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InteractiveRisks 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 The Senate approved a measure that will end the “Widow Penalty,” which rescinded applications for U.S. residency if one’s spouse of two years…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
Deportees struggle to survive in an unfamiliar and unwelcoming place: the country of their birth.
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
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
Milwaukee PD Can’t Demand to See Your SSN
by Leticia Miranda on October 16 2009, 11:42AM
The Milwaukee Police Department just released a memo that says they’ll be nice about asking for your Social Security Number. They’re pledging: no more threats, no more hostility. The reform came after Matt Nelson, a local small business owner…
Topics: Immigration
Weekly Diaspora: Moving Immigration Reform Forward
by Guest Columnist on October 15 2009, 12:59PM
By Nezua, Media Consortium Blogger A crowd of thousands gathered on Capitol Hill Tuesday, to lobby for and support immigration reform, as Debayani Kar writes for RaceWire. Representative Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus “presented his key principles…
Topics: Immigration
Comprehensive Immigration Reform: Second Time’s a Charm?
by Guest Columnist on October 14 2009, 12:36AM
Written by: Debayani Kar Representative Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus has just unveiled the contours of a new immigration reform bill meant to address the current legislative void as Obama administration officials move instead toward de…
Topics: Immigration
Basta Dobbs!: Watch the Video, Sign the Pledge
by Seth Freed Wessler on October 13 2009, 9:27AM
Nobody has done more to spread hate and lies than Lou Dobbs, who spouts his anti-Latino vitriol into American living rooms every night. His words are dangerous. Late last year, the Southern Poverty Law Center reported an increase in…
Topics: Immigration, Media
Exit Strategies: Immigrants and the Issue of Overstayed Visas
by Guest Columnist on October 13 2009, 8:35AM
Written by Adebe DeRango-Adem Despite the extensive measures used by DHS officials to control who enters the country, there is no current system for verifying when foreign visitors leave. The New York Times recently ran a story on Hosam Maher…
Topics: Immigration
Show them the door: Arpaio and 287(g)
by Terry Keleher on October 12 2009, 3:25PM
In the wake of last week’s actions by the Department of Homeland Security to limit Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s ability to enforce federal immigration laws—and Arpaio’s open defiance—today’s New York Times raises the right questions in its editorial “Wrong…
Topics: Immigration
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