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VideoColorlines.com’s Seth Freed Wessler Accepts 2012 Hillman Prize for Web Journalism
by Jorge Rivas on May 3 2012, 11:15AM
The Hillman Prize is a journalism awarded annually to “journalists, writers and public figures who pursue social justice and public policy for the common good.”
Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW Blog
Gunmen Ambush and Kill Two Immigrants in Arizona
by Jorge Rivas on April 12 2012, 3:07PM
Two people were killed on Sunday night by “an unknown number of subjects in camouflage clothing armed with rifles” that ambushed a truck carrying undocumented immigrants near the U.S.- Mexico border.
Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog
Deportation Video Wins White House Contest, But Disappears
by Jorge Rivas on April 11 2012, 5:01PM
The Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders office received over 200 submissions and narrowed it down to 11 videos the public could vote on. But the video with the most votes was ignored in the end.
Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW Blog
ICE Finally Gives Congress Data on Number of Parents Deported
by Jorge Rivas on March 30 2012, 4:16PM
But Colorlines.com had it months ago in “Shattered Families.”
Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog
Child Sex Abuse Reported at Shelter for Undocumented Youth
by Jorge Rivas on March 8 2012, 9:52AM
A former case manager at a shelter for undocumented youth caught crossing the border by themselves is being accused of sexually abusing six teenagers while he was supervising calls they made to relatives in Central America.
Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog, Schools & Youth
Obama Will Cut 287(g) to Expand Secure Communities in 2013
by Jorge Rivas on February 13 2012, 6:31PM
Homeland Security is set to end the controversial 287(g) program.
Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog
What Would it Cost to Deport All Undocumented Immigrants? $285 Billion
by Jorge Rivas on January 30 2012, 2:09PM
Business Insider has gathered data from both ICE and third party reports and estimates a mass deportation campaign over five years would cost $285 billion.
Topics: Economy, Immigration, /NOW Blog
Immigrant Family Detention Could Return to Texas
by Jorge Rivas on January 25 2012, 1:01PM
In 2009, the federal government stopped detaining families in Texas and cancelled plans to build new family detention facilities as advocates made clear that the practice was inhumane.
Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog
Just One in Six Deportations Cancelled in Obama’s Pilot Review
by Jorge Rivas on January 20 2012, 5:05PM
The pilot deportation review Obama ordered last year in Denver is done. 7,900 cases reviewed, and 1,300 people had their deportation cases dropped.
Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog
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Maricopa County Protest Calls for Arpaio’s Arrest [Pictures]
by Jorge Rivas on January 13 2012, 6:40PM
On Friday, the Puente Movement launched “Arrest Arpaio Not the People,” a campaign which seeks to get Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio arrested and charged with criminal offenses.
Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog
Missouri Wants to Make Public Schools Check Immigration Statuses
by Jorge Rivas on January 13 2012, 2:59PM
Missouri could be the next battleground in a nationwide fight over tougher immigration laws.
Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog
Mexican Migration to the United States Has Hit a Net Zero
by Jorge Rivas on January 11 2012, 4:50PM
Mexican migrant apprehensions at the border hit their lowest levels in seventeen years.
Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog
Cecilia Muñoz, Obama’s Liaison to Latinos, Gets a Big Promotion
by Jorge Rivas on January 10 2012, 3:20PM
Some civil right groups are praising the move but Muñoz also faces criticism because of the Obama administration’s record number of deportations.
ICE Agent During Search: ‘The Warrant is Coming Out of My Balls’
by Jorge Rivas on October 26 2011, 12:09PM
The ACLU alleges that ICE’s tactics are growing dirtier by the day.
Topics: Immigration
Blocked! Court Grants Emergency Stay on Key Parts of Alabama Law
by Julianne Hing on October 14 2011, 4:19PM
An appeals court today put brakes on the portion of Alabama’s harsh new immigration law that mandated public schools track students’ immigration status. Two weeks after the law went into effect, reports are mounting of kids avoiding school.
Topics: Alabama Immigration, Arizona's SB 1070, Immigration
Judge Puts Alabama’s New Anti-Immigrant Law on Hold
by Jorge Rivas on August 29 2011, 3:38PM
The law is said by many to be the harshest in a string of harsh policies directed at undocumented immigrants to sweep the country.
Topics: Immigration
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