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...

DHS Announces Indefinite Suspension Of Controversial And Ineffective Immigrant Registration And Tracking System

by ACLU WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security today, in a long-overdue announcement, said it will indefinitely suspend the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System (NSEERS). Instituted in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, NSEERS was a domestic immigration enforcement program targeting men and boys from predominantly Arab- and Muslim-majority nations for extraordinary registration requirements with DHS. The program was repeatedly condemned by the United Nat...

Press Release: SDIRC Announces “Immigrants Are U.S.”

SDIRC Announces "Immigrants Are U.S." Video contest calls for stories about positive experiences with immigrants in San Diego Contact: Ricardo Favela Email: communicate@immigrantsandiego.org Phone: (760) 468-4519 San Diego, CA: Today, the San Diego Immigrant Rights Consortium is proud to announce our "Immigrants Are U.S." online media campaign and video contest. According to the campaign's website, "It is well known that in San Diego, immigrant and non-immigrant families work togethe...

Media Advisory: As Portions of SB1070 Are Blocked, SDIRC Members Head to Arizona to Observe

Contact: Ricardo Favela Strategic Communications Coordinator Email: Communicate@immigrantsandiego.org Phone: (760) 468-4519 Elizabeth Maldonado SDIRC Chair (619) 417-8197 Pedro Rios SDIRC Faith Representative (619) 370-5908 Statement on behalf of the San Diego Immigrant Rights Consortium: "U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton's decision to block the implementation of the most vicious provisions of the new Arizona immigration law represents a step forward in the protection of con...

Media Advisory: SDIRC On Stand By to Respond to President Obama’s Speech on Comprehensive Immigration Reform

SDIRC Board Members will Watch Speech and be Ready to Offer Responses Contact: Ricardo Favela Strategic Communications Coordinator Phone: (760) 468-4519 Email: communicate@immigrantsandiego.org San Diego, Ca: Board Members of the San Diego Immigrant Rights Consortium (SDIRC) will be watching President Obama's speech on comprehensive immigration reform and will be available for interviews. Attaining comprehensive immigration reform is one of the four goals that brought the consort...

Media Advisory: SDIRC Expresses Condolences for Family of Man Who Dies Following Altercation with Border Patrol

Contact: Ricardo Favela, SDIRC communicate@immigrantsandiego.org (760) 468-4519 Christian Ramirez, AFSC (619) 885-1289 (619) 233-4114 San Diego, Ca. – The San Diego Immigrant Rights Consortium* (SDIRC) expresses its sincerest and most sympathetic condolences for the Hernández Rojas family and laments the passing of Anastasio Hernández Rojas, who died Monday afternoon at Sharps Hospital in Chula Vista.  Mr. Rojas, who is survived by his wife Maria Puga and his 5 children, met an unne...