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Congress has passed its short-term spending bill in time to go on Christmas vacation. The politicians managed to forget their promises to protect DACA recipients, despite a week of militant protests …
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…
New York City Democratic Socialists of America ( NYC DSA ) has started an online petition to demand that New York Chief Judge DiFiore bar ICE from courthouses to prevent further detentions of immigra…
SOA Watch December 6, 2017 On November 29, 2017, Border Patrol agents from the Tucson Sector shot and killed a migrant in a remote region of the Baboquivari mountains on the Tohono O’odham Nation. Ro…
"ICE out of the courts": protest, Brooklyn Borough Hall. Photo: Phil Josselyn By Amanda Ottaway, Courthouse News Service December 7, 2017 BROOKLYN, N.Y. (CN) – A week after public defenders…
Resistance at Tule Lake is having its Texas Premiere! JOIN US at the Austin Asian American Film Festival (AAAFF) where we are IN COMPETITION for Best Documentary Feature! "While the dominant …
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…
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 …
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…
Since Mr. Trump was elected, 34 people facing deportation have publicly taken refuge inside of churches, including four this week… By Laurie Goodstein, New York Times October 11, 2017 Facing deportat…
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…
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…
On September 7 NBC News reported that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was planning to carry out “Operation Mega,” a nationwide series of raids in the middle of the month targeting 8,400 imm…
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…
