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VideoWeekly Immigration Wire: DIY Immigration Reform
by Guest Columnist on September 3 2009, 10:24AM
By Nezua, TMC Mediawire Blogger Many immigration reform activists feel stymied and frustrated by the Obama Administration’s approach to immigration. Because the administration has not clearly denounced the racially-based violence and sentiment fueled by groups like FAIR and pundits like…
Topics: Immigration
Finally, Hundreds of Groups Challenge Obama on Immigrant Crackdowns
by Michelle Chen on August 28 2009, 7:59PM
About 520 immigrant, racial justice and civil rights advocacy groups are have rallied to demand that the Obama administration scrap the 287(g) program. A disturbing hallmark of the Bush administration’s law-and-order approach, the program enables federal authorities and local…
Topics: Immigration
Weekly Immigration Wire: Kennedy Was Friend to Immigrants
by Guest Columnist on August 27 2009, 10:16AM
By Nezua, TMC Mediawire Blogger Sen. Ted Kennedy’s death yesterday was a blow to the immigrant community, as New America Media reports. For over 40 years, Kennedy was a tireless fighter for immigrant rights and is remembered for many valuable…
Topics: Immigration
Spinning a Sweatshop Story from Chinatown to City Hall
by Michelle Chen on August 26 2009, 9:42PM
While at least one New York politician is wriggling away from accusations of playing the race card, New York City Councilmember John Liu—a rare Asian American elected official and candidate for city controller—is scrambling to clear the record on…
Topics: Immigration
30% Unemployment, Pre-Recession: Immigrant Communities Need Real Recovery [VIDEO]
by Seth Freed Wessler on August 26 2009, 1:29PM
Crossposted at Huffington Post. Last week, the world’s central bankers got together for a little strategy session in Colorado, and declared that the recovery is on its way. This is the way it works with recessions. They ravage the world,…
Topics: Economy, Immigration, Video & Multimedia
For One Sikh, The Long Ride to Just Immigration Reform
by Guest Columnist on August 26 2009, 10:23AM
By Sonny Singh This post originally appeared on the Sikh Coalition blog. Yesterday afternoon I joined several faith leaders from diverse communities for a meeting with Congressman Anthony Weiner (D-NY) in his district office in Kew Gardens, Queens to discuss…
Topics: Immigration
The Language of Good Health: Pharmacy Access in New York
by Michelle Chen on August 25 2009, 9:37PM
Patients are expected to follow the doctor’s orders, but for many immigrants who can’t read or speak English easily, taking your daily medicine means finding a friend or family member to translate a prescription, or just making an educated…
Topics: Health, Immigration
Beyond ‘Hard-Working’: Rinku Sen Talks About Talking About Race at Netroots Nation [VIDEO]
by Channing Kennedy on August 25 2009, 11:32AM
Courtesy of Sum of Change, here’s our own Rinku Sen (executive director of the Applied Research Center, publisher of ColorLines, author of The Accidental American) at Netroots Nation 2009. Speaking on the “Stepping it up: Creating Powerful Multiracial Alliances…
Topics: Criminal Justice, Immigration, Media, Video & Multimedia
Four Healthcare Debate Takeaways For The Immigration Reform Fight
by Guest Columnist on August 24 2009, 11:28AM
By Patrick Young (This post originally appeared on Long Island Wins.) I went to visit a Congresswoman’s office last week in the Hudson Valley. Outside her offices were nine or ten protesters with signs warning that health care reform is…
Topics: Health, Immigration
Racism’s Demise has been Greatly Exaggerated: Rinku Sen at Netroots Nation ‘09 [VIDEO]
by Channing Kennedy on August 24 2009, 10:13AM
Courtesy of Sum of Change, here’s our own Rinku Sen (executive director of the Applied Research Center, publisher of ColorLines, author of The Accidental American, list goes on). Speaking on the “Myth of Post-Racial America” panel, Rinku takes post-racialism…
Topics: Immigration, Media, Video & Multimedia
by Guest Columnist on August 21 2009, 1:02PM
By Nina Jacinto This post originally appeared on Wiretap. San Francisco Chronicle writers Marisa Lagos and John Coté have reported on new proposed legislation that may help protect undocumented youth in the city. The law would require that minors…
Topics: Immigration
Weekly Immigration Wire: Silence Strengthens Opposition [VIDEO]
by Guest Columnist on August 20 2009, 9:38AM
By Nezua, TMC Mediawire Blogger President Obama is citing the Healthcare debate as a reason for postponing immigration reform until 2010. But in the interim, the White House is laying the groundwork for an enforcement agenda by expanding programs such…
Topics: Immigration
Cheating Immigrants: the Real “Fraud” in the Immigration System
by Michelle Chen on August 17 2009, 4:55PM
If you need more reasons to distrust lawyers, ask an immigrant. They might be able to tell you a thing or two about the vast cottage industry that has cropped up around immigration law. A case reported in the…
Topics: Immigration
On their Own: Unaccompanied Immigrant Youth
by Michelle Chen on August 13 2009, 10:59PM
When 14 year-old Alfredo Lopez Sanchez arrived in Florida from Guatemala in 2001, he put an end to years of brutal abuse at home. But America was no safe harbor. Traumatized and hindered by a language barrier (he spoke…
Topics: Immigration
Time’s Up: Activists Step Up Pressure on Immigration Reform
by Michelle Chen on August 13 2009, 9:30AM
President Obama’s announcement this week that immigration reform would be put on the back burner was met with disappointment tempered by cynicism. The hope that Obama’s election kindled has flickered over the past few months as the White House…
Topics: Immigration
Weekly Immigration Wire: Healthcare and the Undocumented
by Guest Columnist on August 13 2009, 8:36AM
By Nezua, TMC Mediawire Blogger This week’s Wire will be brief. The MediaWire Bloggers are in Pittsburgh, Pa. for Netroots Nation. We will return to our regular format next week. On Monday, President Obama met with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen…
Topics: Immigration
An Early Start for Children of Immigrants
by Michelle Chen on August 7 2009, 10:51PM
The Obama administration wants to ramp up early childhood education, as part of its effort to narrow achievement gaps later in life. But universal preschool may not mean universal access for immigrant families. In an exploratory study, the Urban…
Topics: Immigration, Schools & Youth
by Michelle Chen on August 6 2009, 11:55PM
As the Obama administration pledges to reform the federal government’s vast immigration detention system, advocates might see some hope in ICE Assistant Secretary John Morton’s acknowledgment that “We need a system that is open, transparent and accountable.” But one…
Topics: Immigration
Cover the Uninsured, but Not the Undocumented?
by Michelle Chen on July 30 2009, 9:16PM
The recent jury decision supporting the deportation of Luis Jimenez illustrates a chilling dilemma in the healthcare system. Jimenez, a former laborer left paralyzed and brain damaged by a car accident, was discharged to his native Guatemala because his…
Topics: Health, Immigration
Weekly Immigration Wire: Post-Racial Hypocrisy
by Guest Columnist on July 30 2009, 9:06AM
By Nezua, TMC Mediawire Blogger Nobody said becoming a post-racial nation would be easy. The United States has its first black president, but as the son of a Kenyan immigrant, his citizenship and legitimacy are still being questioned. In the…
Topics: Immigration
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