Newsitem List
81 of 84
Oppose Real ID Act
congressional switchboard at (202) 224-3121...
Posted: Fri, Apr 22, 2005 12:08am PDT
Against Rightwing Demagogues
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
AgJOBS Stopped for Now
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
REAL ID Vote likely tonight or tommorow - ACT NOW!!!
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
US Refugees: Persecuted at Home, Discriminated Against Abroad?
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
AgJOBS VOTE POSSIBLE IN SENATE ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13
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
Minuteman Project Misconceptions - Confessions of two Indymedia Reporters
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
April 2005 U.S. Immigrant Alert! Newsletter
Monthly Newsletter From National Immigrant Solidarity Network
No Immigrant Bashing! Support Immigrant Rights!...
Posted: Fri, Apr 8, 2005 2:49pm PDT
4/6: DREAM Act 2005 Your Support Is Needed!
DREAM Act 2005: Introduction Imminent - More endorsements urgently needed!...
Posted: Thu, Apr 7, 2005 9:08pm PDT
MinuteMan Project is Misguided Vigilante Justice
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
Raza Work to Stop Library Closings
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
ACLU of Arizona to Provide Legal Observers During Controversial “Minuteman” Border Watch P
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
This week: Call to End Impunity on the Border
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
Tell Your Senators to Protect Refugees Fleeing Persecution
Proposed Law Will Hurt Refugees
U.S. Senate to Consider REAL ID Act Soon...
Posted: Wed, Mar 23, 2005 10:45am PST
Real ID - Real Bad IDea; Church and Community Groups Demand Comprehensive Immigration Refo
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
Urgent Appeal from Wife of Pakistani Facing Prison & Deportation
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
Exploited Thai guest workers need your help!
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
Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Taco Bell Reach Groundbreaking Agreement
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
Border Security Subcommittee Hearing Focused on the Immigration Enforcement Resources Auth
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
*New Homeland Security Secretary Should Make Reforms for
Refugees*
*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