“Each woman offered what she could — a guest bedroom, if she had one, couches, or blankets on the floor. They didn’t speak publicly about it; if abusers in their towns knew, they might be at risk … By 2018, Valentina would be able to count more than 30 Latina women throughout California who opened their homes for survivors. As Mily began organizing the first national alliance of female farmworkers, Valentina would learn of another 150 around the country.” Lizzie Presser in California Sunday Magazine: A group of Latina women across the country have been working in secret, turning their homes into shelters for abused immigrant women: Safe House.

+ “They’ve worked the mountain pass in Southern California since 2012 and boast a large haul: more than a ton of methamphetamine, 2 tons of marijuana, 600 pounds of cocaine, millions of dollars in suspected drug money and more than 1,000 arrests. But behind those impressive numbers are some troubling ones.” LA Times: Deputies stopped thousands of innocent Latinos on the 5 Freeway in hopes of their next drug bust.