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“What If We Hadn’t Shown Up?” — CATA’s Bold Year of Action

CATA showed up to defend immigrant families—fighting 287(g), winning wage theft cases, expanding food justice, and protecting workers’ rights. Help us keep going.

CATA ON THE NEWS

Tens of thousands of undocumented farmworkers in South Jersey are laying low and ‘scared to death’ of potential ICE raids

Throughout communities of “panicked” undocumented farmworkers, however, “people are jittery — talking so fast, crying, losing sleep, and keeping kids out of school,” said Meghan Hurley, policy and advocacy organizer for CATA, a nonprofit helping farmworkers and the Latino immigrant community in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Maryland.

Bridgeton vigil honors Minneapolis woman shot by ICE agent

“Renee Nicole Good, a woman, a wife, a mother, a poet, and an ally for her community, was murdered for having the audacity to stand up and want to protect her community,” Culley said. “Many of us are here for the same reason. We have friends, family, coworkers, neighbors, who are directly impacted by this situation.”

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Meghan Hurley, policy and advocacy organizer for CATA, an organization that advocates for farm workers and the Latino immigrant community in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Maryland.Monica Herndon / Staff Photographer

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South Jersey residents join the nation in protesting against the killing of Renee Good by ICE agents on Jan. 7, 2026.Ian Peters | for NJ Advance Media

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