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“So how can you help?…This is where I’m going to start challenging you. You can create a space where you can help someone. You can make a phone call. You can write a letter. You can tweet. You can ju…
ICE claims that some 800 immigrants were spared detention this week because Oakland’s mayor publicly announced that she’d been tipped off about imminent raids. If this is true, the anonymous source a…
While media attention was focused on the DACA debacle in Congress, a lot seemed to be going on at the local level. Given the paucity of media coverage, it’s hard to tell whether this represents an in…
The only way we can stop the deportations now is to demonstrate, to commit mass civil disobedience, over and over again. Sanctuary in churches must become militant mass sanctuary in the streets. It i…
Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has scheduled as much as two weeks’ worth of open Mitch McConnell. Photo: AP/J. Scott Applewhite debate on immigration policy starting tonight. No one se…
Rally in Foley Square, outside New York Federal Building, Saturday, February 10, 9 am! By New Sanctuary Coalition February 9, 2018 This is a turning point - now more than ever we need to ramp up pres…
By David L. Wilson, MR Online February 7, 2018 https://mronline.org/2018/02/07/the-latest-nonsense-about-immigration-a-quick-guide/ We’ve seen and heard a lot about immigration in the past few weeks…
Tania Unzueta Carrasco, USA Today February 7, 2018 The Trump administration is targeting people who speak out and organize against its policies. I know. Members of my organization are being targeted.…
Update, 1/30/18: Today's Democracy Now! features an excellent discussion with Ravi Ragbir, his wife Amy Gottlieb, and his lead attorney, Alina Dax. Watch at: https://www.democracynow.org/2018/1/…
More and more evidence is accumulating: ICE is using its policing powers in an effort to shut down resistance to the immigration system. So far, the effort seems to be backfiring. As the repression …
New Yorkers arrested as ICE detains Ravi Ragbir. Joana Toro /VIEWpress/Corbis via Getty Images There can now be little doubt that Immigration and Customs Enforcement is targeting immigration activist…
Didn't Postville workers' families suffer too? Photo: Stephen Mally/NY Times On December 20 President Trump commuted the 27-year prison sentence of former kosher meatpacking magnate Sholom R…
As of 4 pm today, December 19, Dreamers are sitting in at the offices of a number of Congress members. For live coverage from inside the office, go here: http://weareheretostay.org/dreamact-sitins/ S…
This is the text of an email from Presente Action about the arrests of seven activists at the Capitol on December 15 for sitting in at congressional offices to demand inclusion of the Dream Act in th…
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,…
The Trump administration is forging ahead with its assault on immigrants. For example, White House chief of staff John Kelly, a man the New York Times once labeled “ sensible ,” continues to display…
