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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Nearly 600,000 Dreamers and their families are at risk as the Fifth Circuit Court in New Orleans this Thursday contemplates the fate of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Alliance San Diego is sending a delegation of Dreamer staff and board who are affected community members to New Orleans to bear witness to this fateful deliberation. They will stand with and protect the dignity of hundreds of thousands of young Dreamers and their families. For years, DACA has kept families together and supported young Dreamers in building their lives, families, and careers in the country they call home, with more than a quarter of DACA recipients residing in California alone, according to USCIS data.

SAN DIEGO — In a statewide effort to drive young Californians to the polls this election season, Fund Our Futures Not Their Fortunes is launching an art contest to encourage and mobilize young people to get creative and spark meaningful conversations about issues that matter to them by envisioning and illustrating the California they want to see and experience. The art contest, “California Reimagined: My Vision, Our Future” invites artists between the ages of 13-35 to submit original artwork that reimagines a California for all with grand prizes of up to $1,000.

Speakers available for on-site interviews, event livestreamed

Following a first-ever meeting of its kind at the White House under the Biden Administration, 45 civil society organizations will meet with representatives including from the Vice President's Office and nine federal agencies to discuss implementing human rights obligations here at home in the United States, beginning with creating a National Human Rights Institution to ensure federal state and local policies and practices align with international human rights standards.