Concord Immigration Court
Over a quarter of Contra Costa residents are immigrants who come from all over the world. A large new Immigration Court, which handles deportations, recently opened in Concord, nearly doubling the deportation capacity of the Bay Area.
Community Conversation webinars on immigration were presented earlier this year to provide information about national, state and local immigration laws, and to demystify myths that contribute to misunderstanding and false information about immigrants. Videos of the presentations are now available:
- New Economic and Social Realities of Immigration 2025
- Deportation and the Courts - Promoting Human Rights at Home
- What Is the Reality of Immigration?
Several LWVDV members have observed at the Immigration Court. See below for their reports.
- Immigration Court Observation 01/16/25
- Immigration Court Observation 02/11/25
- Immigration Court Observation 02/28/25
LWVUS Action On Immigration
ALL US residents, including immigrants regardless of status, have rights and protections under the U.S. Constitution. Therefore, the LWVUS Immigration Discussion Group shared recommendations for action: LWVUS Action On Immigration.
The Leadership of the LWV Immigration Discussion Group meets monthly on the last Tuesday of the month at 8 AM PT. If you would like to participate/visit, please contact Jane Andrews at jmlandrews [at] gmail.com.
- American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) provides Know Your Rights handouts at this website. Handouts include: ICE worksite raids (for employers), ICE home visits, and ICE public stops.
- The Immigrant Legal Resource Center has red cards to help people assert their rights. They also have an Immigration Preparedness Toolkit and a Know Your Rights toolkit.
- Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of LA (CHIRLA: Know Your Rights video.
- We Have Rights: a national immigrant empowerment campaign to inform people of what to do when interacting with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
- The National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (NNIRR) has an excellent listing of immigration hotlines at this link. It has resources to report raids in your area, to seek help if being detained or at risk of being deported, and to report missing migrants.
- Just Security, Immigration section: Just Security is an online forum for the rigorous analysis of security, democracy, foreign policy, and rights.
- American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) will be tracking Trump’s immigration-oriented Executive Orders.
- Immigration Policy Tracking Project: This is a project of Lucas Guttentag, professor at both Stanford and Yale and founder of the ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project (IRP)
- Witness at the Border: Tracks ICE flights
