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Monday Rally at Diane Feinstein's Home
"Senator Diane Feinstein came out in favor the Real ID Act, which, among other things, will deny undocumented immigrants driver's licenses at a national level. If this law passes (it has already passed the US House of Representatives and will be considered by the US Senate in the next few weeks), it will destroy our efforts to obtain driver's licenses for immigrants here in California...'...
Posted: Sun, Mar 20, 2005 10:41pm PST
3/21: WAKE UP CALL TO SENATOR DIANE FEINSTEIN!!
WHEN: Monday, March 21, Gather at 4:00 pm at Centro del Pueblo.
WHERE: Gather at Centro del Pueblo, 474 Valencia St. (cross street 16th
St.), San Francisco. We will have vehicles available to transport people to
Feinstein's house.
Vigil begins at 5 pm at 30 Presidio Terrace (near Arguello), San
Francisco....
Posted: Fri, Mar 18, 2005 2:13pm PST
Real ID - Real Bad IDea; Church and Community Groups Demand Comprehensive Immigration Refo
A series of high-profile immigrant issues, coupled with a new tough-on-immigrants mood in the legislature has people in Wisconsin and beyond concerned about bad legislation that discriminates against immigrants....
Posted: Thu, Mar 17, 2005 11:35pm PST
Samuel Sent Home
Together we sent Samuel home!
Samuel left today for Chiapas Mexico and took with $515.00 plus 100 mexican
pesos to continue to care for his wife. Thanks to all of you!...
Posted: Wed, Mar 16, 2005 9:02pm PST
Funding Provision Protects Vulnerable Refugees from Sexual Exploitation
Delahunt-DeLay Code of Conduct Act Included in Supplemental; Funding Provision Protects Vulnerable Refugees from Sexual Exploitation...
Posted: Wed, Mar 16, 2005 8:20pm PST
Urgent Appeal from Wife of Pakistani Facing Prison & Deportation
The following is a heart wrenching appeal from the wife of Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, a Pakistani convenience store owner in Houston, Texas, who is facing 30 years in prison and deportation. This is an example of one of the many ways in which the government is persecuting Pakistanis and other Muslim, Arab and South Asian immigrants. In this case the government launched an investigation, not of criminal activity, but of Pakistani convenience store owners who took out Small Business Administration guar...
Posted: Fri, Mar 11, 2005 12:30am PST
Exploited Thai guest workers need your help!
According to the WA Dept of Health, these workers were forced to live in
outrageously crowded, unsanitary conditions--with only 21 beds for 45
people at one location, no cooking facilities at multiple locations, and
workers were forced to wash their clothes in trash cans....
Posted: Thu, Mar 10, 2005 10:48pm PST
Saudi Man Get Beaten Rodney King-Style
PORTLAND, Ore. - A Saudi man filed a $5 million federal civil rights lawsuit on Friday against police in Eugene, claiming he was beaten "Rodney King-style" when officers responded to a fight at a bowling alley two years ago....
Posted: Thu, Mar 10, 2005 1:19am PST
Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Taco Bell Reach Groundbreaking Agreement
Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Taco Bell Reach Groundbreaking Agreement; CIW to End Taco Bell Boycott; Taco Bell to Pay Penny-Per-Pound Surcharge Demanded by Workers, Will Work With CIW to Raise Farm Labor Standards in Supply Chain...
Posted: Tue, Mar 8, 2005 12:08pm PST
Border Security Subcommittee Hearing Focused on the Immigration Enforcement Resources Auth
Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee Hearing Focused on the Immigration Enforcement Resources Authorized in Last Year's 9/11 CommissionLegislation...
Posted: Wed, Mar 2, 2005 10:59am PST
Support Worker Organizing in SF- former Levitz and DPW Workers
La Raza Centro Legal is assisting some Bay Area workers to organize and
fight against racism and exploitation at the job. THESE WORKERS NEED YOUR
SUPPORT! Please join us for one, or both, of the below actions!!...
Posted: Tue, Mar 1, 2005 11:29pm PST
2/27: SF Day Laborers Travel to Fairfield to Picket Employer Who Owes $$
SAN FRANCISCO DAY LABORERS FORCED TO TRAVEL TO FAIRFIELD, CALIFORNIA TO
PICKET THEIR EMPLOYER THAT OWES THEM OVER $12,000.00 IN UNPAID WAGES...
Posted: Thu, Feb 24, 2005 11:28am PST
*New Homeland Security Secretary Should Make Reforms for
Refugees*
*New Homeland Security Secretary Should Make Reforms for
Refugees*
US Commission on International Religious Freedom Recommends
Changes
Take Action: Urge New DHS Secretary to Help Refugees...
Posted: Thu, Feb 24, 2005 11:10am PST
104-yr-old refused Australia visa
A 104-year-old Chinese woman who has lived in Australia for a decade has been refused a visa to stay, under the nation's tough immigration rules....
Posted: Thu, Feb 24, 2005 9:39am PST
U.S. Muslims Seek to Block Entry of Gujarat Massacre Figure
Indian Official Accused of Complicity in Riots That Left 1,000+ Muslims Dead...
Posted: Wed, Feb 23, 2005 8:26pm PST
Proposal would house prisoners in Mexico
PHOENIX (AP) -- Some lawmakers want to explore the possibility of the state contracting to have a private prison built in Mexico to house illegal immigrants now incarcerated in Arizona....
Posted: Wed, Feb 16, 2005 10:59pm PST
Call for Feb. 20th National Day of Solidarity
ON FEBRUARY 20TH, TO SHOW SOLIDARITY WITH IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES WEAR A BLUE TRIANGLE WITH THE NAME OF A MUSLIM, ARAB OR SOUTH ASIAN IMMIGRANT ROUNDED UP AND JAILED IN SECRET BY THE US GOVERNMENT AFTER SEPTEMBER 11TH....
Posted: Wed, Feb 16, 2005 9:49pm PST
Day Of Solidarity Open House
What? Day Of Solidarity Open House
When? Saturday, Feb 26th, 2005
Time? 12:00pm - 3:00pm
Where? 120 Park Ave, Palo Alto CA...
Posted: Wed, Feb 16, 2005 9:46pm PST
Officials: Detained Cubans Being Released from capitalist facist prison
MIAMI -- Nearly 150 Cuban refugees convicted of crimes and imprisoned in the years following the 1980 Mariel boatlift have been released, a newspaper reported Tuesday....
Posted: Tue, Feb 15, 2005 7:48pm PST
Couple to Appeal Fine for Travel to Cuba
DETROIT -- A couple will appeal a judge's fine of $5,250 for a trip to Cuba they say had a humanitarian purpose, their attorney said Monday....
Posted: Mon, Feb 14, 2005 8:08pm PST