369 | Why California Has and Needs its Immigration Sanctuary Laws w/Angela Chan

Today, Hunter was joined once again by Angla Chan of the San Francisco Public Defender Officer. This time, the two say down to discuss the history of sanctuary laws in California, why they are so important, and reflect on the reasons why people leave their home countries in the first place.

 

 

Guest

Angela Chan, Chief of Confront and Advocate, San Francisco Public Defender's Office

 

 

Resources:

Gov. Newsom's history with ordering juvenile probation in SF to turn youth over to ICE when he was SF Mayor in 2008. His "regret" over his prior actions in 2018 when he was running for governor.

stories of Southeast Asian refugees who were incarcerated firefighters who CDCR turned over to ICE.

SF Public Defender Office

https://sfpublicdefender.org/

https://www.facebook.com/sfpublicdefender

https://x.com/sfdefender

https://www.instagram.com/sfpublicdefender/

https://bsky.app/profile/sfpublicdefender.sf.gov

American Interventionism

https://www.amazon.com/Jakarta-Method-Washingtons-Anticommunist-Crusade/dp/1541742400

Guatemala

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/jacobo-arbenz-guzman-deposed/

https://hmh.org/library/research/genocide-in-guatemala-guide/

https://cja.org/what-we-do/litigation/the-guatemala-genocide-case/

Laos

https://www.history.com/articles/laos-most-bombed-country-vietnam-war

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/apr/27/i-dont-want-more-children-to-suffer-what-i-did-the-50-year-fight-to-clear-us-bombs-from-laos

https://www.mnvietnam.org/story/the-cia-the-hmong-and-the-secret-war/index.html https://winwithoutwar.org/secret-war-forgotten-war-the-u-s-bombing-of-laos/

Cambodia

https://www.history.com/articles/nixon-war-powers-act-vietnam-war-cambodia

https://macmillan.yale.edu/gsp/us-involvement-cambodian-war-and-genocide-0

 

 

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