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‘Migrant March’ Caravan Denounce Border Protection Act When longtime San Diego Latino marketer Enrique Morones read about the death of Guillermo Martínez Rodríguez at the hands of a Border Patrol agent on Dec. 30, he knew he had to do something....
Posted: Thu, Feb 9, 2006 6:14pm PST
Captain James Yee: Desecration of the Holy Koran led to mass suicide attempts at Gitmo 
By Edward Campbell
SEATTLE, Feb. 9 (Al-Masakin)--Captain James Yee author of For God and Country: Faith and Patriotism under Fire said that desecration of the Holy Koran led to mass suicide attempts at the US detention center, Camp Delta, at Guantanamo Bay Cuba. Yee spoke to a packed auditorium Feb. 8 on the University of Washington campus....
Posted: Thu, Feb 9, 2006 1:44pm PST
INEZ! (video/quicktime 15.4MB) Paga lo que debe, Escobar!
Three-minute QuickTime movie. 15MB....
Posted: Wed, Feb 8, 2006 8:05pm PST
Crossing America for immigrant rights 
Crossing America for immigrant rights. 1 minute video...
Posted: Tue, Feb 7, 2006 10:50am PST
Libel against Holy Prophet Muhammed appears at U of W SEATTLE, Feb. 5 (al-masakin)--libelous caricature insulting the Holy Prophet Muhammad, salah lahu alhi wasallam, God's final messenger, have appeared on the University of Washington campus in Seattle....
Posted: Sun, Feb 5, 2006 3:30pm PST
March for Migrants Stops at the Capitol on Feb. 6 The March for Migrants will stop in Sacramento at the South Steps of the State Capitol on Monday, February 6. Be there to support the marchers!...
Posted: Sun, Feb 5, 2006 10:09am PST
Organizing for justice. Migrant and immigrant rights in the U.S. Students at the University of Michigan held a Migrant and Immigrant Rights Awareness and Labor Law Roundtable conference here Jan. 17-19. The gathering, organized by the students of MIRA (Migrant and Immigrant Rights Awareness) and the Labor Law Roundtable, with the support of UM faculty and other sponsoring organizations, was projected as the first of a series of conferences that will address issues of immigration and social justice....
Posted: Sat, Feb 4, 2006 9:48am PST
Support Needed from Day Labor Program Activists I am writing to ask for your help and support in three main areas:...
Posted: Thu, Feb 2, 2006 5:52pm PST
No Soy Criminal 
Anti-immigrant legislation inspired by the "Minutemen" is passed by the House of Representatives. San Francisco passes an ordinance condemning it...
Posted: Thu, Feb 2, 2006 12:15pm PST
Feb 25: Rally for Immigrant Rights/ Manifestacion Pro Inmigrante Saturday, February 25, 2006 12PM – 3PM
Fruitvale District in Oakland...
Posted: Wed, Feb 1, 2006 11:26pm PST
Justice for immigrants and migrants Englsih followed by Spanish announcement of a Sunday Demonstration...
Posted: Wed, Feb 1, 2006 8:44am PST
Homeland Security Contracts for Vast New Detention Camps A little-known $385 million contract for Halliburton subsidiary KBR to build detention facilities for "an emergency influx of immigrants" is another step down the Bush administration's road toward martial law, the writer says....
Posted: Wed, Feb 1, 2006 6:54am PST
Critics protest border protection act For 75-year-old Fresno resident Ernesto Cisneros, bill HR 4437 — Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005 — has his arms up in protest....
Posted: Wed, Feb 1, 2006 6:53am PST
February 2006 U.S. Immigrant News Alert! No Immigrant Bashing! Support Immigrant Rights!...
Posted: Wed, Feb 1, 2006 2:04am PST
Report from 1/21 Immigration Alert Forum We felt it was necessary to understand the legislation currently in Congress, and the way each legislative proposal would affect workers, unions and community organizations....
Posted: Mon, Jan 30, 2006 2:09pm PST
Medical Interpretative Services is a Civil Right Moua, who prefers not to reveal her full name, is a 44-year old Mienh mother who emigrated from Laos in 1980. For six years now, Moua visits her psychiatrist at the Adult Mental Health Clinic to get treated for depression. Even having lived in the Untied States for over 20 years, pronouncing medical jargon is difficult and understanding her psychiatrist’s diagnosis remains a challenge. Without her Mienh interpreter, Moua could not tell her doctor about her medical problems, nor would Moua’s p...
Posted: Sun, Jan 29, 2006 11:37am PST
Costa Mesa mayor joins Minutemen, unveils extremist anti-immigrant agenda 
Costa Mesa is the first US city to agree to work with US Customs to help deport "illegal" immigrants accused of crimes. The CM policy requires "serious" crimes, but the Mayor would like to be able to stop immigrants, ask for their legal status and deport them, according to remarks he made January 25, 2006....
Posted: Fri, Jan 27, 2006 3:55pm PST
Bush Immigration Plan Is Way Off the Mark President Bush's promise to overhaul the U.S. immigration system is a disaster in the making. The two major components of his program are increased enforcement of immigration laws and a new low-wage "guest worker" program. History proves that neither of these approaches will bring us closer to a comprehensive fix....
Posted: Thu, Jan 26, 2006 5:08pm PST
Board of Supervisors Condemn New Federal Anti-Immigrant Bill Supervisors Chris Daly, Ross Mirkarimi and Sophie Maxwell joined advocates for a rally in front of City Hall yesterday to make public that the Board of Supervisors condemned the“Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005.” San Francisco will not enforce any of the provisions, perhaps the most troubling of which being that anyone present illegally in the U.S. would be a criminal. The federal government can withhold funding to cities like San Francisco who wil...
Posted: Wed, Jan 25, 2006 7:56pm PST
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