Bay Area News Group’s Matt O’Brien posted an article on October 10, 2014 about a group seeking one million dollars from the city of Oakland and Alameda County to provide legal help, housing and mental health services to unaccompanied Central American minors.  The article is focused on an Oakland pastor’s role in the crisis.  After several […]

The number of local jails refusing to honor federal immigration authorities’ holds, or detainers, continues to rise across the nation.  You can read more about it in today’s L.A. Times, in an article written bv Cindy Carcamo, here.  Alameda county stopped honoring the holds months ago, largely as a result of the hard-working lawyers at […]

SF Gate is reporting that the board of supervisors voted to draw $2.1 million from a city reserve over the next two years to provide lawyers for undocumented youth and parents with children who are now residing in San Francisco as they await expedited immigration proceedings. You can read all about it here: http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/SF-supervisors-OK-funds-for-undocumented-kids-5760364.php

Please consider donating to the AILA Northern California contingent to the family detention facility in Artesia. AILA Northern California plans to send pro bono attorneys to the family detention facility in Artesia, NM October 13-18.  As you likely know, Artesia houses hundreds of mothers and children fleeing violence in Central America.  Conditions there have been […]

The Los Angeles Times reported on August 14, 1014 that an 11 year old boy was detained for more than month in Artesia, New Mexico before an immigration attorney who happened to be visiting the facility discovered his status.  This highlights the problematic nature of the “processing” of the wave of unaccompanied minors that is […]