FAC is proud to sponsor this important transparency bill with @immdefense.bsky.social. SB 423 will help shine a light on what people are experiencing in the privately run detention facilities in California.

Twenty-nine people have died in ICE custody since October, the start of the federal government's fiscal year, already surpassing 2004's toll of 28, the previous record, according to government data. n.pr/4sLetjV

Thread: ICE detention oversight. The GAO issued a new report on oversight and inspections of ICE detention facilities. www.gao.gov/products/gao.... It confirms what advocates have said for years: DHS has failed to conduct effective oversight of conditions in ICE detention facilities. 1/

"Without funding, that 7-year old boy sitting on the wooden bench in the courtroom, waiting for his case to be called, will have to continue to defend himself in immigration court without an advocate by his side." For more on CHIRP, continue reading in @sacbee.com ▶️ www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-e...

🚨The Trump administration is ending our program to defend people in immigration detention who cannot defend themselves due to severe mental health needs, known as the National Qualified Representative Program (NQRP). Read more in @motherjones.com ▶️ www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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The Acacia Center for Justice welcomes a federal court's preliminary injunction that temporarily stops the government from withdrawing services or funds for direct legal representation services to unaccompanied children 🐻 ⚖️ acaciajustice.org/acacia-cente...

Another death resulting from the Trump administration's cruel immigration enforcement and detention policies. Remember Marie Ange Blaise, 44 years old. www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

Solitary confinement is meant to be rare and used only as a last resort — yet ICE is using it more than ever. Behind barbed wire and locked doors, thousands of people are being isolated in silence. No sunlight. No human contact. No accountability. Read more here: tinyurl.com/mrup4ty4

"After the six-month extension, there are a lot of open questions about what protections these vulnerable kids will have," Shaina Aber, executive director of the Acacia Center for Justice, said

"It is incredibly important that children are provided with an understanding of their rights to be safe and free from harm and to report rights violations to independent legal services providers who can advocate on behalf of children." Please follow @acaciajustice.bsky.social and uplift their work!

www.npr.org/2025/04/15/g... @acaciajustice.bsky.social

“The law doesn’t permit Border Patrol to assume that people are violating immigration law because they’re Brown.” calmatters.org/justice/2025...

They wanted to ban the use of solitary confinement against pregnant Californians. They got something else entirely. boltsmag.org/califor...

Join us 6-8pm 4/7 TONIGHT for The Strike – online film screening of this award-winning documentary on the hunger strike against solitary confinement that took place at Pelican Bay prison in California in 2013. Followed by a discussion with key leaders. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

A federal judge in California on Tuesday ordered the Trump administration to temporarily restore legal aid to tens of thousands of migrant children who are in the United States without a parent or guardian: www.npr.org/2025/04/02/n...

#BreakingNews On 3/21/25 we received a near total termination of our federal contract for legal services under the Unaccompanied Children Program (UCP). No child should ever face a heartless immigration system w/o a lawyer by their side. #SaveUCP Read: www.immdef.org/blog/ucpcont...

The administration’s decision to end these services undermines due process, disproportionately impacts vulnerable children, and puts children who have already experienced severe trauma at risk for further irreparable harm or exploitation. acaciajustice.org/acacia-decri...

Farming groups are looking to stabilize their workforce amid the Trump administration's crackdown on illegal immigration. But which workforce should be prioritized in legislation: the undocumented domestic workers who have toiled in the fields for decades or foreign guest workers on H-2A visas?

The Department of the Interior has reversed course on a stop-work order issued Feb. 18 to at least one legal service provider for unaccompanied minors in California, according to an internal memo.

The Trump Administration on Friday restored a program that funds lawyers representing unaccompanied minors in immigration court, days after halting it with little explanation. via @racheluranga.bsky.social

Organizers wanted to ban the use of solitary confinement against pregnant Californians. They got something else entirely. boltsmag.org/califor...

California lawmakers approve $50M for Trump lawsuits, immigrant aid www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

“We’re in the middle of our citrus harvesting." said Casey Creamer, president of the industry group California Citrus Mutual, on Thursday. “People aren’t going to work and kids aren’t going to school. Yesterday about 25% of the workforce, today 75% didn’t show up.” calmatters.org/economy/2025...

United Farm Workers union said on that its members had been "randomly detained while traveling home from work" in Kern County, and the California Collaborative for Immigrant Justice (CCIJ) branded the raids as "intimidation tactics and racial profiling." www.newsweek.com/ice-raids-ca...

Efforts to end solitary confinement in California’s prisons have met fierce resistance from state prison officials and political forces. Advocates say a new law allowing isolation of pregnant women marks a grim turn in the fight for meaningful reform. boltsmag.org/califor...

www.wired.com/story/ice-sa... keep an eye on what fusion centers are up to in the months to come

In California, activists continue to fight against the practice of placing pregnant women in solitary confinement. One woman describes giving birth shackled to a hospital bed as "the most degrading, inhumane thing that I've ever gone through." boltsmag.org/califor...

Organizers wanted to ban the use of solitary confinement against pregnant Californians. They got something else entirely. NEW in Bolts: boltsmag.org/califor...