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Translation to Arabic | Translation to most European Languages 6/1: Immigrant Rights Rally and Press Conference Across the Country By National Immigrant Solidarity Network & News Press On June 1st, 43 rally and press conference across the United States as Reform Immigration for America, a coalition of 198 local and federal organizations, began a campaign calling for a comprehensive immigration policy reform.... 5/26: Schwarzenegger to reveal deeper budget cuts By SAMANTHA YOUNG - Associated Press Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's takeaway message from last week's defeat of the special election ballot measures was "cuts, cuts, cuts.".... 5/5: Deported Activist Runs for Mexican Congress By Compiled by Frontera NorteSur (FNS) Among the better known candidates running for Mexican Congress is Elvira Arellano, the deported activist from the United States who came to symbolize the face of the new immigrant movement. Taking refuge in a Chicago church in August 2006, Arellano defied a deportation order and US immigration authorities for one year in an unsuccessful attempt to remain with her young son. In August 2007, she was arrested and sent back to Mexico after appearing at an immigrant rights rally in Los Angeles.... 5/20: Another death in Georgia at a CCA-operated facility By Travis Fain - macon.com Few details released in death of Wheeler County inmate.... 5/18: Mentally ill detainees' treatment at hospitals worries advocates By Greg Moran, San Diego Union-Tribune Ann Menasche, a lawyer with the legal advocacy group Disability Rights California, said she has been to API and has spoken to detainees there. In an eight-page letter sent to immigration officials April 24, Menasche said the conditions are “excessive, unjustifiable and punitive.”.... 5/17: Immigration - When Only 'Geniuses' Need Apply By Moira Herbst - Business Week Top artists, writers, and musicians are among those awarded O-1 visas each year to add to U.S. culture and the economy.... 5/16 Upland, CA: Upland restaurant clashes with Minuteman project members By Sandra Emerson - Whittier Daily News A group of Minuteman Project members complained to city officials after a recent argument with an Upland business owner and police over a Cinco de Mayo celebration.... 5/14 Postville, IA: 20 former Agriprocessors workers obtain visas By Associated Press Twenty former workers at the Agriprocessors Inc. plant in Postville have received visas under a law that protects crime victims.... 5/15: Libya given migrant patrol boats By BBC The Italian government has given Libya three patrol boats as part of a deal aimed at combating the flow of migrants making the crossing to Italy.... 5/6: Minnesota - 30 arrested in civil disobedience at I.C.E. headquarters By Fight Back News Service Thirty community members were arrested here, May 6, while committing non-violent civil disobedience to shut down the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) headquarters and stop deportations for the day.... 5/14: Supplemental to allow new troop deployment to border By Chris Strohm - Congress Daily The pending supplemental spending bill for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan includes funding to deploy National Guard troops to the U.S. border with Mexico if needed, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Wednesday (5/13/09).... 5/15: Anger at Obama Guantanamo ruling By Citizens For Legitimate Government Anger at Obama Guantanamo ruling Civil liberties groups have reacted angrily to US President Barack Obama's decision to revive military trials for some Guantanamo Bay prisoners. Mr Obama has previously denounced the Bush-era judicial system, but in a statement said new safeguards would ensure suspects got a fairer hearing. New rules include rejecting statements obtained from harsh interrogations torture and limitations on using hearsay evidence.... Who's approving those wiretaps on your phone? By Chris Kromm - Facing South With all the hot debate over government wiretapping in recent years, it was surprising to see that few in the media reported on big changes this week at the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court -- the group of federal judges that authorize electronic eavesdropping and physical searches of suspected terrorists, including U.S. citizens.... 5/7: Immigration Policy Update By National Immigration Forum Compiled by National Immigration Forum 3/31: 300 African migrants feared drowned off Libya By Ali Shuaib Ali Shuaib - Associated Press Some 300 Africans including women and children are feared to have drowned after their boats capsized off Libya, part of a new upsurge of illegal migration to Europe, officials said on Tuesday.... 3/25: Derry defends Turner as his pick for post By Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (CA) Local Latino activists who rail against his aggressive stance against immigration have called him a racist, a hate monger and a "carpetbagging opportunist riding the anti-immigrant wave of hatred." 3/26 Los Angeles, CA: Mentally Ill Detainees Held Without Contact By Sandra Hernandez - LA Daily Journal County Health Officials Say Ice Instructed Psychiatric Hospitals To Break State Law.... 3/25: Guilty Until Proven Innocent in Immigration Detention By Andrea Nill - immigrationimpact.com Not only are immigrants in detention “dying for decent [medical] care,” a recent report by Amnesty International blasts the federal government for violating their human rights by allowing tens of thousands of people.... 3/24: Obama to beef up Mexico border policy By CNN President Obama on Tuesday (3/24) vowed to invest the resources needed to address the threat posed by drug traffickers in Mexico... 3/20: Anti-immigrant groups launch Mexico tourism boycott By CINDY CARCAMO - The Orange County Register Fliers are being distributed at border to urge trips within U.S. instead.... 3/21 Chicago, IL: Cardinal calls for end to immigration raids By RUPA SHENOY - Associated Press The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops on Saturday called on the White House to end immigration raids that split up families.... 3/23: Nigerian protests deportation order in Italy By News Agency The cordial relation between Nigeria and Italy may thaw if allegations of ill-treatment and discriminatory application of immigration laws against a Nigerian, Mr. Adeniyi Ramon from Ibadan, Oyo State and threat of deporting him by the Italian Home Office is carried out. 1/13: Advisers: Obama preparing order to close Gitmo By LARA JAKES - Associated Press In a contradictory to what Obama himself said a day earlier, according to the media it seems that there's a good indication he'll order to shut down the Gitmo very soon! 1/12: Push on Immigration Crimes Is Said to Shift Focus By SOLOMON MOORE - The New York Times Federal prosecutions of immigration crimes nearly doubled in the last fiscal year....many federal judges and prosecutors say, has siphoned resources from other crimes, eroded morale among federal lawyers and overloaded the federal court system.... Immigration Cases Drive Federal Prosecutions to New High in FY 2008 By David Burnham and Susan B. Long, co-directors, Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse Bush Administration's Immigration Prosecutions Soar Total of All Federal Filings Reach New High.... 1/9 US Border Patrol to close Friendship Park, will replace by solid border fence By Telegraph.co.uk A beachfront plaza founded over 30 years ago as a symbol of goodwill between the US and Mexico border is being closed to make way for a giant, reinforced fence.... 1/9 Persian Gulf States' Unified Immigration proposal condemned By Sandeep Singh Grewal - NEWS TRACK India Human rights group and Non-government organisation have condemned a proposal of a unified immigration system, which Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries are mulling.... 1/10 Central Falls, RI: ICE Punishment Over a Detainee’s Death By NINA BERNSTEIN - New York Times A Rhode Island detention center says it is punishing seven employees in connection with the case of a New York computer engineer from China whose extensive cancer and fractured spine went undiagnosed, despite his pleas for help, until shortly before he died in immigration custody last summer.... 1/8: Canada expels US woman military objector By BBC Canada has ordered the deportation of the first woman US soldier to have sought asylum in the country to avoid being deployed to Iraq.... 1/6: U.S. denies Haitians protected status By JACQUELINE CHARLES - Miami Herald The Bush administration has rejected a request by Haitian President René Préval and others to allow tens of thousands of undocumented Haitians living in the United States to stay until their homeland recovers from a string of deadly summer storms.... By The State Journal, kentucky.com, Associated Press Ana Romero, a 44-year-old woman awaiting deportation back to her home in El Salvador, was found hanging in an isolated cell at Franklin County Regional Jail on Aug. 21.... 1/5 Navada: 28 inmates deported under new partnership By LYNNETTE CURTIS - LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Immigration officials deported 28 foreign-born Clark County jail inmates during the first month of a new partnership with the Metropolitan Police Department.... 1/3 Passaic, NJ: Feds appeal decision to grant imam a green card By ELIZABETH LLORENTE - The Record (Hackensack, NJ) The Department of Homeland Security has filed an appeal of a federal judge's decision to grant Mohammad Qatanani, the spiritual leader of the Islamic Center of Passaic County (N.J.) mosque, permanent U.S. residency, said immigration officials.... 12/18: Heading back across the border By Stephen Gibbs - BBC News Every morning, Mercedes Vanegas sets out a few hundred boxes of shoes in front of her corner shop in Ocampo, a small mountain town in the heart of Michoacan state. But these days, she often wonders why she bothers.... 12/15: Punjab, India's overseas migrant workers take less home By Geeta Pandey - BBC News Pyara Singh is on his annual visit home from Hamburg, Germany, where he works as a cook in a pizzeria.... By Wajahat Ali - guardian.co.uk As innocent Muslim Americans are stopped from flying for no reason, paranoia trumps the nation's common sense.... 1/1: Migrant killed by Morocco police By BBC Police in Morocco have shot dead an African migrant who was among 80 people trying to force their way into the Spanish enclave of Melilla.... 1/1 UK immigration: Global recession and renewal dilemma By Olayiwola Ajileye In view of the prevailing global economic recession where we are witnessing unprecedented massive amount of job losses cutting across every notable sector of the UK economy, there is a veritable need to review the migration policy for the renewal of stay or extension of visa under the Highly Skilled Workers (point-based tier) category.... 1/1 Border patrol: Undocumented immigrant arrests down in 2008 By Arthur H. Rotstein - Associated Press The Border Patrol experienced a turning-point year in Arizona in 2008, with increased manpower, resources and technology bringing dramatic drops in immigrant arrests, top officials say.... 1/3 Eloy, AZ: Disturbance by immigrants leads to Eloy prison lockdown, cause unknown By CCasa Grande Valley Newspapers A disturbance at a private prison in Eloy by immigrant detainees 12/29: Hispanics hold 52 percent of Border Patrol jobs By JAMES PINKERTON - Houston Chronicle Hispanics bolster Border Patrol, They now hold 52 percent of agents' jobs.... 12/29: Philippines: Bleak New Year For Migrant Workers By Prime Sarmiento - Inter Press Service Diovie Arcilla is happy to be home for Christmas. This Singapore-based computer programmer values being with her family and friends in the holiday season. But news that some of her colleagues have been retrenched is making Arcilla anxious.... 12/27: Report Criticizes Record Of Sheriff-Turned-TV Star By Ted Robbins - npr.org Fox's new show Smile, You're Under Arrest uses elaborate set-ups to lure unsuspecting fugitives to arrest by sheriff's deputies in Maricopa County, Ariz.... 1/1 San Bernardino, CA: Activists protest Christmas arrests by Border Patrol By ZEKE MINAYA - The Press-Enterprise Officials for the U.S. Border Patrol confirmed that agents made six arrests during the three-day period of Dec. 23-25 in San Bernardino at Lincoln Drive and 21st Street, which is a site where crowds of day laborers congregate across the street from a Home Depot store.... 12/28: Freedom of the Press as a Foreign Concept (Mexican reporter still detained in US detention) By James Rainey - The Los Angeles Times A Mexican reporter who wrote about drug violence in his homeland is being held in custody by none other than the U.S. government and its immigration service.... 1/25 UK: Coalition Against Bullingdon Immigration Removal Centre By Coalition Against Bullingdon Immigration Removal Centre In May 2008, the UK government announced plans to increase immigration detention capacity in the UK. An 800-place centre is to be built across the road from Bullingdon Prison.... 12/25 UK and Australia:Open new foreigners Detention camps By foreignersinuk.co.uk, BBC New proposals for an immigration removal centre in Oxfordshire, UK are based on prison design. 12/22: Area Immigrants Go Home for Christmas Only in Their Dreams By Pamela Constable - Washington Post A year ago, Yunis Sandivar's travel agency in Arlington County was doing a brisk business in round-trip holiday tickets to Bolivia, Peru, Guatemala and El Salvador. This season, she says, those ticket sales have fallen by 40 percent compared with last December, and a surprising number of customers are buying one-way tickets home -- temporarily giving up on the U.S. economy after years of legal residency.... 12/24 Stamford, CT: 34 workers sue Stamford construction company By Elizabeth Kim - Stamford Advocate A city construction company with a history of questionable labor practices has been sued by 34 immigrant workers for allegedly cheating them out of an estimated $250,000 in wages.... 12/24: Texas County Continues Detention Center Contract By Associated Press Officials in a central Texas county renewed a contract Tuesday for a private prison firm to operate a detention center that has been criticized by advocates for the immigrant families who are sent there.... 12/24: Polish Community Shocked by Treatment of Polish Citizens at U.S. Border By bibdaily.com This year ends with an unpleasant intervention by Poland's diplomatic staff at the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Embassy in Warsaw.... 12/24: Salvadorans urged to renew immigration papers by Dec. 30 deadline By Anna Gorman - Los Angeles Times Consular officials in Los Angeles are urging Salvadorans to renew their immigration papers by a Dec. 30 deadline to avoid risking deportation.... January-April 2009: 100 Days Campaign To Close Guantanamo and End Torture! By 100dayscampaign.org With Obama taking office, we have a historic opportunity to reverse the disastrous torture policies of the last eight years! 12/24: Immigrants reshape post-disaster New Orleans By JOHN MORENO GONZALES - Associated Press In the three years since Hurricane Katrina, immigrant laborers drawn to the construction and service industry jobs created by the storm have transformed this rebuilding city.... 12/24: Feds consider searches of terrorism blogs By Thomas Frank, USA TODAY The Homeland Security Department may soon start scouring the Internet to find blogs and message boards that terrorists use to plan attacks in the USA.... 12/23: Sweep Results In Arrests of 110 On Immigration Charges By tbo.com A five-day effort by law enforcement to target fugitive immigrants has resulted in 110 arrests, including 11 in Tampa.... 12/20: Kyl reluctant to take lead on immigration plan again By Dan Nowicki - The Arizona Republic President-elect Barack Obama is an immigration-reform supporter who promised Latino voters during the campaign that he wouldn't wilt under public opposition. But the support of high-profile conservatives such as Kyl, the Senate's No. 2 Republican, would help blunt the impact of a voter backlash.... 12/17 Pearsall, TX: Texas officials accused of harassing detained Somalis By SUSAN CARROLL - Houston Chronicle Attorneys for 10 Somali men held in an immigration detention center in South Texas allege that federal immigration officials segregated and interrogated their clients after they left a Muslim prayer service, saying they were subject to "discriminatory and unethical" questioning.... 12/18: Fact Sheet: DHS 2008 END-OF-YEAR "ACCOMPLISHMENTS" By U.S. Department of Homeland Security Press Office We should all call the DHS Press Office express what do we feel about the DHS and their report! 12/18: Take "Homeland Security USA" OFF the Air! By Tina Shull - Detention Watch Network In an effort to mobilize a group to start a letter-writing campaign to ABC to stop production of the new reality series "Homeland Security USA" that is set to air on January 6th, please join and invite others to this Facebook group. 12/11: Detainee Relocation Leaves Unanswered Questions By Caitlin Webber - CQ HOMELAND SECURITY ICE's practice of transferring detainees after a death called into question.... 12/10 Chicago: 'Yes' Vote at Republic: Workers Get Pay, Plant Occupation Ends By UE Union After the conclusion of negotiations Wednesday evening, the membership of Local 1110, more than 200 workers, met in the plant cafeteria to hear and consider the tentative settlement that had been worked out by UE negotiators over the past three days.... By Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) As we have reported, hate crimes against Latinos are at record levels.... 12/6 Chicago, IL: Workers Occupy Factory! Need Your Immediate Support! By National Immigrant Solidarity Network Only weeks after taking $25 Billion in bailout money, Bank of America is turning its back on hundreds of workers making energy efficient doors and windows in Chicago by refusing to continue credit to Republic Windows and Doors.... 12/6: Pentagon to recruit foreigners and immigarnts By Pauline Jelinek - Associated Press Struggling to find enough doctors, nurses and linguists for the war effort, the Pentagon will temporarily recruit foreigners who have been living in the United States on student and work visas, or with refugee or political asylum status.... 12/5 San Francisco, CA: Judge rejects Bush attempt to enforce Social Security "NO Match" letter rule By Bob Egelko - San Francisco Chronicle Judge rejects Bush attempt to speed up rule targeting undocumented workers.... 12/2: Judge OKs Agriprocessors restart By Dave DeWitte, The Gazette Agriprocessors gets $2.5 million bailout to restart processing — ANOTHER BAILOUT? MORE ICE RAIDS? 12/1: Immigrants Drive Prison Profits By Tom Barry, Americas Policy Program, Center for International Policy (CIP) Immigrants are behind one of America's fastest growing, most profitable industries. That shouldn't come as a surprise. Immigrants have always been a core factor in U.S. economic development.... 12/2: Anti-immigration Leader at Heart of White Nationalist Scene for Decades By Southern Poverty Law Center The architect of the modern anti-immigration movement and founder of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) has been at the heart of the white nationalist scene for decades, corresponding with racist intellectuals, Klan lawyers and even Holocaust deniers, according to the latest issue of the Southern Poverty Law Center's Intelligence Report.... 11/25: Dobbs Minimizes Impact of Hate Crimes, Bashes Immigrant Rights Groups By Posted in Anti-Immigrant by Heidi Beirich on splcenter.org CNN’s “Lou Dobbs Tonight” aired a segment criticizing the National Council of La Raza (NCLR) and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF) for holding a news conference earlier in the day calling attention to the link between anti-immigrant rhetoric and hate crimes against Latinos.... 11/28 Kentucky: Ky. law requires Homeland Security to credit God By Associated Press Kentucky lawmaker says the state's Homeland Security office should be crediting God with keeping the state safe.... By CASA de Maryland Maryland's largest immigrants' rights organization filed suit today in Montgomery County Circuit Court against the Frederick County Sheriff's Office for repeated refusals to release information about its participation in a controversial and costly federal program – known as 287(g).... 11/20: $44+ million contract for Northrop-Grumman for ICE detainees By GlobeNewswire Department of Homeland Security Awards Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Infrastructure System Task Order to Northrop Grumman.... 11/20: Comprehensive Immigration Law Not Likely Before 2011, but Other Changes Expected By BNA DAILY REPORT FOR EXECUTIVES Comprehensive immigration legislation is unlikely to pass before 2011, but changes in immigration policy are expected soon after President-elect Obama takes office, speakers said at a Nov. 19 forum sponsored by Cornell Law School.... 11/20: Transition Team Names Members Of Immigration Policy Working Group By BNA DAILY REPORT FOR EXECUTIVES T. Alexander Aleinikoff and Mariano-Florentino "Tino" Cuellar were named to the immigration "policy working group" to develop immigration policy proposals and plans for the new administration, President-elect Obama's transition team announced Nov. 19.... The Obama-Biden Plan on Immigration By From the official Barack Obama's Presidential transition website - Change.gov Create Secure Borders, Improve Our Immigration System, Remove Incentives to Enter Illegally, Bring People Out of the Shadows, Work with Mexico.... 11/20: Anti-Immigration Forces Ready to Challenge Obama By Tom Barry - Americas Policy Program, Center for International Policy While pro-immigration groups are hailing the Obama victory and the Latino turnout as a victory for liberal immigration reform, immigration restrictionists are reshaping their messaging for the Obama era.... 11/20: L.A. to pay nearly $13 million over May Day Police Attack Immigrants, sources say By Joel Rubin - Los Angeles Times The settlement would mark one of the largest payouts ever made to resolve LAPD misconduct. Department has sanctioned officers and trained force to prevent another such incident.... 11/19 Boston, MA: Settlement reached in Bianco case By southcoasttoday.com In its second major settlement in two weeks, Michael Bianco Inc. has agreed to pay $850,000 in unpaid overtime and wages to more than 750 workers, including some who were arrested and deported following a massive immigration raid at the former New Bedford military gear factory.... 11/19: Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano will head Homeland Security By MIKE ALLEN - politico.com Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano (D) has been chosen to serve as secretary of the vast and troubled Department of Homeland Security for President-elect Obama, Democratic officials said. Napolitano is a border governor who will now be responsible for immigration policy and border security, which are part of Homeland Security's myriad functions.... 11/17: SPLC Wins $2.5 Million Verdict Against Imperial Klans of America By Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) The Southern Poverty Law Center won a crushing jury verdict against one of the nation's largest Klan groups for its role in the brutal beating of a teenager at a county fair in rural Kentucky.... 5/14: Some Detainees Are Drugged for Deportation By Amy Goldstein and Dana Priest - The Washington Post The U.S. government has injected hundreds of foreigners it has deported with dangerous psychotropic drugs against their will to keep them sedated during the trip back to their home country, according to medical records, internal documents and interviews with people who have been drugged.... Fear and Loathing in Prime Time By mediamattersaction.org Media Matters Action Network undertook this study in order to document the rhetoric surrounding immigration that is heard on cable news. When it comes to this issue, cable news overflows not just with vitriol, but also with a series of myths that feed viewers' resentment and fears, seemingly geared toward creating anti-immigrant hysteria.... 5/24: 900 nabbed in California state on immigration charges By Tyche Hendricks - San Francisco Chronicle Federal immigration officers arrested more than 900 people in California on immigration violations this month, almost half of them in Northern California, officials said.... 5/30: Fights Against Modern Day Slavery! Demands Hold Hearings on Signal International! By Labor Unions Justice for Indian Guest Workers in New Orleans! 5/28: County Jails Welcome Immigrants By Tom Barry - Americas Program, Center for International Policy (CIP) The immigration crackdown is filling county jails across the country with immigrants who have been torn away from their jobs and homes. Tens of thousands of arrested immigrants are bedding down in county jails while they await court dates and eventual deportation.... May Day 2008: Tens of Thousands March for Immigrant Rights; ICE Raids Continue By National Immigrant Solidarity Network, Immigration News Briefs May Day demonstrations for immigrant and worker rights took place in at least 220 cities in 32 states on May 1, 2008.... Massive Racist ICE Immigrant Raids Across the Country at Post-May Day 2008 Mobilization!! By National Immigrant Solidarity Network Massive Racist ICE Immigrant Raids Across the Country at Post-May Day 2008 Mobilization!! Over thousand had been detained. 5/18: Immigration agency plans new family detention centers By Anna Gorman - Los Angeles Times The federal ICE, which already runs two such facilities, is taking bids for as many as three more. Critics say detaining families is punitive and unnecessary.... 4/12: Al-Arian Placed in Punitive Detention By Tampa Bay Coalition for Justice and Peace Dr. Al-Arian Placed in Punitive Detention 4/2: Feds to Fly More UAV Drones Along US Borders By ARTHUR H. ROTSTEIN - Associated Press Four Predator B drones (UAV) have become fixtures over Arizona since October 2006, and two more will join them soon, Juan Munoz-Torres, a Customs and Border Protection spokesman, said Wednesday.... 4/15: Immigrant Counter Recruitment Conf Call, 3/17 Immig C-R Meeting Report By Lee Siu Hin - National Immigrant Solidarity Network Thanks to you all for trekking out to So. Pasadena for a very fruitful discussion and some practical ideas regarding the call for an immigrant C-R campaign with a focus on the Dream Act.... 3/6 Jackson, Mississippi - legislation alert! By BOBBY HARRISON - Daily Journal Legislation was sent to Gov. Haley Barbour on Wednesday for stiff state penalties on undocumented immigrants and the employers who hire them.... 3/8: U.N. report criticizes U.S. treatment of migrants By Teresa Watanabe - Los Angeles Times The United States has failed to uphold its international obligations to protect the human rights of migrants, subjecting too many to prolonged detention in substandard facilities while depriving them of an adequate appeals process and labor protections, a United Nations investigator said.... 3/7: COURT RULES SECRETARY CHERTOFF VIOLATING THE LAW IN BUILDING BORDER WALL By Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law, Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law, Lipa In a 32-page decision issued, a federal judge in Brownsville ruled that Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff violated federal law in his rush to build several hundred miles of border fencing in Southern Texas.... 3/7: Community Resistance to Immigrant Scapegoating in Prince William County, VA By Mexicanos Sin Fronteras Prince William County, Virginia has become ‘ground zero’ in the war against immigrants. Prince William has implemented a draconian policy targeting the immigrant community. Mexicanos Sin Fronteras, a community-based, all volunteer organization, has been working tirelessly since last July to organize mass resistance.... 3/5: GOP senators to introduce toughest-yet immigration package By Nicole Gaouette - Los Angeles Times Bills would mandate prison time for border crossings and compel English in dealing with federal agencies.... 3/5: ACLU (and Coalition of Immigrant Orgs) FISA Letter to the Congress By American Civil Liberties Union and other Immigrant Rights Organizations We the undersigned organizations commend the House for refusing to yield to administration fear-mongering by passing the worst possible surveillance legislation – S. 2248, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Amendments Act of 2007. This bill would grant the administration unfettered access to all communications coming into or out of the United States without any meaningful court review or finding of wrongdoing and grant complete immunity to companies that cooperated with illegal wiretapping over the last several years.... 2/28 GRAND PRAIRIE, TX: Standoff ends with ICE agent's suicide in Grand Prairie By ANABELLE GARAY - Associated Press An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent killed himself after an armed standoff with an officer and three colleagues, and police discovered a suitcase full of pornography, a flag bearing a swastika and more than a half dozen weapons.... 2/26: Calling to Create Immigrant Counter-Recruitment Campaign By Lee Siu Hin - National Immigrant Solidarity Network National Immigrant Solidarity Network, is calling for establishing a immigrant counter recruitment working group, to work with immigrant gold-star families, immigrant-based antiwar groups and United for Peace and Justice to formulate a national immigrant counter-recruitment strategies.... | ||
