This story originally appeared at The Appeal. Immigrants’ rights activists have been protesting local officials that help ICE arrest and deport immigrants, pressuring them to end those ties, and candidates for these offices have felt the heat. Most significantly, their work has upended the usually quiet landscape of sheriff’s races, helping drive upset losses for longtime incumbents in places […]
Author Archives: Daniel Nichanian, The Appeal
Daniel Nichanian is Founding Editor of The Appeal: Political Report, a project of The Appeal that covers the local politics of criminal justice and mass incarceration.