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Fuera del Closet: Gay Hispanic Immigrants in Dallas Originally From New America Media
Monday, September 17, 2007 : Dallas-based journalist Sergio Chapa and photojournalist Ben Torres Jr.’s independent documentary "Fuera del Closet: Gay Hispanic Immigrants in Dallas" explores the way Hispanic immigration is changing the face of LGBT life in Texas....
Posted: Mon, Sep 17, 2007 7:56am PDT
France: Immigration Reforms Inadequate (Paris, September 17, 2007) – The French parliament should improve the safeguards in the new immigration bill for those at risk of return to persecution and torture, Human Rights Watch urged in a letter to deputies and senators released today. Both the UN and the European Court have sent a clear message that France’s safeguards aren’t up to scratch....
Posted: Mon, Sep 17, 2007 7:56am PDT
At the U.S. Border, the Desert Takes a Rising Toll SASABE, Ariz. — “I can’t breathe,” Felicitas Martínez Barradas gasped to her cousin as they stumbled across the border in 100-degree heat. “The sun is killing me.”...
Posted: Sat, Sep 15, 2007 9:41am PDT
Syria Tries to Cope with Influx of Iraqi Refugees Thursday, September 13, 2007 : Cannon booms across Damascus signal the start of Ramadan, a month when Muslims fast during the day and feast after sundown. It's a month when the rich feed the poor in mosques all over the city. It's also a time to reflect on charity and compassion, but charity and compassion are strained in Syria as the country aims to uncover how to cope with more than 1.5 million Iraqi refugees....
Posted: Sat, Sep 15, 2007 8:31am PDT
Community rallies for immigrant rights Friday, September 14, 2007 : CLEVELAND — At a rally for immigrant rights here Sept. 10, a standing-room-only crowd applauded as the 8-year-old son of Elvira Arellano, recently deported to Mexico, appealed for an end to the inhumane assaults on families by federal authorities. His head barely clearing the podium at the Nueva Vida church, Saul “Saulito” Arellano asked the crowd to “tell President Bush to stop the raids and deportations so my mom and other families can stay here.” His mother, ...
Posted: Sat, Sep 15, 2007 8:18am PDT
Australian government to leave Tamil refugees detained on Nauru Thursday, September 13, 2007 :The Australian government has announced that it will keep 72 Sri Lankan Tamil asylum seekers incarcerated on the remote Pacific island of Nauru, refusing to allow them into Australia, despite accepting they are genuine refugees. The decision denies the refugees their most basic democratic rights. In effect, they will be left indefinitely on Nauru, where they have already been detained for six months, stripped of personal liberty, civil and social rights and the f...
Posted: Thu, Sep 13, 2007 10:16pm PDT
HOMEY mural "SOLIDARITY: BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS" Under Attack! Muralist Susan Greene denounces censorship attempt by the Jewish Community Relations Council and the Anti-Defamation League:...
Posted: Thu, Sep 13, 2007 8:10pm PDT
Immigrant Groups Launch Boycott of Western Union Over Money Transfer Fees A network of over 150 immigrant organizations across the country have launched a boycott of money transfer giant Western Union. The organizations accuse Western Union of charging immigrants exorbitant fees and non-standard exchange rates when they try to send money home. We speak with a coordinator for the Transnational Institute for Grassroots Research and Action, the umbrella organization coordinating the Western Union boycott....
Posted: Thu, Sep 13, 2007 7:55am PDT
Thousands Turn Out For Immigrant Rights Protest Against Social Security "No Match" Letters Immigration rights activists declared Wednesday a national day of action against new immigration measures announced by the Department of Homeland Security last month. One of the rules converts Social Security "no match" letters into a tool of immigration enforcement. The letters are sent to employers when a worker's stated social security number does not match records in government databases....
Posted: Thu, Sep 13, 2007 7:54am PDT
Hmong Labeled Terrorists, Denied Green Cards Originally From New America Media
Wednesday, September 12, 2007 : FRESNO -- It’s an endless process of waiting, of not knowing why or how, but that’s often the way it is, applying for U.S. citizenship. Many can relate, but in particular, the situation has become tenuous for the 4,000 Hmong applications that have been backlogged....
Posted: Wed, Sep 12, 2007 7:34am PDT
America’s Media Darling: Osama bin Laden Originally From New America Media
Tuesday, September 11, 2007 : The video released last week by Osama bin Laden got very different receptions in the American and Arab media. While U.S. television news viewed the message as a declaration of war, the commentator writes, Arab media saw it for what it really was....
Posted: Tue, Sep 11, 2007 6:37am PDT
Latinos Big Winners in Univision Candidate Debate Originally From New America Media
Tuesday, September 11, 2007 : SAN FRANCISCO -- The big winners in Sunday’s debate were the Spanish-language network Univision and Latino audiences. Immigration and the Iraq war took center stage in the first presidential debate ever broadcast in Spanish. The forum, aired from the University of Miami on Univision, called on candidates to address issues of concern to Latino communities – from immigration to the Iraq war, health care, education and the econ...
Posted: Tue, Sep 11, 2007 6:36am PDT
Helman: Iraqi Refugees a Measure of Security Conditions From a Monday, September 10, 2007 entry on Informed Comment, Juan Cole's blog...
Posted: Mon, Sep 10, 2007 7:10am PDT
French police attacked in Guinea while expelling two immigrants Monday, September 10, 2007 :On August 16, in the middle of the summer holidays, two immigrants with no residence permits (known as sans-papiers), Diaby Souareba and Mohamed Lamine Diaby, were expelled from France on a Moroccan Royal Air flight to their country of origin, Guinea-Conakry, a former French colony. If the expulsion of Souareba and Diaby has received public attention, in contrast to numerous previous expulsions that have not been made public, it is because it triggered a diplomatic...
Posted: Mon, Sep 10, 2007 7:05am PDT
News Briefs: Detainees on Hunger Strike, More Raids... After losing his final appeal in January, Said Zaim-Sassi told immigration he would surrender whenever they required it. Instead, immigration agents came to his home at 5:45am and arrested him in front of his family. "It was so horrible," recounted Souhair Zaim-Sassi. "I thought they were burglars. They came pounding on the door and said, 'Open the door or we will break the door down.' They were screaming and using profanities. They stripped the blankets off the beds."...
Posted: Sun, Sep 9, 2007 7:27pm PDT
No Borders Camp 2007: A Call to Resistance Against the Border Regime This is an invitation to all people of goodwill, to all who are fighting
for dignity, freedom, human rights and autonomy. The regime of terror and
the homeland security apparatus will not collapse on its own – it must be
challenged. We call on you to join us in opposition to the border regime.
Between November 7th and 11th, 2007, thousands of people will gather at
the line between Calexico, California and Mexicali, Baja California.
Throughout this week of action we will engage in op...
Posted: Sat, Sep 8, 2007 9:06pm PDT
"S.F. supervisor drafting legislation for ID card for illegals" Excerpt: Elderly people, youth and transgender people who face
barriers to getting identification also would benefit from the card,
he said...
Posted: Fri, Sep 7, 2007 10:52am PDT
AFRICOM: Wrong for Liberia, Disastrous for Africa Originally From New America Media
Friday, September 7, 2007 : The U.S. sitting of AFRICOM in Liberia may not yet be a forgone conclusion, despite the enticement of the country's president and some interested U.S. business parties. Yet, it is no secret that Liberia was once a key C.I.A. listening post in Africa....
Posted: Fri, Sep 7, 2007 8:10am PDT
First-Time Teachers Babes in the Wood Originally From New America Media
Friday, September 7, 2007 : Fifty percent of new teachers leave within the first three years. A new film, Chalk, opening in the Bay Area on Friday, addresses some of the causes of this exodus. In the mockumentary-style of Christopher Guest (This is Spinal Tap, Best in Show), Chalk gives us a “behind-the-scenes” look into one of the most important, yet unappreciated of professions—teaching. Carolyn Ji Jong Goossen is education writer for NAM....
Posted: Fri, Sep 7, 2007 8:10am PDT
Under scorching sun, rally protests migrant deaths TUCSON, Ariz. — A coalition of local immigrant rights, labor and community organizations rallied at the federal building here Aug. 28 to mark the National Day of Action to Stop Anti-Immigrant Repression and Migrant Deaths at the U.S.-Mexico Border. Over 150 people, including a large youthful contingent from Tucson High School, braved scorching 100-plus degree heat....
Posted: Fri, Sep 7, 2007 8:00am PDT
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