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By SCSJ - Posted on March 16th, 2009
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Our work on immigrant rights has both a legal and an advocacy component. We represent individual clients in immigration cases, and we also work with coalitions to address immigration policy.

We are particularly concerned about local law enforcement agency cooperation with Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) through 287(g) agreements and "Secure Communities" programs. We believe that these programs inevitably lead to racial profiling and targeting of immigrants and have a severely detrimental effect on public safety and community well-being.


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  • New Bond Fund Helps NC Immigrants Get Fair Day in Court
    Wednesday, February 24, 2010
    Catawba Valley Citizen
    A new bond fund is helping immigrants who are arrested post bond and access legal services. SCSJ partnered with the Bond Fund to provide zero interest matching loans to immigrants who cannot afford to pay a full bond. Since its inception in September, SCSJ has used the fund to help seven families.
  • Ayudan a pagar fianzas de inmigración a extranjeros en Carolina del Norte
    Wednesday, February 24, 2010
    Terra
    Un fondo creado con dinero de organizaciones privadas ha ayudado a varias familias a pagar parte de la fianza de inmigración de sus seres queridos para que disputen sus casos en los tribunales.
  • Americans: Much More Than a Profile
    Wednesday, December 9, 2009
    The Huffington Post
    On October 7th Ms. Orellana was quietly eating her lunch when two Frederick County Deputy Sheriffs interrogated and detained her solely based on the color of her skin, according to a lawsuit recently filed in US District Court.
  • The Obama Administration's Immigration Policy
    Wednesday, December 9, 2009
    Z-Magazine
    Barack Obama won the presidency in no small part because he captured a large majority of the immigrant vote, especially that of Latinos. Obama's promise of "comprehensive immigration reform" played an important role in that victory. Yet, instead of prioritizing immigration reform, President Obama has escalated several controversial enforcement initiatives.
  • Minor wrongs still risk deportation
    Sunday, November 22, 2009
    Raleigh News & Observer
    Undocumented immigrants still at risk of arrest for minor offenses despite changes in 287g rules.
  • Tougher Rules on Policing Illegal Immigrants
    Wednesday, October 14, 2009
    Los Angeles Times
    Luz Maria Diaz knew what happened to illegal immigrants at the Wake County jail. But her teenage daughters didn't....
  • Homeland Security institutes new rules for 287(g) program
    Wednesday, July 22, 2009
    Independent Weekly
    DHS changed the 287(g) program to encourage local police to process only serious criminals for deportation. Yet it stops short of guaranteeing only these deportations
  • Deportation program is tweaked
    Sunday, July 19, 2009
    The News & Observer
    Complaints process is widened, but check of immigration status in jails is little changed
  • Immigrants blackmailed for sex
    Thursday, July 16, 2009
    ABC 11
    Eyewitness News has learned a federal government employee allegedly blackmailed women into having sex with him
  • New Curbs Set on Arrests of Illegal Immigrants
    Saturday, July 11, 2009
    Wall Street Journal
    Revamped 287g Program Will Target Only Serious Crimes, not Minor Infractions; Sheriff Arpaio Refuses to Ease Up
  • DHS announces major changes to 287(g); Guilford County adds program
    Friday, July 10, 2009
    Independent Weekly
    Problems of racial profiling and other inconsistencies with has led to the Department of Homeland Security announcement of a major overhaul of the 278(g) program
  • March, rally push 14 point progressive agenda
    Sunday, February 15, 2009
    WRAL
    Thousands of North Carolinians attend the 3rd annual HKonJ march in Raleigh to demand progressive changes in state and national policy.
  • Secure Communities: 287(g) with lipstick?
    Friday, January 23, 2009
    Independent Weekly
    Community activists worry that "Secure Communities" program in Orange County, NC will lead to racial profiling.
  • Human Rights Members Protest Immigration Measure
    Sunday, December 14, 2008
    ABC 11 News
    SHROC Conference attendees protest the 287g program at the Wake County Jail.
  • Southern Human Rights Organizers Protest “287g” program
    Sunday, December 14, 2008
    MyNC
    Protest of 287g program as part of the SHROC Conference