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When Little Pakistan Fled America NEW YORK — Like the rest of America and the world, "Little Pakistan" will always remember 9/11 but for people in the small New York neighborhood the date also marks another tragedy when their community started to vanish....
Posted: Wed, Sep 10, 2008 7:34am PDT
SEIU Denounces Anti-immigrant Hate Speech Tuesday, September 9, 2008 :...
Posted: Wed, Sep 10, 2008 7:26am PDT
INB 9/7/08: Al-Arian Released, Flower Grower Raided A worker interviewed outside the Sun Valley plant told the Times-Standard that the flower company's employees had no warning of the raid. Another employee who asked to remain anonymous told the newspaper the raid was demoralizing. "I'm white, I'm legal, but I've worked with these people and they are good people and it was very disturbing to watch these people taken away," she said....
Posted: Sun, Sep 7, 2008 6:58pm PDT
Iraqis are tossing over burning ember.... Saturday, August 30th, 2008 : I know my writings are becoming less frequent and at wider intervals; perhaps because the pressures of the daily work are tiring me, all revolving around the Iraqi refugees here,
their problems and limitless suffering; going from the worries of illegal residency, looking for a job and an income for the head of the family, the fear of being pursued by the police because they have no permission to work unless they have a legal residency permit, thinking about goin...
Posted: Sat, Sep 6, 2008 11:23am PDT
After ICE Raid Mississippi Workers Labor to Overcome Racial Divisions Originally From New America Media
Thursday, September 4, 2008 : LAUREL, Miss. -- In the recent raid of the Howard Industries electrical plant in Laurel, Miss., 481 workers have been detained for a week in Jena, La. Neither they nor their attorneys know when they will be formally charged, deported or released, and ICE spokesperson Barbara Gonzalez says simply that "their cases are being investigated." criminal justice system, after a group of young African American men faced felony charges ...
Posted: Thu, Sep 4, 2008 7:42am PDT
Sami Al-Arian Released After 5.5 Years in Prison Wednesday, September 3, 2008 :After more than five-and-a-half years behind bars, Palestinian professor and activist, Sami Al-Arian, has been released from prison. Immigration authorities released him on bail on Tuesday after they failed to explain his continued detention pending a trial for refusing to testify before a grand jury about a cluster of Muslim organizations in northern Virginia. But while he is out of prison, Sami Al-Arian is not free. He must remain under house detention at his d...
Posted: Wed, Sep 3, 2008 6:28pm PDT
Belgium: Undocumented workers' hunger strikes reach critical point Wednesday, September 3, 2008 :Recent days have seen an escalation of protests in support of undocumented workers (sans papiers) in Belgium. The protests are being stepped up amid fears for the health of around 80 sans papiers who have now been on hunger strike for over 50 days....
Posted: Wed, Sep 3, 2008 7:27am PDT
INB 8/30/08: Mississippi Factory Raided, 595 Arrested Local 1317's collective bargaining agreement expired at the beginning of August, and the ICE raid took place as the union was negotiating a new contract seeking wage increases, better vacation benefits and health care improvements. Activists say the raid in Laurel will help the company resist such demands and could undermine progressive coalition-building....
Posted: Mon, Sep 1, 2008 2:45pm PDT
Lee Siu Hin: Journey to My Home-China (Part 4) In Memory of Wenchuan Earthquake It’s been over three months since the May 12th Wenchuan earthquake--the largest in modern Chinese history for over 80 years that killing nearly 70 thousand people, 20 thousand missing and affect another tens of millions of people....
Posted: Mon, Sep 1, 2008 8:27am PDT
More details of immigration raid in Mississippi, US Thursday, August 28, 2008 :The number of those arrested in Mondays US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid on a Laurel, Mississippi manufacturing plant is significantly larger than previous reports had indicated. Approximately 595 arrests have now been confirmed, making this the largest immigration raid on a workplace in US history....
Posted: Fri, Aug 29, 2008 7:36am PDT
Immigration Detention: The Case for Abolition The obvious question isn't being asked: why are people detained at all? Why should we spend more than $1.2 billion a year to keep immigrants in prison? What purpose does immigration detention serve?...
Posted: Wed, Aug 27, 2008 8:26pm PDT
Bay Area Town Hall Meeting A broad-based coalition of immigrant rights and workers rights
organizations are holding a Bay Area Town Hall Meeting to respond to the
escalation of government repression against undocumented immigrants.
The Bay Area Town Hall Meeting is on September 6, 2008, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.,
at San Cornelio Church Gym, 201 – 28th Street, Richmond, CA....
Posted: Wed, Aug 27, 2008 10:44am PDT
600 Arrested at Louisiana Factory in Largest Immigration Raid in U.S. History Wednesday, August 27, 2008 :Nearly 600 people were arrested this week in a massive immigration raid on an electrical equipment factory in Laurel, Mississippi. The raid is now being described as the largest in U.S. history, topping the May raid on a meat-processing plant in Postville, Iowa....
Posted: Wed, Aug 27, 2008 8:37am PDT
Focusing on Immigration at the DNC Originally From New America Media
Wednesday, August 27, 2008 :Immigration is a hot button issue at the DNC in Denver and many participants are clamoring for comprehensive reform, reports NAM New York-based editor, Anthony D. Advincula....
Posted: Wed, Aug 27, 2008 7:35am PDT
350 immigrant workers arrested in raid on Mississippi factory Wednesday, August 27, 2008 :On Monday, in the latest in a series of large-scale, brutal operations, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested some 350 immigrant workers employed by Howard Industries in Laurel, Mississippi. The company, which employs more than 3,000 people in Jones County, was forced to close its manufacturing facility for the day....
Posted: Wed, Aug 27, 2008 7:30am PDT
INB 8/23/08: Deport Flight to Southeast Asia; Hawaii Construction Raid "We are drawing a line in our sand," US Attorney Kubo said. "Hawai'i has always been known for our aloha and acceptance of everyone, but there will be no aloha for those who lie, cheat and steal from us."...
Posted: Mon, Aug 25, 2008 7:34pm PDT
Forbidden Love: Mixed-Race Couples Face Violence in Pennsylvania Town Originally From New America Media
Sunday, August 24, 2008 : The small town of Shenandoah, Pa., made headlines last month when a Mexican man was beaten to death by a group of white teenagers. The boys reportedly shouted slurs at the man and his girlfriend, who is white....
Posted: Sun, Aug 24, 2008 10:16am PDT
Congressmen Gutierrez and Baca denounce Bush, call on ICE to stop raids "Mr. President, Stop These Raids on Our Communities"...
Posted: Wed, Aug 20, 2008 7:06pm PDT
Iowa Town Turned Into "Open-Air Prison" as Wives of Men Arrested in Largest Immigration Raid in U.S. History Forbid Wednesday, August 20, 2008 :Three months after the largest U.S. largest immigration raid in U.S. history, when nearly 400 workers were arrested at a meatpacking plant, Postville, Iowa is a changed town. Postville lost more than a quarter of its population in the raid. And for those left behind - namely the wives and children of the men taken away - the town has been turned into what some have described as an open-air prison. Dozens of immigrant women remain in Postville without status or a me...
Posted: Wed, Aug 20, 2008 7:37am PDT
International Anarchist Conspiracy Communique #6 (Fighting ICE) Countless nights have been spent gazing into the Seeing Stones. Many things have been seen inside those murky depths. Everything in there is Black. The future holds much darkness for everyone. We see it spreading already, outside our very doors; the barbed wire fences stretching for miles, the animals in the desert prowling at night for someone to kill, the camps nestled in our backyards, the camps where people hold tightly onto their friends as they slowly die, the camps holding mothers and ...
Posted: Tue, Aug 19, 2008 11:47pm PDT
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