IMMIGRANT
JUSTICE
ICE OUT OF CA
As members of the ICE Out of CA Coalition, we advocated for the passage of The Home Act. If passed, this bill would have stopped the transfers of people from prisons or local jails to detention centers, which is the main pipeline increasing the population in detention centers. Though Governor Newsom vetoed The Home Act in 2024, we continue to advocate for the end of transfers to ICE detention centers and the end of this double punishment that increases family separation for immigrant communities.
KEEP SITHY HOME
Keep Sithy Home is a grassroots-led deportation defense campaign in support of Sithy Bin. The campaign's objectives include: a gubernatorial pardon from California’s Governor Newsom as a pathway towards much needed necessary immigration relief from the current deportation order that Sithy holds (read Sithy’s story), as well as a call to action for advocacy and policy change for those facing similar experiences. The campaign holds similar values to California base propositions such as the Vision Act, which seeks to end all collaboration between local law enforcement and the ICE agency through transfers and the Home Not Heartbreak Campaign that aims to keep families together and minimize the risks of potential deportations.
DIGNITY NOT DETENTION (DND)
The Dignity Not Detention (DND) coalition formed in 2015 to fight immigrant detention at the state level and strengthen collaboration with criminal justice partners to tackle the mass criminalization and incarceration of people of color. We are a partnership of over 17 California organizations composed of organizers, communications experts, attorneys, and formerly incarcerated leaders. Our collective mission is to end detention in California so that we can pave the path to end detention nationwide.
OUR BUDGET, OUR FUTURE
In 2025, ÓRALE co-led the Our Budget, Our Future coalition, a new collaboration between local nonprofit organizations to push for the City of Long Beach's city budget to include funding for community programs that advance equity through investments in housing and immigration programs. Through this effort, our coalition was able to secure $1.9 million for the Long Beach Justice Fund, as well as funding for housing solutions that will benefit immigrant communities.
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LONG BEACH JUSTICE FUND COALITION
As members of the Long Beach Justice Fund Coalition, ORALE advocates for the continued existence of the Long Beach Justice Fund, a program that uses city funds to provide legal representation to undocumented community members from Long Beach in removal defense cases. ORALE and our coalition partners work to connect our community to the legal services providers contracted by the City of Long Beach, so that they can have the support needed to fight deportation and family separation.
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LONG BEACH VALUES ACT
The Long Beach Values Act was passed in 2018 to ensure the City of Long Beach is taking action to protect local immigrant communities. Through our advocacy, we have been able to pass and strengthen a Values Act which sets strict guidelines over the sharing of personal information by local law enforcement and city contracts. The act also prohibits the Long Beach Police Department from cooperating with ICE. We won additional amendments to the act as recently as 2025, and we continue to push for it to be a stronger tool for protecting immigrant families.
IMMIGRANTS ARE LA - COUNTY BUDGET WORK
Our advocacy for immigrants doesn't just happen within Long Beach. We also advocate for budgets to be inclusive of immigrant communities at the county level. As part of our work with the Immigrants Are LA (IRLA) coalition, we have supported advocacy efforts that aim to invest in the well-being of immigrants across LA County, such as the 2025 Rent Relief Motion that moved nearly $30 million to help support renters, including immigrants affected by ongoing ICE raids across the county, in paying rent and avoiding eviction and homelessness.
ANTI-SURVEILLANCE
ÓRALE is a core member of the Anti-Surveillance Coalition. Together, we are a coalition of organizations and Long Beach residents who oppose the Long Beach Police Department's use of surveillance technology. Beyond our core membership, we have the support of over 35 other organizations from around the city, state, and nation, all of whom echo our call for a ban on surveillance technology in Long Beach, California.
PROTECTION NOT DETENTION (PND)
From 2020 to 2021, the City of Long Beach had a contract with the U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) to convert the Long Beach Convention Center into a detention center for unaccompanied children arriving at the U.S.-Mexico Border. As members of the #ProtectionNotDetention Coalition, ÓRALE led in mobilizing the community and organizing efforts to denounce all forms of detention for children. After months of community-led advocacy, resistance, and monitoring, ORR closed the Long Beach Convention Center ahead of the contract deadline.