20,000 San Diego Dreamers May Soon Be Eligible to Apply for DACA For the First Time

SAN DIEGO — In welcome news, an estimated 20,000 young San Diego Dreamers may be eligible to apply for temporary legal status and work permits as a federal court readies an imminent order that could reopen the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program for new applications. This lifeline program for young immigrants who grew up in the United States has been challenged in the courts since 2017 and was ultimately suspended for new applicants pending ongoing litigation. With those legal proceedings now coming to a close, a federal judge is expected to order the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to accept new DACA applications again, however, an official ruling has yet to be made.  

(Credit: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement)

SAN DIEGO — As the Supreme Court greenlights the Trump administration to restart its egregious racial profiling in the greater Los Angeles area, Alliance San Diego is calling on the community here to prepare and for congressional leaders to act. On Monday, the Court signaled that immigration agents could justify detaining a person to ask them to prove their immigration status based on any of these criteria in any combination: they look Latino, speak Spanish (or English with an accent), or are in a location or working a type of job that the federal agents associate with immigrants. 

Basic freedoms and rights are at stake as U.S. government oversteps use of military to exercise control of The People, infringing on our civil liberties and human rights.

WHAT: Join us for a bilingual press conference unveiling a landmark decision in the case of Anastasio Hernández Rojas — a husband, father, brother, and son whose brutal killing at the hands of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents reveals the devastating cost of unchecked power of law enforcement in the United States. In a groundbreaking decision just released, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) holds the United States responsible for the killing of Anastasio and the cover-up that followed. The Commission finds CBP agents tortured Anastasio, used excessive force while he was restrained, discriminated against him, conducted a biased and incomplete investigation, and denied his family justice. The Commission has instructed the U.S. to reopen the criminal investigation of the agents involved and to reform its laws and policies to prevent future abuses by law enforcement. 

The IACHR decision comes at a time when Congress is considering who should lead CBP and implicates the current nominee, Rodney Scott. This moment is a critical turning point in the fight for dignity and human rights in the United States.

In response to the nomination of Rodney Scott to lead the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and in anticipation of the Senate Nomination Hearing this Wednesday, Andrea Guerrero of Alliance San Diego and Roxanna Altholz of the UC Berkeley Law Human Rights Clinic, attorneys who represent the family of Anastasio Hernández Rojas, issue the following joint statement.

SAN DIEGO — Today, Alliance San Diego (ASD) and the UC Berkeley Law Human Rights Clinic (Human Rights Clinic) made public their submission of evidence to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UN HRC) that the United States has maintained a use of force standard that is deadly and deficient in violation of its treaty obligations. This year, the UN will review whether the United States is meeting its human rights treaty obligations as part of the Universal Periodic Review, a process that all UN member states must undergo.  

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Community Gathering Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on Monday, January 20th

Voters to roll-out on bikes, strollers, skateboards, wheelchairs, and scooters from Barrio Logan and City Heights to San Diego Vote Centers during GOTV weekend