Union RNs will march to Alameda Board of Supervisors Jan. 27 meeting 

Responding to an escalating crisis of ICE violence, more than 150 registered nurse leaders from California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee (CNA/NNOC) will march from the union’s headquarters in Oakland to the Alameda County Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 27, to back several critical proposals to protect the community from ICE violence.

“Nurses are outraged by this weekend’s cold-blooded murder of our fellow RN, Alex Pretti, who is the latest in a growing list of people killed by violent, out-of-control, lawless ICE agents. While we fight to abolish ICE, nurses are marching to call for strong protections in Alameda County before one more person is injured or one more life is lost,” said CNA/NNOC President Michelle Gutierrez Vo, a registered nurse at Kaiser Permanente in Fremont.

What:   Nurses march to Alameda County Board of Supervisors Meeting

When:  January 27, 2026, 3 p.m.

Where: March will begin at NNU headquarters, 155 Grand, Oakland, Calif. and end at 1221 Oak Street, 5th floor, Oakland, Calif., where meeting will start at 3:30 p.m.

The marching nurses will show support for two proposals put forth by Supervisor Nikki Fortunato Bass. One calls for adoption of a policy for “ICE free zones,” restricting the use of county-owned and county-controlled properties for immigration enforcement activity. The second proposal nurses are backing calls for the creation of an Alameda County Immigration Enforcement Response Plan, which provides for protocols for rapid communication and response among county agencies in case of escalated federal enforcement.

RNs will also be calling for the board to oppose the reopening of Federal Correctional Institute, Dublin (FCI Dublin) as an immigration detention center.

“We urge the Alameda County Board of Supervisors to take strong action to protect Alameda County by saying, ‘ICE does not belong here,’” said Gutierrez Vo. “The lives of our patients, and as we saw this weekend, the lives of our fellow nurses, depend on it.”

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United is the largest and fastest-growing union and professional association of registered nurses in the nation with more than 100,000 members in more than 200 facilities throughout California and more than 225,000 RNs nationwide.