Additional Resources
Below find additional resources for the four highlighted campaigns on this website as well as community campaigns in other localities.
+ TEXAS
Press
- Texas Monthly: How San Marcos Went From ‘Zero Tolerance’ Policing to Requiring That Officers Release Low-Level Offenders
- Statesman: San Marcos cite-and-release law, first in Texas, in effect Sunday
- Statesman: Opinion: Incarceration amid pandemic can be a matter of life and death
- KXAN: San Marcos moves forward on cite & release ordinance, Kyle could be next
- The Dallas Weekly: #UnmaskHate Campaign Sheds Light
- Medium: Houston Leads: Seeking Justice and Dignity for All Members of Our Community
- Houston Public Media: Harris County Commissioners Approve $2 Million Deportation Defense Fund
- Fort Worth Star-Telegram: ‘We’re scared all the time.’ Immigrants speak out against local ICE program
- Fort Worth Star-Telegram: Tarrant leaders split the vote but extend ICE immigration enforcement policy in jails
- Fort Worth Star-Telegram: This immigration issue has divided Tarrant County. Now it’s up for a vote
- Dallas Observer: Activists Want Tarrant County to Stop Doing ICE’s Work for Them
- TIME: President Trump Wants Sheriffs to Help With Deportations. Here's What Sheriffs Think
- Al Día: Arlington: Activistas protestan por visita del ex sheriff Joe Arpaio al condado de Tarrant
- KERA News: Tarrant County Commissioners Vote To Extend ICE Agreement
- The Dallas Morning News: Controversial program allowing transfers of undocumented immigrants to ICE extended in Tarrant County
Reports
- Communities Torn Apart: The Impact of Detention and Deportation in Houston
- How We Won: One Year After the Legal Services Fund Was Created
- Austin City-Community Reimagining Public Safety Task Force 2021 Mid-Year Recommendations Report
Fact Sheets
- Freedom City Policies
- Cite and Release in Texas
- Bexar County Cite & Release
- SB 4 Community Advisory
- Ending 287(g) In Texas
- The Lawsuits Against SB 4, The Texas Bill Signed To Terrorize Immigrants
- Understanding City Government Structures in Texas
- Texas Sheriffs and the Arrest-to-Deportation Pipeline
- Explaining Gonzalez v. ICE: A Guide for Advocates in Texas (November 2020)
- Texas County Officials
- Changes to the 287(g) Program
Toolkits
- Local Options for Protecting Texas Immigrants & Their Families
- Ending 287(g): A Toolkit for Local Organizers
- Moving Texas Forward: Local Policies Towards Inclusive Justice
Other Resources
+ CHICAGO
Press
- FOIA Week of Action
- Call to Action: No New Gang Database in Chicago
- Chicago Tribune: Coalition calls for an investigation of the Cook County gang database
- Chicago Sun-Times: Aldermen, community activists demand that CPD abolish — not reform — gang database
- WTTW: Critics Say Chicago Police Need to Rethink Tracking Gang Members, Curbing Violence
- Block Club Chicago: Mayor Lightfoot Boosts Protection For Immigrants, But Collaboration Between Chicago Police And ICE Continues In Criminal Cases
- CBS Chicago: City, Civil Rights Groups Seeking Settlement In Lawsuit Over Chicago Police Department’s Gang Database
Reports
Fact Sheets
Other Resources
+ ATLANTA
Press
- The Real News Network: New Restorative Justice Spaces Must Be Culturally Competent
- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Will protests bring change? Why this young Atlantan thinks they will
- Architectural Digest: Why Justice in Design Is Critical to Repairing America
- Slate: What Prison Abolition Actually Looks Like
- Archinect: Designing Justice + Designing Spaces unveils plan to re-purpose Atlanta city jail into “Center for Equity”
Reports
- Reimagining ACDC Task Force Policy Workgroup Recommendations Report
- Program Workgroup Progress Report
- Center for Equity Task Force Meeting #5 Progress Report
- Center for Equity Final Feasibility Report: Designing Justice + Designing Spaces
- Reimagine ACDC Initiative Community Engagement Report
- Inside Atlanta’s Immigration Cages: A Report on the Conditions of the Atlanta City Detention Center
- R|A History of the Atlanta City Detention Center
- Reimagine ACDC Taskforce Report
Fact Sheets
- Close the Jail ATL: Communities Over Cages Campaign
- A History of the Atlanta City Detention Center
- Women on the Rise and Racial Justice Action Center Policy Brief
- Raze & Replace: The People's Plan to Reimagine Atlanta
Toolkits
- Communities Over Cages Campaign Social Media Toolkit
- From Cuffs to Care Social Media Toolkit (6/20)
- Raze and Replace Social Media Toolkit (10/20)
Other Resources
+ CALIFORNIA
Press
- Desert Sun: Advocates call for Adelanto to fire city manager involved in detention center contracts
- San Francisco Chronicle: California may ban private prisons. What would that mean for ICE detainees?
- San Francisco Chronicle: San Mateo County comes under fire for transferring immigrants to ICE
- The Appeal: California Legislature Adopts a Flurry of Criminal Justice Reforms
- Cal Matters: Gov. Newsom can protect Californians by closing private prisons
- San Francisco Examiner: California has a responsibility to ban private prisons
- San Francisco Examiner: Giving immigrants a second chance after incarceration
- Daily Beast: DA Backs Off Hardline Stance on Immigrants Caught With Weed
- KCET: Health Over Punishment: Organizing Efforts to Stop ICE Transfers in California and Beyond
Fact Sheets
- Best Practices: Protecting Immigrants When Decriminalizing or Legalizing Marijuana
- How Can Advocates Ensure that the DJJ Closure Protects Immigrant Youth?
- Immigration KYRs for People in California Prisons
Toolkits
- Helping Immigrant Clients with Post-Conviction Legal Options: A Guide for Legal Services Providers
- Toolkit for Legal Service Organizations: Pro Bono Immigrant Post-Conviction Relief
- Stop ICE Transfers: Promoting Health, Unifying Families, Healing Communities
- California Crimes Toolkit
- Deferred Entry of Judgment
- Eliminating the Unintended Immigration Consequences of Prior Post-Please Diversion Program Dispositions
- Misdemeanor Sentencing
- Post-Conviction Relief
- One California Program Funding for Removal Defense & Post-Conviction Relief
- Codifying Case Law to Ensure Due Process for Immigrant Defendants
Other Resources
+ OTHER SITES
Fact Sheets
- Sanctuary for All: Effective Criminal/Immigration Policy Fixes
- The Role of Sheriffs and the Arrest-to-Deportation Pipeline
Toolkits
- Southeast Asian American Solidarity Toolkit: A Guide to Resisting Detentions and Deportations from the #ReleaseMN8 Campaign
- The Demand Is Still #DefundPolice
- #DefundPolice Toolkit
- Beyond the Enforcement Paradigm: A Vision for a Transformative Budget for U.S. Immigration
- Local Policy Interventions for Protecting Immigrants
Other Resources