Tag: deportations

Race is on to protect legal immigrants living in the United States

In the Northern Sacramento Valley, immigration attorneys are hard to find
by Natalie Hanson | Posted April 9, 2025

photo by Karen Laslo
Sergio Garcia

Immigrant advocacy organizations are racing to block the Trump Administration’s attempts to enforce the campaign promise of “mass deportations” that could potentially affect millions of people.

But in the North State, many people live far away from immigration attorneys who could help them with their existing cases or new threats from ICE, said Chico attorney Sergio Garcia, who practices personal injury law, and in 2014, became the nation’s first undocumented person to obtain a law license. Garcia is now an American citizen. read more

Protests and informational sessions support immigrant communities

ImmSchools: Public schools can create a safe environment
by Julian Mendoza | Posted February 12, 2025

photo by Julian Mendoza
Kassandra Ramondo (left) and Lizette Pilar

Hundreds of people gathered on Chico State’s campus Feb. 5 for a peaceful march in what was one of several recent local protests advocating for immigrant rights.

“I think it’s super important that people understand and know that immigrants do make the backbone of our country,” said Lizette Pilar, program coordinator at Chico State’s Gender & Sexuality Equity Coalition. “Especially in agriculture, a lot of our pickers are illegal immigrants or undocumented.” read more