07/11/2025
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We encourage members to call your Congressmember and legislators!
We strongly condemn the abduction of California Faculty Association professor, member and activist Jonathan A. Caravello, Ph.D. and other community members terrorized and arrested by federal immigration authorities while exercising their constitutional rights to protest peacefully in Camarillo, CA on Thursday, July 10th, 2025.
These abductions are an attack on our constitutional rights to free speech. We do not tolerate retaliation against our union members or any person who speaks out against injustice. Their abduction and disappearance are part of an intentional effort, another tactic of the terror attacks at the hands of the current presidential administration on our communities. These actions further the enforcement of strict obedience to authority at the expense of our freedoms and our lives. That all these members still remain unaccounted for is unconscionable, and extremely alarming. We have unconfirmed reports that John is being held at Ventura Federal Detention Center with a bail bond of close to $1 million. There are no charges that have been confirmed at this time.
We are gravely concerned about the safety of Jonathan Caravello and any other community members and the consequences of their abductions for all our union members. If our safety as unionized public servants in the largest institution of higher education in the United States cannot be guaranteed against the brutality of federal immigration authorities, even as U.S. citizens, then the future of California and its youth is uncertain.
The California Faculty Association is a labor union that centers antiracism and social justice work. We stand with immigrant communities, including faculty and students engaged in efforts to protect our communities from the invasion of ICE, Department of Homeland Security, National Guard and local law enforcement. We demand the immediate release of all of our members arrested, including John Caravello, from federal custody in Camarillo, yesterday.
