More than 100 individuals from community organizations, unions, and government agencies joined Los Angeles County Supervisors Hilda L. Solis and Mark Ridley-Thomas and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti on Monday at a ‘Census Call to Action’ rally at Grand Park in downtown Los Angeles. The rally highlighted their shared commitment to ensuring that hard-to-reach populations [...]
At 3.5 million, Los Angeles County has more immigrants than any other county in the nation. Profiting off the County’s foreign-born communities through a scam called ‘notario fraud,’ individuals posing as licensed attorneys are cashing in on immigrants who want to establish U.S. residency or other legal immigration status. In response, today the Board of [...]
Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda L. Solis released the following statement after California Governor Gavin Newsom released his proposed budget for fiscal year 2019-20: “A budget is a moral statement of one’s values. And with Governor Newsom’s new budget, it is clear that the new Governor believes that California values include fighting for our most [...]
Last month, the Trump Administration took action to prohibit asylum eligibility for certain individuals, without consideration of the dangers they face in their home country. These individuals would be denied asylum eligibility solely because they did not enter the United States at a designated port of entry. In response, Los Angeles County will file a [...]
LOS ANGELES, CA- In 2008, President George W. Bush signed an agreement with Vietnam that bars the deportation of war refugees who arrived in the United States prior to July 12, 1995—the date the two countries re-established diplomatic relations. In the latest move to restrict U.S. immigration, the Trump Administration has reinterpreted that agreement in [...]
LOS ANGELES, CA – The Trump Administration has proposed terminating the Flores Settlement Agreement to erase decades of hard-fought protections of detained immigrant children. Today, the Board of Supervisors approved a motion authored by Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda L. Solis, and co-authored by Supervisor Sheila Kuehl, objecting to this proposed rule to remove court-imposed [...]
La Administración de Trump ha propuesto la terminación del Acuerdo Flores para borrar décadas de protecciones para los niños inmigrantes detenidos. Hoy, la Junta de Supervisores aprobó una moción escrita por la Supervisora del Condado de Los Ángeles Hilda L. Solis, y co-autora Supervisora Sheila Kuehl, objetando esta propuesta de eliminar los límites del tiempo [...]
La Supervisora Hilda L. Solis da a conocer la siguiente declaración en respuesta al cambio propuesto por el Presidente Donald Trump quien dijo que iba a firmar una orden ejecutiva que terminaría con la ciudadanía por nacimiento: “La ciudadanía por nacimiento es un derecho que está claramente consagrado en la Constitución de los Estados Unidos – y es [...]
Supervisor Hilda L. Solis has issued the following statement in response to President Donald Trump stating that he would sign an executive order ending birthright citizenship: "Birthright citizenship is a right that is clearly enshrined in the U.S. Constitution – and it is a right in more than 30 other countries. It is not something [...]
Supervisor Hilda L. Solis issued the following statement in response to the Trump Administration filing in the Federal Registry on Oct. 10 a proposed change to the ‘public charge’ rule that would expand the definition of public benefits: “The Trump Administration has announced a proposed change to the ‘public charge’ rule that would expand the [...]
