California Republicans call it the ‘Stop Nick Shirley Act’. Here’s who it’s supposed to help

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Angelica Salas is used to hearing from people who have opinions about her work providing legal aid to immigrants. She knows many people have different views on immigration, including ones that contradict hers.

But she wasn’t prepared for the moment that a stranger showed up at her mother’s house looking for her.

“I was very shocked. My mother said somebody came looking for you,” said Salas, the executive director for the The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights. “It’s OK if someone decides to picket me if they don’t agree with what I'm doing. … That’s their First Amendment right. It’s very different to go to your mother’s home.”

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