'Good Trouble Lives On,' Anti-ICE Rallies Held In Dublin

DUBLIN, CA — Two more political protests are taking place in Dublin, the latest of three large protests to take place in the city.

On Thursday, progressive activist group Indivisible Tri-Valley joined 1,300 “Good Trouble Lives On” demonstrations, in honor of the fifth anniversary of the passing of Congressman John Lewis, who encouraged citizens to get in “good trouble” to further civil rights.

The rally included speeches by Rev. Monica Cross of First Christian Church of Oakland; Alameda County Community Food Bank Director of Equity, Access, and Belonging Sheila Burks; and nurse Jennifer Esteen.

Following speeches, rallygoers attended tables offering voter registration, sign making, fundraising for Tri-Valley Haven Food Pantry, and more.

Good Trouble Lives On rallies took place across the Bay Area, including in San Francisco, Oakland, Novato, Half Moon Bay, and more.

On Saturday, Japanese-American and immigrant rights organizations are organizing the third official protest against rumors that ICE plans to turn the shuttered FCI Dublin facility into a detention center. The organizers are drawing direct parallels to World War II, when Japanese-Americans were forcibly removed from their homes and interred in camps under the guise of national security.

“Japanese Americans and allies stand with immigrant communities to oppose new detention centers in California,” organizers Tsuru for Solidarity and ICE Out of Dublin said in a statement. “The frightening specter of racial exclusion is not new to Japanese Americans. In 1942, the US government forcibly removed and incarcerated over 125,000 people of Japanese ancestry as calling them a threat to national security. There was no due process. No one spoke up; no one organized to speak up. Today the Japanese American community says, “Now is the time to raise our voices and share our stories. We draw on the legacy of Japanese American incarceration during WWII to resist its repetition today. We must not let an ICE detention facility open in Dublin, CA. Immigrant community members are more likely to be arrested & detained by ICE in counties that have more detention beds.”

This is the third rally against the proposed facility. Rallies in March and April drew up to 500 people each. Dublin was also the site of a No Kings Rally in June, one of many protests nationwide held the day of a controversial military parade in Washington held on Pres. Trump’s birthday. The No Kings protest drew up to 5,000 people, according to organizers.

The rally will take place at Don Biddle Park on Saturday at 11 a.m.

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