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textOppose Real ID Act by free
congressional switchboard at (202) 224-3121...
Posted: Fri, Apr 22, 2005 12:08am PDT
textAgainst Rightwing Demagogues by PDS Germany
Migrants did not only serve Nazis as scapegoats. As the fascists declared the Jews scapegoats, their grandchildren today blame foreigners for unemployment and social cuts. We need a literacy campaign against the social demagogues of the right wing....
Posted: Thu, Apr 21, 2005 7:16am PDT
text AgJOBS Stopped for Now by National Farm Worker Ministry
AgJOBS will not be voted on as an amendment to the supplemental appropriations bill. Many Senators preferred not to include AgJOBS and other immigration amendments on the appropriations bill....
Posted: Tue, Apr 19, 2005 2:25pm PDT
textREAL ID Vote likely tonight or tommorow - ACT NOW!!! by Jobs With Justice
Please contact your Senators today, and urge them to oppose the REAL ID Act. Call your Senators by dialing the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and send the e-mail below!...
Posted: Tue, Apr 19, 2005 11:35am PDT
textUS Refugees: Persecuted at Home, Discriminated Against Abroad? by Ritt Goldstein
As part of what some see as the 'War Against Dissent', extraordinary events can occur within the US, life threatening events. Has so-called 'realpolitik' now effectively denied Americans the right to political asylum. There have been legitimate cases, including one based upon torture and attempted murder....
Posted: Wed, Apr 13, 2005 11:05am PDT
text AgJOBS VOTE POSSIBLE IN SENATE ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13 by NWFM
On Wednesday afternoon, April 13, Senator Larry Craig and Sen. Edward Kennedy are likely to offer the AgJOBS farmworker immigration bill, S.359, as an amendment to the pending supplemental appropriations bill...
Posted: Wed, Apr 13, 2005 10:30am PDT
imageMinuteman Project Misconceptions - Confessions of two Indymedia Reporters
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by Walt & Jessica
For the last two weekends, Jessica and Walt have spent time on the Arizona-Mexico border, interacting with both the Minuteman Project volunteers and the ACLU Legal Observers. What they saw revealed problems with the activist movements....
Posted: Tue, Apr 12, 2005 7:56pm PDT
textApril 2005 U.S. Immigrant Alert! Newsletter by Lee Siu Hin
Monthly Newsletter From National Immigrant Solidarity Network No Immigrant Bashing! Support Immigrant Rights!...
Posted: Fri, Apr 8, 2005 2:49pm PDT
text4/6: DREAM Act 2005 Your Support Is Needed! by NILC
DREAM Act 2005: Introduction Imminent - More endorsements urgently needed!...
Posted: Thu, Apr 7, 2005 9:08pm PDT
textMinuteMan Project is Misguided Vigilante Justice by American Progress Action Fund
Sadly, their efforts bear far more resemblance to xenophobic hate groups than they do to the original Minutemen from Massachusetts. Local, state, and federal officials have denounced their initiative as an unnecessary interference with border patrol authorities, and even President Bush referred to them as “vigilantes.”...
Posted: Thu, Apr 7, 2005 12:57am PDT
textRaza Work to Stop Library Closings by XISPAS
XISPAS, the Los Angeles website & blog dedicated to Chicano culture, art, and politics, reports on the library crisis in Salinas California. The state will be closing three public libraries this coming June for "lack of funds", and raza are spearheading a struggle to keep the libraries open. This fight for public access is only part of our mounting battle for civil and human rights. El Movemiento is revitalized with the energy of a whole new generation working for peace and justice....
Posted: Wed, Apr 6, 2005 12:01pm PDT
textACLU of Arizona to Provide Legal Observers During Controversial “Minuteman” Border Watch P by ACLU
The American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona, in its traditional role as a guardian of civil liberties, announced today that it will be providing legal observers throughout the month of April at the site of the Minuteman Project at the Arizona-Mexico Border....
Posted: Mon, Apr 4, 2005 10:43pm PDT
textThis week: Call to End Impunity on the Border by Border Action Network/Accion Fronteriza
End Vigilante Hate Crimes and Impunity on the Border. Don’t Let Elected Officials Off-the-Hook! Week of Call-ins to insist that our officials do their jobs!...
Posted: Wed, Mar 30, 2005 9:14pm PST
text Tell Your Senators to Protect Refugees Fleeing Persecution by Human Rights First
Proposed Law Will Hurt Refugees U.S. Senate to Consider REAL ID Act Soon...
Posted: Wed, Mar 23, 2005 10:45am PST
textReal ID - Real Bad IDea; Church and Community Groups Demand Comprehensive Immigration Refo by Church, Community Groups
A series of high-profile immigrant issues, coupled with a new tough-on-immigrants mood in the legislature has people in Wisconsin and beyond concerned about bad legislation that discriminates against immigrants....
Posted: Thu, Mar 17, 2005 11:35pm PST
textUrgent Appeal from Wife of Pakistani Facing Prison & Deportation by Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
The following is a heart wrenching appeal from the wife of Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, a Pakistani convenience store owner in Houston, Texas, who is facing 30 years in prison and deportation. This is an example of one of the many ways in which the government is persecuting Pakistanis and other Muslim, Arab and South Asian immigrants. In this case the government launched an investigation, not of criminal activity, but of Pakistani convenience store owners who took out Small Business Administration guar...
Posted: Fri, Mar 11, 2005 12:30am PST
text Exploited Thai guest workers need your help! by Immigrant Workers Watch
According to the WA Dept of Health, these workers were forced to live in outrageously crowded, unsanitary conditions--with only 21 beds for 45 people at one location, no cooking facilities at multiple locations, and workers were forced to wash their clothes in trash cans....
Posted: Thu, Mar 10, 2005 10:48pm PST
textCoalition of Immokalee Workers, Taco Bell Reach Groundbreaking Agreement by CIW
Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Taco Bell Reach Groundbreaking Agreement; CIW to End Taco Bell Boycott; Taco Bell to Pay Penny-Per-Pound Surcharge Demanded by Workers, Will Work With CIW to Raise Farm Labor Standards in Supply Chain...
Posted: Tue, Mar 8, 2005 12:08pm PST
textBorder Security Subcommittee Hearing Focused on the Immigration Enforcement Resources Auth by Committee on the Judiciary
Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee Hearing Focused on the Immigration Enforcement Resources Authorized in Last Year's 9/11 CommissionLegislation...
Posted: Wed, Mar 2, 2005 10:59am PST
text *New Homeland Security Secretary Should Make Reforms for Refugees* by Human Rights First
*New Homeland Security Secretary Should Make Reforms for Refugees* US Commission on International Religious Freedom Recommends Changes Take Action: Urge New DHS Secretary to Help Refugees...
Posted: Thu, Feb 24, 2005 11:10am PST
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