Activists call on Gov. Gavin Newsom to free detained immigrants to avert deadly COVID-19 catastrophe in detention facilities
Human rights activists with the group Never Again Action staged a protest outside Governor Gavin Newsom\u2019s house and the state capitol on March 22, 2020 to demand Newsom empty California\u2019s immigrant detention facilities and release detainees during the coronavirus crisis.\nThe activists say immigrants are being imprisoned in dangerously close quarters, with little access to hand sanitizer and soap. Detainees have been routinely denied medical care even before the crisis.\nSunday\u2019s demonstrators risked legal consequences by leaving their homes to protest during California\u2019s shelter-in-place order, but they observed social distancing rules during the action, wearing masks and gloves and protesting from within their cars. They used megaphones and hung a long banner between their vehicles, lining up outside the Governor\u2019s home in Fair Oaks, a suburb of Sacramento, early on Sunday morning.\nKPFA\u2019s Ariel Boone (@arielboone) reports from Sacramento.\nhttps://kpfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/BOONE-Newsom-detention-protest-4.54.wav\t\t\n\t\t\tjQuery(document).ready(function($) {\n\t\t\t\tvar media = $('#audio-332803-43');\n\t\t\t\tmedia.on('canplay', function (ev) {\n\t\t\t\t\tthis.currentTime = 0;\n\t\t\t\t});\n\t\t\t});\n\t\t\n\xa0\nThis report first aired on KPFA and the Pacifica Evening News on March 23, 2020.\nThe post Activists call on Gov. Gavin Newsom to free detained immigrants to avert deadly COVID-19 catastrophe in detention facilities appeared first on KPFA.