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Persevere in the Struggle for Full Rights For All Immigrants! The Coalition in Defense of Immigrant Rights (CDIR) firmly stands for and demands amnesty and full rights for all immigrants and for family reunification for more than 12 million undocumented immigrants in the United States.
The CDIR also vehemently oppose President Bush or the White House proposal. Under the new White House plan on immigration reform, it calls for a “Z Visas” valid for three years and renewable indefinitely at cost of $3,500.00 each time. To become legal permanent resid...
Posted: Sat, Apr 21, 2007 3:33pm PDT
Immigrant Rights Protest at the Calif. Democratic Party Convention > INFORMATIONAL PICKET AT THE CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATIC PARTY CONVENTION
> Saturday, April 28, 2007 - 10:00 a.m. San Diego Convention Center...
Posted: Fri, Apr 20, 2007 10:15pm PDT
Fresno City Council Resolution Against Immigration Raids 
Recently the Fresno City Council was going to actually vote down a resolution condemning the immigration raids in Mendota this last February, though luckily the 4th no vote was off teaching a class at Fresno City College and didn't get the chance to cast his vote. All 3 council members who were in attendence that voted against condemning the Mendota ICE raids were white males. The Fresno City Council members that voted to condemn the recent raids were Cynthia Sterling, Henry Perea Jr., and ...
Posted: Fri, Apr 20, 2007 9:57pm PDT
San Francisco Reaffirms Immigration "Sanctuary" Status "San Francisco police chief Heather Fong re-asserted San Francisco 's status as a sanctuary city. That means local police will not assist federal agents in arresting illegal immigrants."...
Posted: Fri, Apr 20, 2007 7:36pm PDT
Conozca Sus Derechos (4/27) 
Conozca Sus Derechos venga al Foro de Informacion Migratoria
Protejase contra las redadas de la migra!...
Posted: Fri, Apr 20, 2007 3:32pm PDT
Y Ahora Que? Victoria de La Coalicion de Trabajadores de Immokalee en Contra de McDonald's (video/quicktime 57.4MB) Y Ahora Que? Victoria de La Coalicion de Trabajadores de Immokalee en Contra de McDonald's
Spanish Trailer...
Posted: Fri, Apr 20, 2007 9:52am PDT
Y Ahora Que?(And Now What?) Coalition of Immokalee Worker Victory Against McDonald's (video/quicktime 58.9MB) Y Ahora Que?(And Now What?) Coalition of Immokalee Worker Victory Against McDonald's
Trailer for Documentary on Victory....
Posted: Fri, Apr 20, 2007 8:43am PDT
May Day in Modesto! Smash the Border and Racism! Actions for immigrant justice, around and on, May 1st, 2007. All happing on Crows Landing Road, Modesto CA....
Posted: Thu, Apr 19, 2007 2:41pm PDT
Shut Down Hutto; Rethink the Detention of Families The Department of Homeland Security’s T. Don Hutto immigration dentention center in Taylor, Texas treats detainees, including children, like criminals. It’s time to close it down and adopt more humane immigrant detention policies. Megan McKenna is senior coordinator of Media and Communications of the Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children, a member of Detention Watch Network, a national coalition of organizations and individuals working to reform the U.S. immigration detention syst...
Posted: Thu, Apr 19, 2007 7:56am PDT
Mass Immigrant Rights Rally Planned for May Day 2007 One Year After Record Day of Protest May Day is less than two weeks away. Last year, more than a million and a half immigrant rights supporters turned out for what was considered the largest day of protest in U.S. history. We take a look at the state of the immigrant rights movement and the plans for May Day 2007....
Posted: Thu, Apr 19, 2007 7:33am PDT
American Immigrants Flooding Mexico? merican retirees moving to Mexico are keeping their American ways and their language. Some are even becoming undocumented workers and many refuse to assimilate. Few, however, are ever deported. Commentator Jacob G. Hornberger is founder and president of The Future of Freedom Foundation (www.fff.org)....
Posted: Wed, Apr 18, 2007 6:31am PDT
Australia and US agree refugee swap Australia and the United States have agreed to exchange dozens of asylum seekers held in offshore detention camps, in what officials say is a move aimed at discouraging people smuggling....
Posted: Wed, Apr 18, 2007 6:12am PDT
An Account to Settle In Torino, in May of 2005, four immigrants died at the hands of the forces of order within the space of a few days. Ibra from Senegal was killed by a shot to the head from a pistol in the course of a "normal control" [an arbitrary identity check by police]; Mamadou, also Senegalese, drowned in the Po river in the course of a sweep; Eddy, a Nigerian, fell from the ledge of a building during a raid; while in the prison of Vallette, a young Slavic person committed suicide....
Posted: Tue, Apr 17, 2007 9:14pm PDT
¡Gigante: Despierta! Giant: Awake! 
The Giant Awakens: In 2006, a historic mobilization for immigrant rights swept the USA as millions took the streets. Mainstream news media predictably covered the marches with a mix of surprise, ignorance, and racism, yet grassroots media activists were there to document the voices and the stories behind this mass movement. ¡Gigante: Despierta! is a DVD compilation of compelling short films from all around the U.S., due to hit the streets in the weeks before Mayday 2007. Shot, edited, and bro...
Posted: Tue, Apr 17, 2007 5:36pm PDT
Know Your Rights to Break the ICE Rosa Parks School
930 Allston Way
Berkeley, CA. 94710...
Event Date: Thu, Apr 26, 2007 6:30pm PDT
Posted: Tue, Apr 17, 2007 3:27pm PDT
"Dandonos la Mano" Immigration Forum 1775 Story Rd. San Jose, CA 95122 at Mi Pueblo Plaza...
Event Date: Sat, Apr 21, 2007 4:00pm PDT
Posted: Tue, Apr 17, 2007 12:10pm PDT
MayDay March in Watsonville! 
March/Protest on Mayday against the migra raids on our 'hoods!...
Posted: Tue, Apr 17, 2007 11:56am PDT
MAYDAY MARCH AGAINST THE MIGRA RAIDS! Watsonville Plaza on Main St. (downtown Watsonville)...
Event Date: Tue, May 1, 2007 5:00pm PDT
Posted: Tue, Apr 17, 2007 11:40am PDT
BAIRC Coalition Meeting Law Center for Families
510 16th Street (corner of Broadway Street) in Oakland
BART: 12th Street / City Center...
Event Date: Mon, Apr 16, 2007 5:00pm PDT
Posted: Mon, Apr 16, 2007 9:14pm PDT
Police practice questioned in lawsuit Amid a national debate over whether local police departments should help enforce immigration rules, a new lawsuit is charging San Jose and police chief Rob Davis with failing to report "suspected" illegal immigrants to federal authorities — a practice the suit alleges is itself against the law....
Posted: Mon, Apr 16, 2007 6:50pm PDT
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