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Latino groups rally against immigration bills
*This is happening today across Wisconsin, but these aren’t isolated protests. For several months there have been organized protests that haven’t gotten the attention of mainstream national media. They’re trying […]
Texas Sheriffs, Jails on Immigration Front Line
*For all the talk about securing the border and being strong on immigration enforcement, it’s not the politicians who bear the brunt of it, it’s local, county law enforcement that’s […]
2016 is forcing immigration activists to tear up their old playbook
*I get the premise of this story – that DREAMers have been scooped-up by the presidential campaigns because . . . Trump. But it’s not necessarily a bad thing. The […]
100 Immigrant Youth to Descend on Harris County Jail, Demand President Obama End Harsh Immigration Enforcement Policies
*I’ve been watching what the United We Dream kids are doing. And I don’t call them kids in a pejorative way – on the contrary, their youth is one of […]
Immigration Agents Find Common Cause with Hate Groups
*Remember the anti-immigrant protests in Murrieta, California, where the protesters blocked the passage of buses carrying undocumented women and children? New reporting indicates that protest organizers received information about the […]
Cecilia Muñoz Booed By Immigration Lawyers Over Detainee Abuse
*Seventeen lawyers petitioned to rescind the invitation to Cecilia Muñoz, but the AILA leadership said that because she was an Obama administration official she could “stand in front of a […]
Hundreds March in Dilley Protesting Family Detentions
*The Dilley family detention Center, in South Texas, is the largest of its knd, operated by a for-profit company. At $300 per day per detainee, it’s lucrative for the corporation, […]
Residents of Karnes City Immigration Detention Facility Sue Over Conditions
*First they led 80 detained women in a hunger strike to protest the conditions inside a Homeland Security immigration detention center, now three women have filed suit alleging retaliation by […]
Protests of immigrant shooting reflect nation’s political tensions
*Needed perspective is tarting to surface in the Pacso, WA, police shooting. First, Latino leaders in Pasco want to make sure the shooting and the calls for justice and reforms […]
Obama Uses Nashville Backdrop to Make Appeal on Immigration
*An estimated 40,000 undocumented immigrants in Tennessee are eligible to stay in the U.S. under Obama’s executive action. VL By Angela Greiling Keane, Bloomberg News President Barack Obama tried today […]