Tag: immigration

A guide to surviving ‘la migra’

What to do if Immigration and Customs Enforcement comes around
by Leslie Layton & Ken Magri | Posted July 10, 2025
NorCal Resist Sacramento and Chico maintain a hotline for ICE sightings. Photo courtesy of NorCal Resist.

Lee esta nota en español aqui. This resource guide was produced in a joint collaboration between ChicoSol and the Chico News & Review.

This guide will assist non-citizen immigrants and mixed-status families concerned about the crackdown underway by Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE).

The information — we’re publishing in both Spanish and English — includes links to organizations that can provide guidance. Please download and share this guide as a starter reference for free help, and seek legal advice as needed.

1. How to identify ICE vehicles and agents:

ICE vehicles are often not marked with a logo. Agents may be using unmarked cars with tinted windows and without license plates; they often travel in newer model American SUVs such as Chevy Tahoes. read more

Como sobrevivir ‘la migra’

Que deben hacer si llega el Servicio de Control de Inmigración y Aduanas
by Leslie Layton & Ken Magri | Posted July 10, 2025
Foto cortesía de American Community Media.

Este guía de recursos fue producido en una colaboración conjunta entre ChicoSol y el Chico News & Review. Read this article in English here.

Este guía ayudará a migrantes no ciudadanos y familias de estatus migratorio mixto quienes se preocupan por las medidas drásticas ya implementadas por el Servicio de Control de Inmigración y Aduanas (ICE por sus siglas en inglés).

La información, en español e inglés, incluye enlaces a las organizaciones que puedan brindar orientación. Favor de descargar y compartir este guía que sirve como referencia inicial gratuita, y buscar asesoramiento legal si lo necesita.

1. Como identificar los vehículos y agentes de ICE:

Los vehículos del ICE no suelen usar logotipos.Es posible que los agentes usen vehículos sin distintivos y con ventanas tintadas que no tengan placas; frecuentemente viajen en SUVs americanos de modelos recientes como por ejemplo los Chevy Tahoes. read more

Dream Act offers students path to education

California encourages higher education, offering financial aid
by Natalie Hanson | Posted July 5, 2025
Butte College Public Relations Officer Christian Gutierrez.

California’s universities and colleges are the front lines for migrant students who seek support and a pathway to higher education.

Higher education institutions tout California’s Dream Act Application (CADAA) as a lifeline — as pressure grows to protect immigrants in California amid a sweeping and forceful immigration crackdown.

In a recent briefing hosted by American Community Media, panelists shared how students can, under the California Dream Act of 2011, apply for and receive Cal Grants and the California College Promise Grant at community colleges, as well as institutional and state aid at California colleges and universities.

“We are seeing some resistance, what you call a ‘chilling effect’ due to the federal activity” — Christian Gutierrez read more

‘Alligator Alcatraz’ is America’s Gulag

Guest commentary
by Laszlo Bartus, Amerikai Népszava | Posted July 1, 2025
A photo posted on the official X page of the US Department of Homeland Security depicting ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ a new immigrant detention facility located in Florida’s Everglades National Park. photo courtesy of American Community Media.

It is no secret that Donald Trump has a reputation for cruelty. In that vein, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis could not have come up with a more pleasing gift than a prison for undocumented immigrants located in the Everglades National Park.

Let’s be clear, Alligator Alcatraz—as the prison has been dubbed—is set to become the most inhumane prison in the world.

The Everglades National Park is a vast swamp stretching between Florida’s east and west coasts. It is teeming with massive pythons, alligators, swarms of mosquitos, and panthers. Summer temperatures regularly top the triple digits.

The idea is that, like San Francisco’s notorious Alcatraz, escape from this new dungeon in the swamp will be impossible, and that anyone who tries to leave will be immediately devoured by wild animals or otherwise succumb to the elements. read more

California to flex muscle in favor of immigrants

Bills to be introduced to Legislature that would place limitations on ICE
by Lindajoy Fenley | Posted June 29, 2025
Antonio Villaraigosa. photo by Angela George, courtesy of Wikimedia.

The state attorney general, a former Los Angeles mayor, and an immigration lawyer, at a June 27 panel, vowed to continue the challenge to the Trump Administration’s unlawful assault on California immigrants.  

“You can’t physically stop [the Administration]. That’s not possible. But we need to challenge them in every possible way,” Antonio Villaraigosa, a former Los Angeles mayor, told dozens of journalists attending an American Community Media panel. Villaraigosa said that “every way possible” means suing the federal government as well as engaging the public to push back through peaceful protest.

University of California Professor Henry Brady, who also spoke at the panel “California leads resistance to immigrant crackdown,” underscored the importance of immigrants to California’s economy. read more

Araujo-Sariñana finds a path in mutual aid

Changemaker: A song about a greedy landlord plants a seed for Araujo-Sariñana
by Yucheng Tang | Posted June 10, 2025
Juan Araujo-Sariñana

“The landlord’s here to visit/They’re blasting disco down below/Says, ‘I’m doubling up the rent ’cause the building’s condemned/You’re gonna help me buy City Hall‘/But we can/You know we can/Let’s lynch the landlord man” — the Dead Kennedys

At age 17, Juan Araujo-Sariñana discovered punk rock music that now, 20 years later, still influences his life.

Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables, one of his favorite albums by one of his favorite singers, Jello Biafra, was something he listened to often back in high school. In that album, there’s a song called “Let’s Lynch the Landlord.”

Biafra’s song planted the seed for the cause Araujo-Sariñana is dedicated to now: Distributing food and resources to those who have lost their homes. “Jello Biafra was one of the influencers in my early life and radicalized me,” he said.  read more