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Illegal Aliens, Illegal Immigrants, and Illegal Bloggers (prernalal.com)

This one is simple. If you call people illegal, you are no progressive or liberal. We must redefine and recategorize you until you get all your documents in order.

Tags: illegal immigrants,white bloggers,no one is illegal,mainstream blogs,undocumented immigrants,discourse

Submitted 2 months ago by MaverickLal101 | 0 Comments |

Why Counting Undocumented Immigrants In the Census Is Good for America (www.alternet.org) TMC

Undocumented immigrants and their families are an integral part of the social and economic fabric of our country. As such, they should be fully counted in our national census.

Tags: immigration,census,undocumented immigrants,tmc

Submitted 4 months ago by lizchapman | 0 Comments |

No Way Out (www.texasobserver.org) TMC

In July, as Hurricane Dolly made landfall in South Texas, Susanna, Raul, and their daughter Nayelly huddled in their two-room wooden shanty, watching water pour through cracks in the ceiling and... More

Tags: tmc,immigration,texas observer,hurricane dolly,texas,undocumented immigrants,border patrol

Submitted 7 months ago by raquelbrown | 0 Comments |

Border crackdown drives up violent immigrant smuggling, kidnapping (coloradoindependent.com) TMC

Let’s see what Tom Tancredo makes of this one: turns out the crackdown on border crossings by undocumented immigrants has actually led to an increase in the violent smuggling, kidnapping and ransoms... More

Tags: border crackdown,undocumented immigrants,colorado independent,tmc

Submitted 9 months ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |

Judge Rules '07 ICE Raid Unconstitutional (www.wiretapmag.org) TMC

A federal judge ruled yesterday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials violated the rights of four undocumented immigrants in a highly public June 6, 2007, raid in New Haven, Conn.

Tags: ice raid,undocumented immigrants,unconstitutional,tmc,wiretap

Submitted 9 months ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |

Hunger for Justice in Maricopa (www.huffingtonpost.com)

Crossover Dreams - By Valeria Fernández - Phoenix, Arizona -- Julio Mora was dropping his dad at work when their truck was pulled over by Maricopa County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) deputies. Although... More

Tags: 287g,arpaio,cesar chavez,department of justice,doj,maricopa citizens for safety and accountability,maricopa county sheriffs office,mcso,racial profiling,sheriff joe arpaio,undocumented immigrants,worksite raids

Submitted 10 months ago by JPeterCostantini | 0 Comments |

Numbers game (www.racewire.org) TMC

Counting people is harder than it looks. The 2010 census is morphing from sociological project into a political one: conservatives are crowing about the dangers of tallying “illegals,” and... More

Tags: tmc,racewire,2010 census,undocumented immigrants

Submitted 11 months ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |

HAITI-DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Solace in Solidarity (www.ipsnews.org)

By Elizabeth Eames Roebling and Auguste Cantave SANTO DOMINGO, Mar 16 (IPS) - On a rainy Saturday evening, beneath the leaking tin roof of an empty carport in a working class section of Santo... More

Tags: migration,immigration,undocumented immigrants,discrimination,haiti,dominican republic

Submitted about 1 year ago by JPeterCostantini | 0 Comments |

RIGHTS-US: Ill Migrants Left to Languish Behind Bars (www.ipsnews.org)

By Ben Case NEW YORK, Mar 18 (IPS) - Clinical staff at U.S. immigration detention centres systematically abuse detainees in their charge, according to two reports by Human Rights Watch and the... More

Tags: migration,immigration,immigration policy,undocumented immigrants,public health,detention,human rights

Submitted about 1 year ago by JPeterCostantini | 0 Comments |

Crossover Dreams: Migrants R Us (www.huffingtonpost.com)

by Peter Costantini We have always migrated: out of Africa, up and down Europe after the herds and away from the ice, back and forth across the expanses of Asia, over the land bridge. Restless legs... More

Tags: migration,immigration,immigration history,undocumented immigrants,italy,mexico,latin america,nafta,statue of liberty

Submitted about 1 year ago by JPeterCostantini | 0 Comments |

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