Saint Paul, MN — Plainclothes federal agents arrested 27-year-old Isabel Lopez on Monday after she left an interview with the press about being assaulted by feds during a protest against what many thought was an immigration raid on Minneapolis’ Lake Street a week prior. On…
The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is holding rallies across the U.S. demanding the release of California SEIU President David Huerta from the federal Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles. Huerta, a US citizen, was documenting an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid in Downtown…
Aurora, CO — On Monday, longtime immigrant rights leader Jeanette Vizguerra was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers (ICE) and has been incarcerated at the for-profit GEO ICE Detention Center in Aurora since. Supporters of Vizguerra, including her children, have been rallying outside…
Aurora, CO — On the evening of February 10, community members gathered for a vigil outside the for-profit GEO ICE Detention Center in Aurora, Colorado “to honor and spread love to immigrants” inside the facility. The event is called “Love Knows No Borders! No Walls!”…
Denver, CO — For the second time this week, Coloradans showed up in large numbers to protest the Trump administration’s policies, including the escalated rate of arrests and deportations occurring across the country due to the 10 executive orders President Trump signed on inauguration day…
Salt Lake City, UT — On Thursday evening, a crowd of several dozen community members gathered on the University of Utah campus to express solidarity with immigrants and denounce U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and police activity on campus.
“People are afraid, but actually…
Since the xenophobia-fueled presidential re-election of Donald Trump, calls have been growing on social media for a pro-immigrant labor strike beginning on January 11, days before Trump is to take office. The emerging movement’s goal is to highlight the social, cultural, and economic importance of…