In April of 2026, a landmark California Supreme Court ruling (In re Kowalczyk) limited who could be detained pretrial and banned unafforable bail. Author and organizer Xavier España sat in courtrooms to see how judges were applying the ruling. While courtwatching and following the efforts of a father trying to be released from a "no bail allowed order" after two years in jail, Xavier realized his efforts for release and to reuinte with his family was more personal than he exp
As people across the country rise up against the separation of families at our borders, this writer relives his own separation and got a renewed sense of hope from attending a recent action calling for an end to ICE.
