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See our Flyers Page to download flyers 2/4: Thank
You! The Los Angeles Petitions to Oppose Anti-Immigrant Bill was
a success! Our Petition to the Los Angeles City Council 2/3 LA City Council to Minutemen: Go Home!  LOS ANGELES, February [LA IMC] The Los Angeles City Council this morning issued an official and harsh rebuke to inland and border anti-migrant vigilantes. The Council moved Item No. 7 to second position on the agenda, effectively declaring it a consent item. The Council resolved to "include in the City’s 2005-06 State and Federal Legislative Program, SUPPORT of State or Federal Legislation denouncing and prohibiting the vigilante actions of individuals against immigrants along the border and within urban communities and enact immigration reform leading towards a path of permanent status for immigrants here now and wider legal channels for those coming in the future. From the Newswire: LA City Council to Minutemen: Go Home! by Leslie Radford 2005 10/7 Borders, Vigilantes, Deaths:
Audio and Other Updates San Diego Inymedia Center has a compilation of some recent postings to the newswire concerning some of our three favorite topics here in San Diego: Borders, Vigilantes, and Death. Audio: Llorona Post 9-11 || Minutejerks go North || The Minute KKKlan || Jen Discusses Resistance to Border Vigilantes Stories: Record
number of border deaths || Hundreds
charge Spanish Border || Why
We Oppose Borders || English
Nov 28: Bad Border Bill sailing through Congress Although Congress was out of session for the Thanksgiving holiday, they have vowed to have a full vote on the Border Security and Terrorism Prevention Act the week of December 12. It is very important to express opposition to this bill - right now, and this bill may get even worse before it gets better. And U.S. Rep. John Culberson, a Texas Republican, is pushing legislation to create a citizen border patrol whose members would be deputized to make arrests and authorized to carry guns. President Bush, on the other hand, once again along with the Congress, spinning his rhetoric from the failure war in Iraq, to blaming the immigrants for all the World's problems. It's Clear that after the massy military problems in Iraq, the Bush admistration is once again spinning our focus from Iraq to immigrant issues, at his recent trip to Arizona, he highlight his latest rhetoric: 11/29:
Bush Says Secure border, no amnesty For much of the past five years, President Bush has sought to smooth the edges of the national immigration debate with the sentimental observation that "family values don't stop at the Rio Grande River." He has lamented the suffering inflicted by illegal border crossings and celebrated the migrants' contributions to the U.S. economy. But during his visit to the border this week, the president tucked away his compassionate conservatism and strutted his stuff as a tough-talking lawman determined to bring order to the 1,950-mile U.S.-Mexico border. He showed far more willingness to crack down at
the country's edge, however, than to demand that employers, whose
jobs draw migrants northward, comply with the law - which many believe
is essential for successful immigration reform. Here are some of
the provisions of the bill draft by the Congress: * The Department of Homeland Security must develop
a comprehensive border security plan in the next six months that
will increase the use of technology, infrastructure, and manpower
at the border. Here's What You Can do >> Read More Take Actions! Contact President Bush and your congressional
representatives today! 9/18 San Diego, CA: Deporten a La Migra Marches on Sacramento; Minuteman Training Disrupted in San Diego A weekend of No Border actions in San Diego confronted the racist groups attempting to mount vigilante border patrols in California. On 9/17, a group of around 50 demonstrators interrupted a "Friends of the Border Patrol" training session, tore down the registration table and flag and entered the hall chanting "No Borders, No Racists, No Borders, No Nations" and "We didn't cross the border, the border crossed us." On 9/18, a No Border March converged on the border from both north and south at Calexico, about two hours east of San Diego. Meanwhile, on 9/16, a bay area coalition called "Deporten a La Migra" headed to Sacramento to march on the State Capitol and Attorney General's office, condemning the racist vigilantes terrorizing the border. St. Peters' Housing Committee, SF Day Labor Program, Mujeres Unidas y Activas, CARECEN, Heads Up Collective, CISPES, and Just Cause Oakland all sent delegations to present their demands to Schwarzenegger and Lockyer. Report and Photos from Bay Area Coalition to Fight the Minutemen | Reflections by a bay area no-borders activist | Report from Deporten a La Migra | Coverage at San Diego Indymedia More Recent News on the Minutemen, Please Visit our Minutemen Watch 9/5: Hurricane Katrina Alert! Calls For Progressive Emergency Supports to the Victims! For More Information please visit our
Hurricane Katrina Alert Webpage: 6/3: Latest REAL ID, CLEAR
Act and Other Due Process Issues
6/9: Update On The 'Gang' Bill 5/19 Latest CLEAR Act amendments by: National Immigration Forum 5/18: EXCERPT FROM HOUSE FLOOR REAL ID DEBATE Background Information REAL ID Act How 'Real ID' Will Affect You? 5/7: REAL ID outcome By Sean Mariano Garcia - Latin America Working Group May 5:
"Real ID" Passed Recent Government Campaigns Against Immigrants 6/11: Terrorism case in Lodi,
California begins to unravel 6/10: First Group of Deported Migrants Flown to
Mexico 6/9: 17 Chinese Restaurants Raided in Mich. The Surge of Anti-Immigrant Incidents Across the Country There's been surge of anti-immigrant campaigns organized by our government and the general public, from California to US-Mexico border. Furthermore, The recently passed Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act (IRTPA) will intensify a crisis in immigrant communities while benefiting a burgeoning immigrant incarceration industry. National Immigrant Solidarity Network and different peace and justice organizations will announce soon several campaigns to counter the anti-immigrant hysteria across the country in 2005, please support our upcoming campaigns to against the racist anti-immigrant movements. 3/25: ACTION ALERT REMINDER: Contact Your Senators About REAL ID U.S. Undocumented Immigrant Numbers Surge 3/20: TIMCO labor contractor charged with providing false documents 3/14:
103 Alleged Honduran Gang Members Arrested 5/3: Alabama Anti-Immigrant "Taxpayer and Citizen Protection Act" introduced Continuing on the heels of the success of Arizona's
Proposition 200 (officially known as the Arizona "Taxpayer
and Citizen Protection Act"), Alabama becomes the latest in
a growing list of states facing this form of anti-immigrant legislation. 4/27: The Radio Host "Jersey Guys" (NJ 101.5) Makes Anti-Asian Racist Remarks Earlier last week, "The Jersey Guys" on NJ 101.5 made disturbing, inflammatory racial remarks regarding Jun Choi, a Korean American running for Edison (NJ) Mayor. We encourage you to take action and make your voice heard that Asian Americans are part of our country's democratic process and that such insensitive remarks will not be tolerated! Read More... Recent Incidents: Protest HOT 97! Racist "Tsunami Song"! 4/18 AZ: Threat of National and International Boycott of Arizona Looms as 20 Anti-Immigrant Bills Move through Arizona Legislature Tucson -Arizona legislators backing the Minutemen Vigilante Project on the Arizona-Mexico Border are also pushing an unprecedented slew of anti-immigrant bills. In response, a growing number of groups throughout Arizona, California and Mexico are threatening a boycott of Arizona goods and services should any of these discriminatory bills become law. Read More.. 4/17 AZ: Act NOW to stop legislation targeting immigrant workers & families in Arizona ! Many of the bills below are being decided this coming week in the AZ Legislature. Your emails and phone calls are needed NOW to persuade Senators and Representatives to vote NO on all of these, especially the first 8 listed! Read More.. Call your AZ Senator TODAY! 1-800-352-8404 DREAM Act 2005: More Endorsements Urgently Needed! April 6: Senator Hatch and Senator Durbin are poised to re-introduce the DREAM Act very soon, hopefully within a week or so. Our expectation is that this year's bill will likely be substantially identical to the one that emerged from the Judiciary Committee last session by a 16-3 vote. Advocates are working hard to gather as many organizational endorsements as possible before the bill is reintroduced. More information on how you can help April 8-14, 2005: Tell Senate: Reject Anti-Immigrant, Pro-War Legislation! Call Your Senators And Support The Community Actions! It’s bad enough that our tax dollars would
again be used for the war. But if the Senate agrees to the House
version of the military appropriations bill -- pegged as an emergency
wartime effort to support U.S. troops – it would also mount
an all-out assault on immigrants at home. We urge you to support
the following campaigns to suprt teh immigrant rights and bring
the troops back home! Tell Senate: Reject Anti-Immigrant, Pro-War Legislation (UFPJ) AgJOBS Sign on Letter Big Success! More to do (Farmworker Justice Fund) 4/15 New York City: IMPORTANT Immigrant Voting Rights Rally (NICE)
2/3 Alert! ANTI-IMMIGRANT LEGISLATION TO BE VOTED ON NEXT WEEK! CONTACT YOUR CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES! By National Immigration Forum A vote on anti-immigrant legislation, introduced by House Judiciary Chairman James Sensenbrenner (R-WI), is expected in the U.S. House of Representatives early next week, your actions is needed! Protest HOT 97! Racist "Tsunami Song"! National Immigrant Solidarity Network had been deeply outraged by a recent radio broad cast by New York City HOT 97's "Miss Jones in the Morning Show" ran a racist song call Tsunami Song that ridicules the victims of the Tsunami as "ch*nks" whose children will now be sold into child slavery. More Information
2/19 New Brunswick, NJ: New Jersey Immigrant/Human Rights Conference Saturday, February 19, 2005 New Jersey Immigration Policy Network, American Friends Service Committee, the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey and the International Institute of New Jersey take the initiative to hold an all-day conference on Human Rights for Immigrants. read more... ALERT: HR
10 / 9-11 COMMISSION LEGISLATION (Sad News) Prop. 200 win inspires other
groups across U.S. 12/9 Washington DC: National Immigration
Forum's Strategy Meeting Saturday, October 16, 2004 Equal Rights for Immigrants Assemble at 9:00 am and another March the same day in LA... Assemble at 12:00 noon
September 20-25, 2004 National Week of Action read about the Nationwide September Week of Action read the DREAM Team Fast DAILY JOURNAL Immigrant Solidarity Network member Terry Burke's
Friday August 27, 2004 Immigrant-Worker Solidarity Day Of Action SpeakOut! in New York City A day of immigrant workers and community activists gathering to speak out on the Issues  ActionLA Organized Border Action to Stop the FTAAApril 20-21, 2001 Immigrant Solidarity Network has grown out of the work of ActionLA affinity group. In Spring 2001, in coalition with groups from across the West, ActionLA organized a groundbreaking bi-national protest on both sides of the Mexican-US border.
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