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Photo: Kendal Blust/Nogagles International By Kendal Blust, Nogales International November 14, 2017 Under a canopy of large white flags printed with the Veterans for Peace logo, a group of activists …
Protesters in the Senate Office Building. Photo: Getty Images Over 8,000 Immigrant Youth Take Over Nation’s Capitol & Walkout From Schools in CA, TX, OK, DC, MD, VA Tell Paul Ryan & Mitch McC…
A powerful feature article in the Times this week gets across the real suffering of many native-born U.S. workers as their industrial jobs are relocated to Mexico and they are forced into lower-payi…
What’s behind the recent rise in wages for undocumented workers? It could be immigrants’ rights activism. Graffiti on the Mexican side of the wall. Photo: Jonathan McIntosh/Flickr David L. Wilson, Ja…
By Migrant Justice October 3, 2017 Click here now to donate online! Buy a Migrant Justice "Can't Trump Human Rights" t-shirt today! Just moments ago, farmworker leaders from Migrant Jus…
UPDATE, October 3, 2017: Ben and Jerry's has signed the agreement and Migrant Justice has called off the National Day of Action. Thanks and congratulations to everyone who supported this effort!…
From Witness for Peace September 28, 2017 This year, from November 10-12 , Witness for Peace staff, along with human rights activists, torture survivors, anti-war veterans, students, families, union…
Pelosi Sorprendida Photo: Lea Suzuki, Associated Press Por Elvira Arellano, Sanctuary Movement 21 de Septiembre, 2017 ( English version follows below ) La congresista y lideresa de la bancada del P…
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…
"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…
Dirty Laundry: An Investigation By Annie Hylton, Dissent Summer 2017 Drying and ironing press at an industrial laundry facility (xtrekx / Shutterstock) It was before 6 a.m. on January 5, 2011 when Ma…
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…
Activists have spent weeks coming up with emergency plans in case Trump eliminates or cripple DACA, which would make 800,000 young immigrants vulnerable to deportation. They’re now setting those plan…
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 …
March against racism, San Francisco, August 26. Photo: David Bacon Making the scufflers so visible makes everyone else invisible. Sure, editors choose what to put on the page or website. But as med…
Meet at Columbus Circle (1 Central Park West) Wednesday, August 30 at 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Hosted by Make the Road New York, New York Immigration Coalition, DRUM, United We Dream, Women's March, 32B…
We feel these two articles make points that are important for all of us interested in organizing around immigrant rights. The articles don’t focus on immigration specifically, but there’s no way to a…
Two new reviews of David Bacon’s latest book have come out recently. Both are available at Bacon’s blog, The Reality Check: https://davidbaconrealitycheck.blogspot.com/2017/08/two-reviews-in-fields-o…
Together We Can Protect DACA and Immigrant Youth! By United We Dream August 11, 2017 August 15th marks 5 years since 800,000 immigrant youth have been able to get legal protection, go to college, and…
By David Bacon, American Prospect August 9, 2017 Risking deportation, Washington state farmworkers protest dangerous conditions in the fields. A farmworker’s death in the broiling fields of Washingto…
