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by Guest Columnist on October 29 2009, 10:42AM
By Nezua, Media Consortium Blogger Anti-immigration groups and pundits cling to phrases like “Illegal Alien” because they only focus on foreignness and danger. These extreme factions are all about casting immigrants as what ails our society, conjuring up demons…
Topics: Immigration
More Immigrants Seek Queer Asylum
by Leticia Miranda on October 28 2009, 1:00PM
Immigrant rights activists and immigration lawyers are seeing an increase in the number of immigrants seeking asylum because they fear persecution in their home countries for being transgender, gay or lesbian. The Associated Press reports: Since 1994, sexual orientation…
Topics: Immigration
In New York, Sanctuary for Immigrants Don’t Mean A Whole Lot [VIDEO]
by Julianne Hing on October 28 2009, 10:43AM
ARC’s own Seth Wessler and Janis Roshuevel, director of the immigrant defense network Families for Freedom, co-wrote a piece published in the Huffington Post interrogating New York’s self-proclaimed status as a sanctuary city for immigrants. While New York City purports…
Topics: Immigration
Legal Dissonance: Immigration Policies Clash with Worker Protections
by Michelle Chen on October 27 2009, 6:55PM
It’s hard to make sense of the news headlines about immigrant workers these days.A police sweep in Maricopa County, Arizona, home of the famously anti-immigrant Sheriff Joe Arpaio, snatched up 66 people in the latest “crime-suppression sweep.” After figuring…
Topics: Criminal Justice, Economy, Immigration
Unlicensed Drivers Get 20-Minute Grace Period
by Leticia Miranda on October 27 2009, 12:57PM
San Francisco City has just reformed its policy on impounding the vehicles of unlicensed drivers. Starting next week, if you don’t have a license and you get pulled over, you have a full 20 minutes to get a hold…
Topics: Immigration
FBI and ICE Raid Halal Slaughterhouse
by Leticia Miranda on October 26 2009, 12:46PM
Over 100 FBI and ICE agents raided an Illinois Halal slaughterhouse last weekend and nearly every news report says that no one knows why. The First World Management provides goat, beef and lamb that is prepared according to Muslim standards….
Topics: Immigration, National Security
Risks and Returns: Exploiting the Immigrant Detention Industry
by Michelle Chen on October 23 2009, 4:37PM
Last winter, a remote Texas prison convulsed in a cry of outrage, voicing the desperation of the immigration system’s silenced captives.Two recent articles in the Boston Review and Texas Observer reflect on violent uprisings at the Reeves County Detention…
Topics: Criminal Justice, Immigration
The Weekly Diaspora: We Can Prosper Together
by Guest Columnist on October 22 2009, 12:23PM
By Nezua, Media Consortium Blogger For the most part, it’s been a good week for immigration reform. The Senate approved a measure that will end the “Widow Penalty,” which rescinded applications for U.S. residency if one’s spouse of two years…
Topics: Immigration
by Julianne Hing, Seth Wessler, Jorge Rivas on October 22 2009, 12:00PM
ColorLines investigates the effects of deportation on families of color. Introducing a four-part series.
Topics: Immigration
Torn Apart, Families Struggle to Stay Together
by Seth Freed Wessler on October 22 2009, 9:44AM
This piece was co-authored by Seth Wessler and Julianne Hing. In recent months, the Obama administration has announced plans to expand the 287(g) program despite widespread abuses and racial profiling. It’s also pouring money into “Secure Communities,” a program that…
Topics: Immigration
Arpaio Calls Undocumented Immigrants “Diseased” and “Dirty”
by Leticia Miranda on October 21 2009, 2:30PM
Oh yes, he did. Dawn Teo over at the Huffington Post’s blog wrote that last week, Arpaio said to GQ Magazine: All these people that come over, they could come with disease. There’s no control, no health checks or…
Topics: Immigration
A Broken System: Fragments of An Immigration Debate
by Guest Columnist on October 21 2009, 1:14PM
By Adebe DeRango-Adem The Immigration Policy Center released a new report today, “Breaking Down the Problems: What’s Wrong With our Immigration System.” They kicked off the report release with a national teleconference this afternoon. Speakers on the conference attempted to…
Topics: Immigration
We Did Not Cross the Border, the Border Crossed Us
by Leticia Miranda on October 20 2009, 3:10PM
The Alianza Indigena Sin Fronteras/Indigenous Alliance Without Borders has just launched a new campaign to secure the homelands of indigenous tribes living along the US-Mexico border from California to Texas. According to an article at Narcosphere: Indigenous Peoples living…
Topics: Immigration
by Julianne Hing on October 20 2009, 12:00PM
From New York to Jamaica, families struggle to stay together.
Topics: Immigration
by Seth Freed Wessler on October 20 2009, 12:00PM
Families of color are punished twice by immigration and criminal justice systems that don’t provide equal justice.
Topics: Immigration
by Julianne Hing on October 20 2009, 12:00PM
Deportees struggle to survive in an unfamiliar and unwelcoming place: the country of their birth.
Topics: Immigration
Justice for San Francisco Immigrant Youth
by Leticia Miranda on October 19 2009, 2:30PM
San Francisco immigrant youth and advocates are planning to attend tomorrow’s City Council vote to adopt a policy that would restore due process for immigrant youth who are arrested for a felony. The last and final hearing is scheduled for…
Topics: Criminal Justice, Immigration
Senate: No Healthcare for Undocumented
by Jorge Rivas on October 19 2009, 9:59AM
Written by: M. Junaid Levesque-Alam This post originally appeared on WireTapmag.org In the absence of real movement on immigration reform, the undocumented are facing increasingly harsh treatment from the government. The healthcare bill passed by the Senate Finance Committee…
Topics: Immigration
An Open Letter to Target, Regarding “Illegal Alien” Costume for Halloween
by Yvonne Yen Liu on October 16 2009, 10:00PM
via Cindy Mosqueda at Loteria Chicana & LA Eastside Dear Target, What’s up with this “Illegal Alien” costume? I don’t get why a corporation that boasts about giving back to the community (can’t say I didn’t thoroughly enjoy the ¡Bienvenido…
Topics: Immigration
Immigration Chaos: Rule of Law versus Rule by Fear
by Michelle Chen on October 16 2009, 9:56PM
The White House’s vows to reform immigration enforcement have met a mixture of tepid praise and cynical frustration from advocates. The Center for American Progress says that despite “good intentions,” the administration’s promises to make the system more rational…
Topics: Immigration
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