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TV Feeds Hate and Fear Toward Immigrants, Report Says Originally From New America Media
Saturday, May 24, 2008 : U.S. cable television is fueling anti-immigrant sentiment, according to a study published Wednesday, reports EFE news service. The report, Fear and Loathing in Prime Time: Immigration Myths and Cable News," identifies CNN's Lou Dobbs and Glenn Beck, along with Bill O'Reilly of Fox, as having done the most to create "anti-immigrant hysteria."...
Posted: Sat, May 24, 2008 8:25am PDT
Texas towns sue Homeland Security over border wall plans Friday, May 23, 2008 :The Texas Border Coalition (TBC), a coalition of southern Texas mayors and communities within the Rio Grande Valley, has brought a lawsuit against the federal Department of Homeland Security in an attempt to halt construction of its massive border wall. The suit (Texas Border Coalition v. Michael Chertoff et al.), filed May 16 in the Washington, D.C....
Posted: Fri, May 23, 2008 9:06pm PDT
ICE Raid on Kosher Slaughterhouse May Cause Meat Shortage Originally From New America Media
Wednesday, May 21, 2008 : POSTVILLE, Iowa A May 12th raid by immigration authorities has cut production in the leading Kosher meat processing plant, prompting fears of a meat shortage, reports The Jewish Daily Forward. The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained about 400 or the 968 employees of the Iowa plant and charged 154 of them with criminal offenses mostly identity theft, using false social security numbers....
Posted: Wed, May 21, 2008 7:38am PDT
ICE Immigration Raids Are Reckless and Unconstitutional Tuesday, May 20, 2008 : WASHINGTON, DC – The American Civil Liberties Union commends Chairwoman Lynn Woolsey (D-CA) and the Workforce Protection Subcommittee of the House Education and Labor Committee for holding today’s hearing on immigration raids and their impact on families and communities....
Posted: Wed, May 21, 2008 7:33am PDT
Violent attacks on immigrants in South Africa Wednesday, May 21, 2008 :At least 32 people have been killed in violent attacks on immigrants in South Africa. It is reported that upwards of 6,000 people have sought shelter in police stations and churches....
Posted: Wed, May 21, 2008 7:31am PDT
Italy: Berlusconi's new government promotes xenophobia Thursday, May 15, 2008 :Nicolo Tommasoli was buried in the city of Verona last Saturday. The 29-year-old had been beaten to death on May 1 by neo-Nazis. A silent crowd of over 300 mourners escorted his coffin to the grave. In accordance with the wishes of his parents and fiancée, politicians and the press were excluded from Tommasolis funeral service....
Posted: Thu, May 15, 2008 10:29pm PDT
INB 5/14/08: May Day Roundup; Raids Continue Many of this year's protests were focused on stopping the immigration raids, especially workplace raids, which have increased steadily since 2006. Yet the raids continued, both before and after May Day, with at least 170 workers arrested in workplace raids in Texas, Arkansas, California, Hawai'i and Virginia between Apr. 25 and May 5....
Posted: Thu, May 15, 2008 7:28pm PDT
Guest Workers Begin Hunger Strike for Justice Wednesday, May 14, 2008 : Indian workers from the Signal International shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss., rallied in front of the White House last month. Guest workers who risked everything to come from India and work on the Gulf Coast, only to find abuse and injustice, now are risking the only thing they have left?their lives?to gain the justice they have been denied on the job....
Posted: Thu, May 15, 2008 7:45am PDT
US: Nearly 400 immigrant workers arrested in slaughterhouse raid Wednesday, May 14, 2008 :In one of the largest ever government dragnets against immigrant workers, federal agents swooped down upon a meatpacking plant in northeastern Iowa Monday, rounding up nearly 400 workers....
Posted: Wed, May 14, 2008 7:38am PDT
Tuesday News Briefing Advisory: Immigrant Rights Hearing Set at Capitol Saturday A special "Know Your Rights" public hearing at the State
Capitol – in response to recent raids and enforcement on immigrants – will
be the focus Saturday, May 17, of lawyers, immigration advocates and others in the
immigration communities....
Posted: Mon, May 12, 2008 7:28pm PDT
May Day 2008 International Workers Day and Immigrant Mobilization Report!! 40-pages report: May Day 2008 International Workers Day and Mobilization to Support Immigrant Rights! Reports from Around the World...
Posted: Sat, May 10, 2008 6:06pm PDT
ICE raids in Berkeley, Oakland frighten schoolchildren, parents figured that there should be some backgroun on the site somewhere!...
Posted: Thu, May 8, 2008 12:53pm PDT
Stage set for major summertime immigration actions Letters listing millions of Social Security “no-match” workers are ready to mail to employers.
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency personnel are trained and ready. Buses and vans are standing by for raids. Detention facilities have expanded.
All that is lacking is clearance from the courts.
Employers should be prepared in the coming months for immigration raids on scales never before staged by the federal government. The stakes for employers will be especially high if the courts...
Posted: Thu, May 8, 2008 11:49am PDT
Immigration Raids Startle Communities in Oakland and Berkeley Originally From New America Media
Wednesday, May 7, 2008 : Immigration raids near schools in Berkeley and Oakland have sent waves of panic in the communities and may keep undocumented students from attending class, writes NAM education reporter Amanda Martinez....
Posted: Wed, May 7, 2008 8:15am PDT
The EU strengthens "Fortress Europe" against migration due to climate change Wednesday, May 7, 2008 :The European Union is responding to the present and projected catastrophic effects of climate change on the most vulnerable populations of the world, and their inevitable migration in order to survive, with an intensification of already draconian anti-immigration controls....
Posted: Wed, May 7, 2008 7:49am PDT
ATMs Attacked In Solidarity With Olympia Rioters On May 1st, at the stroke of midnight, ATMs across Santa Cruz were put out of their misery. This action is in solidarity with those arrested on May Day in Olympia. They are accused of rioting and throwing rocks through the windows of Bank of America and US Bank. Some of the banks targeted in Santa Cruz include Bank of America and Wells Fargo....
Posted: Tue, May 6, 2008 5:58pm PDT
New York Times exposé on immigrant deaths in custody Tuesday, May 6, 2008 :A front-page article in Mondays New York Times provides some insight into the barbaric treatment of immigrants held in US custody. After obtaining a government list through a Freedom of Information Act request, the Times investigated the circumstances surrounding a number of immigrant deaths that occurred in detention centers between 2004 and 2007....
Posted: Tue, May 6, 2008 8:09am PDT
Undocumented workers occupy CGT union hall in Paris Tuesday, May 6, 2008 :Since May 2 several hundred sans papiers (undocumented workers), primarily African, have been occupying a CGT (General Confederation of Labour) building in Paris. The premises of the trade union confederation, closely allied with the Stalinist French Communist Party, are in the 3rd arrondissement, near République métro station....
Posted: Tue, May 6, 2008 8:08am PDT
Brown Berets de Aztlan are recruiting and forming new chapters New Mobilization...
Posted: Sun, May 4, 2008 5:54pm PDT
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