Noticiero ¡Lucha y Resiste! está circulando la siguiente declaración de la Campaña de Justicia para Guillermo.

San José, CA – La Campaña de Justicia para Guillermo condena de manera inequívoca la decisión del juez de inmigración Steven M. Kirchner de ordenar la re-detención de Guillermo sin derecho a fianza. Esta decisión no solo viola el debido proceso, sino que quebranta la seguridad comunitaria que nuestros sistemas de justicia e inmigración dicen proteger. Guillermo luchó —y ganó— el derecho a que su caso fuera escuchado ante “juez neutral” mientras continuaba su proceso de rehabilitación. En cambio, fue arrestado nuevamente el Día de San Valentín. Guillermo Reyes fue violentamente detenido afuera de su hogar, procesado a través de Stockton ERO y transferido al Centro de Detención de California City—una antigua prisión que actualmente enfrenta una demanda legal en curso por condiciones abusivas de detención.

La decisión injusta del juez de inmigración expone una verdad estructural más profunda sobre el propio sistema de tribunales de inmigración: la neutralidad dentro del sistema no existe. Los jueces de inmigración operan dentro del mismo poder ejecutivo que impulsa detenciones masivas y deportaciones a costa de la vida humana. Desde 2025, jueces en San Francisco con tasas más altas de decisiones favorables han sido removidos, debilitando aún más cualquier afirmación de independencia. En el caso de Guillermo, el juez Kirchner eligió la re-detención por encima del bienestar y la estabilidad de Guillermo, avanzando aún más la campaña de deportaciones de Trump, la cual debilita la seguridad comunitaria y sabotea activamente los esfuerzos de rehabilitación de inmigrantes anteriormente encarcelados como Guillermo, quienes ya habían logrado su libertad.

Más allá de los problemas estructurales del sistema de revisión en la corte de inmigración, el proceso otorgado a Guillermo fue fundamentalmente injusto. A Guillermo y a su abogado nunca se les informó qué evidencia consideró el juez al tomar su decisión, ni se les dio la oportunidad de impugnar evidencia perjudicial o poco confiable. Guillermo no ha sido condenado por ningún delito nuevo. Los arrestos recientes se basan en alegaciones no comprobadas; no son evidencia ni condenas. Guillermo, como cualquier otra persona, tiene derecho a la presunción de inocencia.

Esta decisión se emitió casi tres semanas después de que se llevará a cabo la audiencia de fianza de Guillermo, y apenas diez días antes de que Guillermo completará un programa residencial intensivo enfocado en su salud mental y bienestar. Guillermo es más que la narrativa del gobierno. Es un miembro de la comunidad, un ser querido y una persona activamente comprometida con su estabilidad y sanación. Merece debido proceso. Merece justicia. Merece acceso a tratamiento en su comunidad, no encarcelamiento.

Nos negamos a aceptar esta injusticia en silencio. Únase a la Campaña Justicia para Guillermo el 20 de febrero a las 12PM en 630 Sansome Street en San Francisco, donde nos reuniremos en acción pública. Exigimos rendición de cuentas, debido proceso y la liberación inmediata de Guillermo. Exigimos un sistema que respete los principios constitucionales y que ponga fin al uso de arrestos como respuesta predeterminada a crisis de salud mental. La Campaña Justicia para Guillermo sigue firmemente comprometida a asegurar que Guillermo quede libre de la detención migratoria y sea reunido con sus seres queridos y su comunidad.

Las organizaciones miembros de la Campaña de Justicia Para Guillermo incluyen a Pangea Legal Services, Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity, La Red de Servicios, Derechos de los Inmigrantes y Educación (SIREN), Sinagoga Kehilla, Latinos Unidos por una Nueva América, Colaborativa de California por la Justicia para Inmigrantes, Iglesia del Pacto Shalom, Organización Socialista Camino de la Libertad, Planting Justice, California Coalition for Women Prisoners, Organización de Servicio Comunitario (CSO) de San José, CSO Oakland, y la Red de Legalización para Todos.

#SanJoseCA #CA #ImmigrantRights #CSOSanJose #L4A

Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Justice for Guillermo Campaign.

San Jose, CA – The Justice for Guillermo Campaign unequivocally condemns Immigration Judge Steven M. Kirchner’s decision to order Guillermo’s re-detention without bond. The decision not only violates due process, but it undermines the community safety our justice and immigration systems purport to protect. Guillermo fought for-–and won-–the right to have his case heard before “a neutral adjudicator” while he continued his rehabilitative journey. Instead, he was re-arrested on Valentine’s Day. Guillermo Reyes was violently abducted outside his home, processed through Stockton ERO, and transferred to California City Detention Facility—a former prison currently facing ongoing litigation over abusive detention conditions.

The immigration judge’s unjust decision exposes a deeper structural truth about the immigration court system itself: that neutrality within the immigration court system does not exist. Immigration judges operate within the same executive branch driving mass detentions and deportations at the expense of human life. Since 2025, San Francisco judges with higher rates of favorable decisions have been removed, further undermining any claim of independence. In Guillermo’s case, IJ Kirchner chose re-detention over Guillermo’s wellbeing and stability, further advancing Trump’s deportation campaign which undermines community safety, and actively sabotages the rehabilitation efforts of formerly incarcerated immigrants like Guillermo who have already won their release.

Beyond the structural problems with immigration court review, the process afforded to Guillermo was fundamentally unjust. Guillermo and his counsel were never told what evidence the judge considered in making his decision, and they were not given the chance to challenge evidence that was prejudicial or unreliable. Guillermo has not been convicted of any new offense. Recent arrests rest on unproven allegations; they are not evidence or convictions. Guillermo, just like any other person, is entitled to the presumption of innocence. 

This decision came down nearly 3 weeks after Guillermo’s bond hearing took place, and just 10 days shy of Guillermo completing an intensive residential treatment program addressing his mental health and wellness. Guillermo is more than the government’s narrative. He is a community member, a loved one, and a person actively committed toward stability and healing. He deserves due process. He deserves fairness. He deserves access to treatment in his community, not incarceration. 

We refuse to accept this injustice in silence. Join the Justice for Guillermo Campaign on February 20, at 12PM at 630 Sansome Street in San Francisco as we gather in public action. We call for accountability, due process, and Guillermo’s immediate release. We call for a system that honors constitutional principles and ends the use of arrests as a default response to mental health crises. The Justice for Guillermo Campaign remains laser-focused on ensuring Guillermo is free from immigration detention and is reunited with his loved ones and community.”

Member organizations of the Justice for Guillermo Campaign include Pangea Legal Services, Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity, Services, Immigrant Rights & Education Network (SIREN), Kehilla Synagogue, Latinos Unidos por una Nueva América, California Collaborative for Immigrant Justice, Shalom Iglesia Del Pacto, Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Planting Justice, California Coalition for Women Prisoners, Community Service Organization (CSO) San Jose, CSO Oakland, and the Legalization for All Network.

#SanJoseCA #CA #ImmigrantRights #CSOSanJose #L4A

San Jose, CA – On January 24, In the wake of the killing of the two community observers in Minneapolis by ICE – Renee Good and Alex Pretti – CSO (Community Service Organization) San Jose organized and rally and march that took over 200 people to the streets in solidarity with Minneapolis, demanding an end to the ICE terror and to deportations.

The rally began at the Mexican Heritage Plaza, a cultural center for the Chicano community in Eastside San Jose, with chants demanding an end to the deportations and ICE out of San Jose.

Jose Solorio with CSO San Jose spoke on the recent killings, stating, “ICE is on a killing rampage, escalating their attacks. More than 30 people have died while in ICE custody.”

Solorio continued, “It can be you or me tomorrow. Our citizenship status does not protect us from the Gestapo wing of Trump’s dilapidated empire.”

Andy Schaefer from San Jose Against War went further in “drawing the parallels that are undeniable between the domestic terrorists known as ICE kidnapping and ripping families apart.”

Schaefer continued, “The same tactics that the IOF utilize such as racial profiling, mass surveillance, crowd control, media coordination and more are [being] used by the DHS and ICE against our immigrant neighbors.”

Highlighting the oppression faced by Chicanos and Latinos, Lyla Salinas from the Freedom Road Socialist Organization stated, “We are being nationally oppressed and have been for hundreds of years.”

Salinas ended by saying, “Now more than ever you should get organized and fight back against Trump's billionaire agenda!”

After the program, around 300 people took to the streets chanting “Lucha si, migra no” and “When immigrant rights are under attack, what do we do? Stand up, fight back!”

The action ended with a call to action for the upcoming “ICE out of the Super Bowl” protest, which will be on Sunday, February 8 at 3 p.m., blocks away from where the Super Bowl will be occurring at Levi's Stadium.

#SanJoseCA #CA #ImmigrantRights #ICE #KillerICE #CSOSanJose #AlexPretti