“The tragedy of so many children being separated from their parents at the border is one of the cruel consequences of our broken immigration system and the failure of leaders in Washington,” said Archbishop Jose H. Gomez.
Immigrants living in Long Beach were 18.5 percent more likely to be entrepreneurs than their U.S.-born counterparts in 2016 and helped create or preserve nearly 6,000 local manufacturing jobs, according to a report released Monday by New American Economy.
About 20 immigrant rights activists bicycling from Seattle to San Diego in support of immigration reform will ride through the streets of Long Beach this Sunday where local cycling advocates will guide them through the city’s own immigrant neighborhoods, including the Westside and Cambodia Town.
Long Beach officials are recommending a New York-based nonprofit to oversee a local defense fund for immigrants facing deportation proceedings—something other left-leaning cities and counties are doing in response to new enforcement policies under the Trump Administration.
Thousands of people descended on the streets of downtown Long Beach Saturday morning as part of a nationwide movement calling on the immediate reunification of families separated at the U.S.-Mexico border.
For the second time this month a demonstration will be held in Long Beach this weekend to protest the Trump administration’s practice of separating families at the nation’s southern border, which was reversed via an executive order last week.
While the Trump Administration’s weeks-long policy to separate families crossing the U.S.-Mexico border has caused an uproar nationwide—resulting in an executive order announced Wednesday amending that decision—Long Beach leaders and activists are continuing their fight for immigrant rights.
About 100 community members, clergy and local leaders are expected to gather in downtown Long Beach this evening to protest the Trump Administration’s practice of separating families who are seeking asylum at the US-Mexico border.
A coalition of local social justice organizations will gather in downtown Long Beach Wednesday evening to protest the Trump Administration’s decision to rescind the DACA program and to stand in solidarity with undocumented youth.
As turmoil continues to spill out of the nation’s capitol, lawmakers in California are not slowing efforts to proactively combat policies pushed by President Donald Trump and his staff. Today, Assemblyman Patrick O’Donnell joined those ranks in introducing a bill that would safeguard school campuses from immigration detentions if adopted by the state legislature.
