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VideoImmigrant Rights Activists Face Death Threats in Georgia
by Jonathan Adams on May 27 2008, 2:03PM
From Of América This story originally appeared in Atlanta Latino was translated by New America Media. Death threats have not intimidated pro-Latino activists in Georgia. Instead, they have spurred them to join forces across racial lines to counteract the…
Topics: Immigration
Indian Laborers Committed to Hunger Strike for Justice
by Jonathan Adams on May 23 2008, 11:40AM
tkeleher reported on his trip to New Orleans a couple months ago where he experienced the multiracial coalition of workers on the Gulf Coast organizing Indian H-2B guest workers trafficked to the US to work for little money and…
Topics: Immigration
New Haven ID Card Carries On Despite Challenges
by Jonathan Adams on May 22 2008, 10:07AM
H/T ImmigrationProf Last year, in an act of considerable political courage, New Haven began offering a municipal ID card to all residents, including illegal immigrants. The reaction from anti-immigrant forces was predictably ugly. Protesters disrupted hearings, heckled and threatened city…
Topics: Immigration
by Dom Apollon on May 15 2008, 9:32AM
The xenophobic paranoia that demonizes undocumented immigrants as sub-human criminals and alien invaders who are somehow fulfilling a lifelong dream to flaunt American border laws out of disrespect, or as part of some strategic re-conquest of the west, so…
Topics: Immigration
US Government Takes Immigrants’ Taxes, But Immigrants Won’t Receive Rebates
by Jonathan Adams on May 12 2008, 8:28AM
Immigrant families contribute millions to the economy and have been some of the worst affected by this economic recession. Even though the US government makes sure to collect taxes from immigrants, whole families are ineligible to receive the tax rebates….
Topics: Immigration
by Jonathan Adams on May 9 2008, 6:00AM
Roberto Lovato goes down South to learn more about life as a Latino in Georgia. Lovato follows a seventeen year old girl, Justeen Mancha and describes her experiences with Juan Crow. Originally published in The Nation By Roberto Lovato The…
Topics: Immigration
After 60 Years, Israel’s Arabs are Still Outsiders; Rumors of ICE Raids Near Schools
by The News on May 7 2008, 6:56AM
Arabs Still Outcasts in Israel Sixty years later, Israel’s 1.3 million Arab citizens still experience disparities in the nation and feel increasingly unwanted in their home. New York Times. San Francisco Has Fewer Black Residents, More Black Inmates As San…
Topics: Immigration
MVL: Reports Back from DC May Day Rally
by Jonathan Adams on May 6 2008, 11:48AM
From Movement Vision Lab, Check out these short audio interviews from May Day in Washington DC. Featured interviews include immigrants, activists, filmmakers, and hip hop artists. Check out some of these interviews here: * Nicola Wells, organizer with FIRM -…
Topics: Immigration
by Jonathan Adams on May 5 2008, 10:40AM
H/T ImmigrationProf Blog Check out ICE Raid Report. Where they are “keeping tabs on Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity across the country.” The New York Sun reports that Irish groups have been trying to work out a deal with lawmakers…
Topics: Immigration
New Generation of Immigrants Face Rabid Restrictionism
by Seth Freed Wessler on May 2 2008, 1:57PM
While activists and organizers from many of New York City’s immigrant rights organizations blasted over the loudspeakers at yesterday’s May Day rally in Union Square, I was reminded of a conversation I had with my grandmother while visiting her…
Topics: Immigration
VOICES FROM DETENTION: Armando’s Story Part II - My New World…
by Guest Columnist on May 1 2008, 9:57AM
by Raha Jorjani Last month, we heard Armando’s story directly from detention as he was preparing for his actual deportation to Honduras. Just a few days after he wrote what it felt like to be that close to deportation to…
Topics: Immigration
MVL: What line must undocumented immigrants get in?
by Jonathan Adams on April 22 2008, 11:39AM
Originally published on the Movement Vision Lab, By Cristina Lopez Enough of the anti-immigrant rhetoric already. It’s bad enough that radio shock jocks and cable TV personalities demonize undocumented immigrants. But what bothers me even more is the reflexive response…
Topics: Immigration
NPR Goes to Atlanta, Finds Growing Immigrant Communities
by The News on April 18 2008, 9:38AM
Farai Chideya, of NPR’s News and Notes, is in Atlanta this week, and she’s talking to the immigrants. Known as a mecca for Black Americans, Atlanta’s southern hospitality is also welcoming several immigrant communities to make ‘Hotlanta’ their home. Atlanta,…
Topics: Immigration
Can You Pick Up One or Two CPAs to Give Us a Hand?
by Tracy Kronzak on April 16 2008, 1:58PM
Disposable labor for disposable jobs. We don’t engage day laborers as people, but as the job they’ve been hired to do. And when the job is done, so is the person. Add into the mix the often far-reaching and…
Topics: Immigration
Immigration Policies Hurt Children
by Jonathan Adams on April 14 2008, 1:56PM
Found on ImmigrationProf The United Nations just released a report that highlights the ways children of migrant families are violated by United States’ harmful policies. The Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants for the United Nations, Jorge Bustamante,…
Topics: Immigration
by Hatty Lee on April 9 2008, 1:37PM
The Washington Post reports, The Absolut vodka company apologized Saturday for an ad campaign depicting the southwestern U.S. as part of Mexico amid angry calls for a boycott by U.S. consumers. The campaign, which promotes ideal scenarios under the…
Topics: Immigration
Don’t Get On the Bus: ICE Raids Greyhound and Amtrak
by Seth Freed Wessler on April 4 2008, 1:56PM
If you’re an immigrant, or look like you could be one, you might think twice before buying an Amtrak or Greyhound ticket in Upstate New York. The two companies are collaborating with ICE, allowing officials onto their busses and…
Topics: Immigration
MVL: A Young Immigrant Tells His Story
by Jonathan Adams on March 31 2008, 9:49AM
Originally posted on Movement Vision Lab, Juan tells his undocumented experience….
Topics: Immigration
Anti-Immigrant Fever Ignites Violence Against Women
by Julianne Hing on March 27 2008, 2:24PM
I felt a sour taste in my throat, the one that immediately precedes my gag reflex, when I read the NY Times piece about an immigration official who forced a woman to perform oral sex on him in exchange for…
Topics: Immigration
Blacks Against Immigrants? Don’t Believe the Conservative Hype
by Jonathan Adams on March 27 2008, 8:38AM
Found on DMI By Mark Winston Griffith & Andrea Batista Schlesinger There’s a corrosive idea currently being spread by the conservative right. Designed to enlist African Americans in a race battle against immigrants by intentionally exploiting current economic anxieties, The…
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