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On Friday, September 15th, there will be an emergency response Reclaim The Streets in response to the recent mass-arrest of 107 immigrants in Santa Cruz County. We will meet at the Clocktower downtown (Pacific St. & Water St.) at 6:00 PM....
Posted: Thu, Sep 14, 2006 6:25pm PDT
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted a series of pre-dawn raids last week in Santa Cruz, and Monterey Counties, dubbed "Operation Return to Sender." One-hundred-seven people were netted In the sweeps. This week, religious leaders of many denominations and social justice activists, took aim at federal immigration policy and denounced "Operation Return to Sender." Vinny Lombardo reports....
Posted: Thu, Sep 14, 2006 1:03pm PDT
Audio from Press Conference called by COPA
Duration of files: RevJosephLee-2:45 RevDavidGrishaw-Jones-4:50 AlecArago-1:45 LizShilling-3:30...
Posted: Wed, Sep 13, 2006 6:09pm PDT
Resurrection Church in Aptos, 7600 Soquel Drive, Highway 1 South to State Park Drive exit. Left turn over freeway to Old Dominion Court. Left on Old Dominion Court. Driveway on right. Or Highway 1 North to State Park Drive exit. Right on State Park Drive and quick left at Old Dominion Court. Driveway on right....
Event Date: Wed, Sep 13, 2006 3:30pm PDT
Posted: Wed, Sep 13, 2006 10:04am PDT
The Sept. 7 rallies followed demonstrations for immigrant rights in at least 17 cities on Sept. 4, the Labor Day holiday....
Posted: Tue, Sep 12, 2006 12:20pm PDT
The national debate over immigration reform has spotlighted simmering tensions between black and Latino communities, among other discords. Lost in the rancor are the voices of longtime black and Latino community leaders who insist that harmony is possible. A close look at South Los Angeles -- a community that was literally transformed in a decade by immigration -- shows the key role these leaders and old-fashioned community organizing play in tempering group rivalries at times of unsettling c...
Posted: Tue, Sep 12, 2006 8:21am PDT
Government building on the corner of Water and Ocean Streets in Santa Cruz...
Event Date: Fri, Sep 15, 2006 5:00pm PDT
Posted: Mon, Sep 11, 2006 4:26pm PDT
According to media reports, 107 people from Santa Cruz, Watsonville and Holister have been arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in a sweep over Thursday and Friday. Of the immigrants, mostly from Mexico, but also from El Salvador, Guatemala and India, 44 have already been deported without prior access to lawyers. The rest are currently in custody (where?). Many of those arrested in "Operation Return to Sender" have lived in the United States for the majority of ...
Posted: Sun, Sep 10, 2006 4:47pm PDT
This Thursday and Friday, federal immigration officials arrested 107 members of the Santa Cruz, Watsonville and Hollister communities, according to Sentinel reporter, Roger Sideman. Most were not given a hearing and immediately deported. Their crime? Immigration violations....
Posted: Sun, Sep 10, 2006 12:11pm PDT
24 y Misión
24th Street and Mission Street...
Event Date: Sat, Sep 16, 2006 1:00pm PDT
Posted: Sat, Sep 9, 2006 1:13pm PDT
U.S. Immigrations officers were confirmed to be arresting and deporting dozens of local immigrant residents during a broad sweep in Santa Cruz county on Thursday and Friday of the first week of September, 2006. Are there any local indymedia reports of the tactics used to identify the people who were arrested?
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Posted: Sat, Sep 9, 2006 7:11am PDT
SF Labor Day 2006 - Justin Herman Plaza and the march up Market St....
Posted: Fri, Sep 8, 2006 3:40pm PDT
SF Labor Day 2006 - Justin Herman Plaza and the march up Market St....
Posted: Fri, Sep 8, 2006 3:35pm PDT
SF Labor Day 2006 - Justin Herman Plaza and the march up Market St....
Posted: Fri, Sep 8, 2006 3:29pm PDT
We immigrants march for respect & Legality. 1:45 minute video...
Posted: Fri, Sep 8, 2006 1:21pm PDT
"politicARTE: A BROWN SINDICATO ART EXHIBIT"
WHEN: SEPTEMBER 11-15, 2006
TIME: 12PM-5PM
WHERE: WITT GALLERY - CSU, SACRAMENTO...
Posted: Fri, Sep 8, 2006 11:36am PDT
Many activist grassroots groups joined in an Anti-Imperialist Contingent at the 9-4 Immigrant Rights demo in San Francisco. The contingent brought hundreds together to address grassroots issues and clearly target the imperialist system....
Posted: Fri, Sep 8, 2006 10:44am PDT
SF Labor Day 2006 - Justin Herman Plaza and the march up Market St....
Posted: Thu, Sep 7, 2006 6:21pm PDT
The cold and bitter attitude in Europe towards migrants and refugees is nothing but an echo of colonial and imperial supremacist thinking, writes Abdel-Qader Yassine*...
Posted: Thu, Sep 7, 2006 6:15pm PDT
The U.S. has two signs at the border, “Help Wanted” and “Keep Out.” It’s an unsustainable contradiction that needs correcting, writes Benjamin Johnson, director of the Immigration Policy Center at the American Immigration Law Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization. IMMIGRATION MATTERS regularly features the views of the nation's leading immigrant rights advocates....
Posted: Thu, Sep 7, 2006 4:56pm PDT