Press Release: San Diego Immigrant Rights Delegation Joins Hundreds in Los Angeles; Urges Suspension of Misguided Operation Secure

San Diego Immigrant Rights Delegation Joins Hundreds in Los Angeles; Urges Suspension of Misguided Operation Secure Delegates to participate in Community Action and Government-sponsored Hearing Communities Contact: Katia Hansen (760) 458-8934 katia@uurise.org Pedro Rios (619) 370-5908 PRios@afsc.org San Diego, California (Aug. 15, 2011) : A delegation of San Diego immigrant rights advocates will join hundreds in Los Angeles today in opposition to the Dep...

Border Patrol whistleblower pays price for refusing unearned overtime pay

By Joe Davidson During a period when some in Congress and their related policy wonks think federal employees are overpaid, here comes Christian Sanchez, a Border Patrol agent who says he was punished for refusing overtime pay. His bosses suggested that he get psychological help. Instead, Sanchez has become a whistleblower, and on Friday he plans to tell gathering on Capitol Hill that he was retaliated against because he would not take overtime for doing no work. Sanchez is an e...

President Obama’s lost pledge to Latinos

By Congressman Luis Gutierrez On Tuesday 26 July 2011, I was arrested in front of the White House, along with a dozen other pro-immigrant advocates and clergy. We sat down on the sidewalk in front of the White House with a banner that read "One Million Deported Under President Obama" and refused to move when the police ordered us to. One by one, those sitting in front of the banner were led away with hands cuffed to a police van and taken into custody. I was released with the ot...