DACA Fight Heats Up—and Other Fights Loom
The Democrats’ failure to defend DACA recipients in 2017 infuriated much of their base. What will they do in 2018? Meanwhile, there’s been comparatively little coverage of Trump’s termination of TPS …
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Two Examples of Resistance and One Example of Why We Need It
Photo: Astrid Riecken/Washington Post) Rapid response network to monitor immigration enforcement launches in San Diego By Kate Morrissey, San Diego Union Tribune December 19, 2017 People who see immi…
Emergency Rally, Brooklyn, 12/7/17: #ICEOut of the Courts Now!
Update, 12/16/17: There will be another protest for immigrant rights in the evening. RALLY Against Muslim Ban + Tax Scam and Fight for DREAM Act @ Washington Square Park, Dec 7 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm,…
Jury Acquits in Trump’s Favorite “Immigrant Crime” Case
After six days of deliberation, on November 30 a San Francisco jury acquitted Mexican immigrant José Inez García Zárate of murder and manslaughter charges in the July 2015 shooting death of Kate Stei…
Texas Detention Center Faces Allegations of Widespread Sexual Abuse—Again
Abuse of this nature is "very widespread" at Hutto, said one woman who has accused a guard at the detention facility of repeatedly sexually assaulting her. "It is a big problem in this…
Sometimes the Corporate Media Get Immigration Right
Many of the current misconceptions about immigration were heavily promoted by the corporate media in the past, but establishment outlets have occasionally published sensible articles on the subject r…
More Trump News: The Raids, the Hotline, the Parole Denial Policy
Border art: image from JR, the artist For the moment media coverage of immigration policy is mostly focused on the whether Trump and the Democrats can make a deal on a new DREAM Act, but some outlets…
NYC, Oct. 11: Panel Discussion on Immigration
Note: Politics of Immigration co-author David L. Wilson will be signing books at this panel. Deportation, DACA, and the Sanctuary Movement Socialist Action Panel on Immigration Wednesday, Oct. 11 fr…
Trump Announces His DACA “Deal”: The Full Hard-Right Immigration Agenda
Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images White House to Congress: we'll legalize DACA recipients if you crack down on most other immigrants Trump’s “priorities”: restrict asylum, limit family-based lega…
ICE arrests hundreds of immigrants in 'sanctuary cities'
Talia Inlender, a senior staff attorney at Public Counsel, which advocates for immigrants, criticized the focus on sanctuary cities. “It’s clearly a political move that is not actually geared toward …
Labor Unions Are Stepping Up to Fight Deportations
Organized labor is finding creative ways to protect immigrant members and families vulnerable in the Trump era. By Dave Jamieson, Huffington Post September 12, 2018 Yahaira Burgos was fearing the wor…
DACA Update #3: Will There Be a Deal, and What Would It Look Like?
DACA supporters march in San Francisco. Photo: David Bacon President Trump had dinner with Democratic Congressional leaders Senator Chuck Schumer (NY) and Representative Nancy Pelosi (CA) the evening…
Don’t Punish the Dreamers—Punish the Corporations Driving Forced Migration
By David Bacon, Working In These Times September 11, 2017 The "dreamers," young recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program—are the true children of the North Am…
Long Island Teamster's deportation is a wakeup call: Unions must protect their immigrant members
"We deserve our share of the blame for not doing more to engage our members on issues of racial justice and immigrant rights in recent decades. When we fail to talk to our members about these is…
DACA Update #2: What Sessions Said, What It Means, Prospects for Resistance, and Sessions’ Problem With Mere Facts
As expected, the Trump Administration announced on September 5 that it was rescinding the five-year-old Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, with a six-month delay before the cancel…
DACA Update: Trump’s Ready to Cancel. Are We Ready to Stop Him?
Multiple sources report that President Trump on September 5 will probably announce the cancellation of the popular Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, to take effect after a delay …
L.A. Father Romulo Avelica-Gonzalez Released On Bond After Six Months In ICE Custody
By Julia Wick, LAist August 30, 2017 Update [5:50 p.m.]: According to a family spokesperson, Romulo Avelica-Gonzalez was released from Adelanto Detention Center at approximately 5:20 p.m. and has bee…
Update on “Manhattan Church Provides Sanctuary for Mother Targeted by ICE”
Guatemalan Immigrant Who Took Refuge at Church Granted Stay of Deportation By Carolina Pichardo, DNA Info August 22, 2017 WASHINGTON HEIGHTS — The undocumented Guatemalan immigrant with three young k…
Manhattan Church Provides Sanctuary for Mother Targeted by ICE
A Guatemalan immigrant has taken sanctuary with her three children at the Holyrood Episcopal Church in northern Manhattan; the move came after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) told her to p…
When Deportation Is a Death Sentence: One Domestic Worker's Fight for Survival
By Sheila Bapat, Truthout August 13, 2017 Reina Gomez, 49, has been cleaning homes and caring for elderly people in South Florida since 2002. Her earnings as a domestic worker support her treatments…