651 Pine Street
Martinez CA.
The Contra Costa Immigrant Rights Alliance would like to invite you to be part of the Second annual TRUTH Act Forum. Last year we packed the Board of Supervisors Chambers with over 200 people. We demanded Sheriff Livingston provide answers regarding his collaboration with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). For more than two hours, community raised concerns, asked questions, and demanded transparency from the county. Despite all of that, no answers were provided to the public, but community kept pushing for transparency and justice. We learned that in 2017 63 residents were transferred to ICE under his department, with no further information or data provided on the 63 people turned over to ICE.
Additionally, Sheriff Livingston continues to oversee the jails, where the same terrible conditions are happening. For the past year there have been 5 deaths and counting at the jails under Sheriff Livingston’s watch. Contra Costa continues to have an issue of lack of accountability. Thus, our urgency to make this year’s TRUTH forum an issue about lack of accountability and transparency. No more deaths at the jail, No more pol-ice collaboration!