fellow Vietnamese comrades! Make sure to read and share

Rally in Little Saigon Protests Trump’s Plan to Deport Vietnamese Refugees | OC Weekly By Sandra De Anda (OCIYU) A crowd of around 70 protesters gathered in front of Asian Garden Mall in Westminster on Saturday morning to rally for refugees. President Donald Trump recently announced…

It is with a heavy heart that we inform you that local community member Samuel Sixtos has been deported by ICE today. We admire Samuel's courage to fight for his right to stay, as well as the community organizers who have been part of the process of fighting ICE with him since 2014. Keep Samuel in your thoughts, but also let's think critically of how an infrastructure like ICE keeps extracting individuals from our community without any form of accountability.

https://ocweekly.com/activists-seek-to-halt-deportation-of-santa-ana-father-before-the-holidays/?fbclid=IwAR2FaG7cPM8Z89I1NMk3cNAlZKJ3NY72n7bEMYDs2Y8ePt42fbPJlOSJ2fA

ICE Deports Santa Ana Father After OC Sheriff’s Dept. Violated Trust Act | OC Weekly UPDATE, DEC. 13, 12:23 P.M.: While the Weekly awaited word from ICE on the status of Sixtos, he called OC activists from Tijuana shortly ago. The Santa Ana resident has been deported and is now…

Come out tomorrow for a local community member who is in danger of deportation! Please share!

Read our recent Deport This! Column and learn about deportation defense and community education within the local Vietnamese community that has helped two community members get pardons from Governor Brown! https://ocweekly.com/will-governors-pardon-of-oc-refugee-tung-nguyen-help-him-stay-in-u-s/

Will Governor’s Pardon of OC Refugee Tung Nguyen Help Him Stay in U.S.? | OC Weekly By Sandra De Anda, (OCIYU) On November 21, word of Tung Nguyen’s pardon by Governor Jerry Brown began circulating on social media with congratulatory words for the Orange County resident.

Give the new Deport This! Column some love! The legitimacy of electoral politics always comes from the labor and struggle of the masses who push elected officials to do the right thing.

How Relentless Activism Made Loretta Sanchez a Better Immigration Advocate | OC Weekly Editor’s note: We now bring you “Deport This!” an expanded weekly immigration column in partnership with Orange County Immigrant Youth United and Chispa, two local activist groups fighting to abolish…

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Hope you all had a great 3 day weekend. I hope yall give the second "Deport This!" Column a read!

A Farewell Letter to Dana Rohrabacher By an Undocumented Activist | OC Weekly Editor’s note: We now bring you “Deport This!” an expanded weekly immigration column in partnership with Orange County Immigrant Youth United and Chispa, two local activist groups fighting to abolish…

Issues concerning our homes is an issue of health and safety for undocumented populations, especially here in Santa Ana! I hope you all can give. Displacement and evictions can happen to all of us!

Sanctuary is the Future for Anaheim Students, Harald Martin is the Past | OC Weekly Editor’s note: We now bring you “Deport This!” an expanded weekly immigration column in partnership with Orange County Immigrant Youth United and Chispa, two local activist groups fighting to abolish…

Check out "Deport This!" A Partnership Column with OC Weekly and OC Immigrant Youth United! Deport This! is a rebuttal to Trump’s racist politics and his racist cheerleaders in Orange County who’ll no doubt get triggered from week to week for as long as this column gets published.

Come out and support locals who are in danger of becoming displaced by private development! Come through!!!!

Hoy es la última junta sobre cómo se va a desarrollar la propiedad de Willowick Golf Course sobre W5th Street atrás de Spurgeon Intermediate School.

Tenemos que estar presentes para que no hagan lo que Northgate quería hacer de solo poner viviendas de lujo.
Latino Health Access Resilience OC El Centro Cultural de Mexico Orange County Immigrant Youth United OCCCO PICO CLUE: Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice LGBT Center Orange County SACReD - Santa Ana Collaborative for Responsible Development Tenants United Santa Ana Chispa

If ya'll still need help and funding for your DACA renewals come through to World Relief. Every Thursday they have DACA clinics! You can sign up for an appointment with their link.
https://worldreliefsocal.org/dacathursdays

DACA Thursdays | World Relief Southern California REGISTER NOW! In light of the legal threats and uncertainty surrounding the DACA program, World Relief Southern California, supported by the California Department of Social Services, is offering free DACA Renewal legal services to current DACAmented people in California. World Relief Southern Califo...

A large gasp was let out all throughout the United States by white women; a sigh and a shrug were let out by women of color. Tarana Burke’s movement has given women the platform to express their grievances about s*xual assault. We have seen the grievances of white women’s experiences expressed in a battle over the highest court of the land, blared throughout every television across the country. When will the grievances of undocumented women in detention, working in domestic jobs, or in transit, come to light with such enormous support and media presence?
https://www.ocweekly.com/where-is-the-metoo-movement-for-undocumented-women/

Where is the #MeToo Movement for Undocumented Women? By Sandra De Anda We collectively watched America’s frat boy Brett Kavanaugh get appointed to the Supreme Court last week, even after several protests followed women accusing him of s*xual misconduct. A large gasp was let out all throughout the United States by white women; a sigh and a shrug we

Minneapolis buys nine properties to house displaced tenants Unusual step makes city a landlord – and saves families from eviction.

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Get out the vote y'all!

Rent control makes our communities strong!
¡El control de renta hace nuestras comunidades fuertes!
Vote YES on Prop 10 November 6!

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Share and sign this petition to have Gil Cisneros pledge to Abolish ICE !! Our leadership should be free from systems of oppression that only seek to torment our communities especially our immigrant communities further. Now is the time to place a halt on these insensible relationships and the violation of our human rights!

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https://action.mijente.net/petitions/39th-district-candidate-gil-cisneros-pledge-to-abolish-ice-decriminalize-migration?just_launched=true

39th District Candidate, Gil Cisneros: Pledge to Abolish ICE, Decriminalize Migration Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) exists to target, imprison, and deport im-migrants. Imprisoning and exiling people for the benefit of large private prison companies are the agency’s sole reason for being. Reforming ICE, as candidate Cisneros currently proposes, is a policy prescription b...

How Cambodians Are Fighting Back Against the Deportation Machine By Sandra De Anda Within the last two weeks, notices have been circulating around Facebook warning of coming deportations. "ICE is planning arrests of Cambodian community members in the next few weeks," they warn. The Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC) lists numbers on the notices fo

CALL TO ACTION!

Over 200 people detained at the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC) are on a hunger strike and work stoppage in response to the call for a national prison strike in the U.S.

Call ICE now and demand
1) ICE meet the hunger strikers' demands
2) GEO not retaliate against hunger strikers.

Acting Field Director, Bryan S. Wilcox
Field Office Main Telephone Line
206-835-0650 ext.2

Assistance Field Director (Detention), William Penaloza
Facility Main Telephone
253-779-6000 ext.1, wait for message, then dial ext 4.

Crafting our base building activity at Mijente Escuelitas.

Let's celebrate the first day of the national prison strike by being attuned to those who suffer from it. Attached is an introductory work, "Let the Crops Rot in the Fields," written by the Free Alabama Movement! Hope ya'll give it a peak!
https://freealabamamovement.wordpress.com/2015/02/26/let-the-crops-rot-in-the-fields/

LET THE CROPS ROT IN THE FIELDS (short version) LET THE CROPS ROT IN THE FIELDS: A Call For New Strategy in The National Movement Against Mass Incarceration and Prison Slavery – Short Version By Bennu Hannibal Ra-Sun, w/contribution from K…

We say we want to abolish ICE, but an institute like ICE will always arise and exist if prisons exist. Abolishing ICE is like cutting off the hand of a vicious giant, that giant being the prison industrial complex.

“Let this nationwide strike be a wake up; Prisoners will destroy the crops,” read a statement about today’s strike that JLS released on August 10. “We will not comply. We will not allow you to exploit our families’ hard earned dollars anymore. Striking the match let it go up in a blaze. We are humans!”

https://www.thenation.com/article/why-prisoners-are-going-on-strike-today/

Why Prisoners Are Going On Strike Today Prisoners are striking to end prison slavery, poor living conditions, and death by incarceration.

Read our latest article about issues concerning DACA.

What to do With DACA Amid the Uncertainties About its Future By Samuel Paramore Under Trump’s regime, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy has been a cruel, nauseating seesaw of torment. It seems every month or so, we're back to the same point; DACA is being halted and plans need to be made for a life without it. Then, all of a sudden,