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INB 5/21/06: More Raids as Senate Acts on Bill
1. Raids Protested in Detroit
2. LA Water & Power Raided
3. 34 Arrested in Western NY
4. Construction Raids Continue
5. Senate Moves on Immigration Bill...
Posted: Mon, May 22, 2006 5:22pm PDT
Revealed: 'sex-for-asylum' scandal at immigration HQ in UK
A 'sex-for-asylum' scandal at the UK's largest immigration processing centre has been uncovered by an Observer investigation, piling more pressure on a government already reeling from a series of Home Office bungles....
Posted: Sun, May 21, 2006 1:03pm PDT
Immigration Setback Blacks, Poor Whites
The increasing number of immigrants entering the U.S. has been sanction by Washington D.C. to satisfy the growing demand from corporate America for cheap labor; and the failure of U.S. policy has been a setback for all Americans on both sides of the border....
Posted: Sat, May 20, 2006 6:27pm PDT
Language Bill Divides Americans
LOS ANGELES, May20 , 2006 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) – A US Senate bill making English the United States' national language has divided the Americans, with many seeing the move as adding more burdens on millions of immigrants in the country....
Posted: Sat, May 20, 2006 9:36am PDT
MASS STUDENT PROTEST AGAINST RACIST MINUTEMEN
SUNDAY MAY 21 @ 10:00AM @ L.A. City Hall (then march through Broadway until we get to Olympic & Broadway)
IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES
STUDENTS 4 MIGRANT RIGHTS COALITION...
Posted: Fri, May 19, 2006 3:54pm PDT
FAMILIA IMMIGRANT LUCHA CONTRA EL ABUSO DE SUS PATRONES Y UNA RADADA DE LA “MIGRA”
-Jóvenes Trabajadores Unidos (YWU), la Clínica de Derechos Laborales para Mujeres de la Universidad Golden Gate (WERC), y la Comunidad se Levantan para Defender y Apoyar a la Familia-...
Posted: Fri, May 19, 2006 3:05pm PDT
Call your Senators Today to Support Legalization for ALL!
Thanks to all your calls, the Ensign, Cornyn and Kyl amendments were defeated! We have an opportunity now to push for an amendment that would strengthen the Hagel-Martinez bill S. 2611....
Posted: Fri, May 19, 2006 10:22am PDT
US agents murder driver at SD Border crossing
US border pigs opened fire yesterday on the driver of an suv suspected of carrying illegal immigrants. The major media is glossing over this blatant murder....
Posted: Fri, May 19, 2006 9:23am PDT
Fear of a Brown America!
The simmering struggle over immigration continues to bubble over the congressional vacation, and after all is said and done, it is doubtful in the extreme that they have the solution....
Posted: Fri, May 19, 2006 7:24am PDT
IMMIGRATION MATTERS: Senate Bill Gets Harsher; America, We Have a Problem
As debate proceeds in the Senate, the so-called “compromise” immigration bill gets more restrictive. Fear of immigrants is the cause, argues the writer....
Posted: Fri, May 19, 2006 6:28am PDT
Green Card Holders From India Anxiously Watch Immigration Debate
FREMONT, Calif. – Suma Rhea of Minnesota and Sumathi Athluri of Massachusetts are among the 1.5 million green card holders, an estimated 350,000 of them from India, who have been forced to live away from their spouses and children because of U.S. immigration laws....
Posted: Fri, May 19, 2006 6:28am PDT
SF Immigrant Rally of May 17th
The Chronicle omitted something...
Posted: Fri, May 19, 2006 1:51am PDT
Solidarity march with workers fired on for taking off on MayDay.
Solidarity march with fired Chevy's workers....
Posted: Fri, May 19, 2006 12:04am PDT
Call Now: STOP THE KYL/CORNYN AMENDMENT
Immigration reform legislation is taking a turn for the worse. Senators Kyl (R-AZ) and Cornyn (R-TX) are poised to offer an amendment that would strip the right of temporary workers to obtain green cards....
Posted: Thu, May 18, 2006 10:45pm PDT
How to Keep it Up (Momentum, That is)
The Project, Page 11
Momentum in social justice movements globally and locally....
Posted: Thu, May 18, 2006 3:37pm PDT
HR4437 & SR2454: The Deal With the Bills
The Project, Page 9 and continued on Page 14
This article describes what HR4437 and Sr2454 are and how these legislation propositions have transformed the issue into a crisis at the border....
Posted: Thu, May 18, 2006 3:29pm PDT
Shout Out to May Day: Unidos Estamos, Nos Quedamos
The Project, Page 8
Immigrant rights groups all over the U.S. called for a general strike on May 1st, International Worker's Day. This article gives an explanation of what happened in different cities such as Santa Cruz, Watsonville, Salinas, San Francisco, San Diego, Los Angeles and so forth on May 1st when an estimated 1.5 million people all over the country showed up to protest against HR4437....
Posted: Thu, May 18, 2006 3:23pm PDT
Call Your Senators -- Immigrants Are Not Terrorists, Militarization Is Not the Answer
Call your Senator today to tell him/her not to sign on to an anti-immigrant,
pro-militarization agenda!...
Posted: Thu, May 18, 2006 3:20pm PDT
The Border War Comes Home
"This is the calm before the storm; they’re going to make it tough,” Professor Armando Navarro had told LA’s La Opinion. “They’re talking about raids, deportations. In every barrio we have to organize migrant defense committees, and get ready for civil disobedience.”...
Posted: Thu, May 18, 2006 3:13pm PDT