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Friday, June 8, 2007 : Until we can protect the basic rights of guest workers already in the United States, Congress should not consider expanding that program, Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) President Baldemar Velasquez told the full House Education and Labor Committee yesterday....
Posted: Fri, Jun 8, 2007 10:04pm PDT
Friday, June 8, 2007 : The arrest of Hmong leader General Vang Pao and nine others on charges of plotting to buy weapons to overthrow the government in their old homeland of Laos has many Hmong Americans reflecting on how tenuous the notion of home remains for hundreds of thousands of Hmong living in America. Pha Lo is a Hmong American writer living in San Francisco....
Posted: Fri, Jun 8, 2007 7:13am PDT
Thursday, June 7, 2007 :News Analysis The Senate Grand Bargain immigration bill ensures that immigration will be a major legislative issue this year....
Posted: Thu, Jun 7, 2007 4:36pm PDT
Thursday, June 7, 2007 :WASHINGTON, DC -The ACLU today voiced its strong opposition to an amendment passed late last night to the Senate immigration bill that would declare English the national language and severely restrict the government’s ability to communicate with citizens, residents and visitors. The ACLU praised the passage of a competing amendment that would recognize English as the "common and unifying" language of the United States without restricting access to crucial federal...
Posted: Thu, Jun 7, 2007 2:45pm PDT
Thursday, June 7, 2007 :Sing Tao Daily, Commentary , Joseph Leung, Translated by Eugenia Chien, Posted: Jun 07, 2007 Editors Note: The immigration reform bill, which could stop family-based immigration, is inhumane and discriminatory, says the editor-in-chief of a prominent Chinese-language newspaper....
Posted: Thu, Jun 7, 2007 2:41pm PDT
BETWEEN THE LINES Syndicated Radio Newsmagazine --Weekly Summary...
Posted: Thu, Jun 7, 2007 2:52am PDT
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 :El Diario-La Prensa, Posted: Jun 06, 2007...
Posted: Wed, Jun 6, 2007 6:58pm PDT
Monday, June 4, 2007 :Black America Web.com, News Analysis, Judge Mathis , Posted: Jun 04, 2007...
Posted: Tue, Jun 5, 2007 11:12pm PDT
Monday, June 4, 2007 :El Nuevo Herald, Posted: Jun 04, 2007...
Posted: Tue, Jun 5, 2007 11:12pm PDT
Tuesday, June 5, 2007 :Indian Country Today, Posted: Jun 05, 2007...
Posted: Tue, Jun 5, 2007 11:12pm PDT
In an effort to raise awareness about the heartbreaking—and unjust—realities of gay and lesbian Americans and their immigrant partners struggling to keep their families together in the face of discriminatory US immigration policies, Out4Immigration (www.out4immigration.org) will co-present Sebastian Cordoba’s powerful documentary Through Thick and Thin at the Frameline 31 International LGBT Film Festival in San Francisco on June 20 and 21....
Posted: Tue, Jun 5, 2007 5:29pm PDT
Say NO to the Senate - White House "Compromise" Immigrant Bill! No to the Police Terror Against the Immigrant Rights Movement!...
Posted: Mon, Jun 4, 2007 6:05am PDT
On May 25, the Senate completed its first week of debate on immigration reform,
voting on 12 amendments to the "Grand Bargain", which was negotiated and placed on
the Senate floor by Senators Ted Kennedy (D-MA), Jon Kyl (R-AZ), the White House,
and others....
Posted: Thu, May 31, 2007 5:51pm PDT
URGE CONGRESS NOT TO INCREASE DETENTION BUT RESTORE FAIRNESS AND JUSTICE TO
THE IMMIGRATION SYSTEM...
Posted: Thu, May 31, 2007 4:34pm PDT
UCSB Student Taken Away by Immigration Agents
Faculty, Staff Question Motives Behind "Raid"...
Posted: Wed, May 30, 2007 12:20am PDT
1) Friday, June 1, 11-1, Press Conference and Direct Action at Sen.
Feinstein's Office, 1 Post St. (At Montgomery BART)
2) Saturday, June 2, 7-10 am, Rally and vigil at Sen. Feinstein's house, 30
Presidio Terrace (@ Lyon and Washington)...
Posted: Fri, May 25, 2007 10:05am PDT
The Coalicion de Derechos Humanos (CDH), a longtime champion
of human rights based in Southern Arizona, joins others across the country
in decrying the immigration deal entered into by members of the Senate and
the White House...
Posted: Wed, May 23, 2007 5:54pm PDT
Our country can do better, Americans want better and
immigrants deserve better (action below)....
Posted: Wed, May 23, 2007 5:50pm PDT
A Brown Beret's account of the "immigration debate"...
Posted: Tue, May 22, 2007 1:29am PDT