California Farmworkers Strike AFTER ICE RAIDS
Following a deadly ICE raid in Ventura County, California where a farmworker died while fleeing immigration agents, farm laborers and advocates launched a three-day nationwide strike to protest the Trump administration’s escalating immigration enforcement.
People Resisting ICE Deportations
Sanctuary cities and faith-based spaces have a lengthy history in the United States, but they became a particularly contentious–and important–practice during President Trump’s first term. Donald Trump came into office on a wave of rhetoric demonizing undocumented immigrants and a commitment to increasing deportations. With the advance warning, a wide network of immigration activists, including many faith-based organizations, planned how they would meet the challenge.