TODEC’s Luz Gallegos on Protecting Families Through Advocacy, Care, and Hope

Healthy Desert Healthy You · Apr 16, 2026 · 36m

Executive Director Luz Gallegos joins Healthy Desert Healthy You host Will Dean to discuss how TODEC Legal Center supports immigrant families across the Coachella Valley and Inland Empire during a time of intensified immigration enforcement. She explains TODEC’s roots in organizing farm workers, the growing fear affecting mixed-status families, and the economic, emotional, and mental health toll on communities when people are too afraid to work, seek care, or send children to school. Luz also shares how Red Cards help people assert constitutional rights, why documenting encounters matters…