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A State of Siege in Texas?
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced this week that the 1,200 National Guard troops that President Barack Obama ordered to the southwest border were deployed on Aug. 1, and hundreds…
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A Small Victory for Arizonans, A Bigger Victory For Human Rights
In a welcome, 11th hour order that prevents Arizona from putting into place much of its immigrant profiling law [SB1070], Judge Susan Bolton ruled that the offensive sections of the…
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SB1070: What Starts in Arizona, Stops in Arizona
In just two days, Arizona's discriminatory bill, SB1070, will officially become law and go into effect. What's more frightening, however, is that other states are now slated to follow Arizona's…
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Utah's Immigrant Hit List
Last week, at least two Utah state employees were involved in distributing a list of 1,300 names of supposedly illegal immigrants. This 29-page list was sent out to Utah government…
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Human and Immigrants' Rights Movement Reacts to Arizona Defiance
Amnesty International is extremely disappointed that Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed into law SB1070, a bill that will significantly increase the likelihood of racial profiling, arbitrary arrests, and detentions in…
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Don't Quota Me
On February 22, James Chaparro's sixth day on the job as the head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) behemoth detention and removal operation, he issued a memo directing all…
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Qing Hong Wu Pardoned!
Qing Hong Wu, the individual spotlighted in my previous blog entry has been pardoned by Governor David Paterson of New York. It is hoped by Mr. Wu’s family and friends…
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The Nightmarish Detention of U.S. Immigrants
(Originally posted in the Bell Gardens Sun) Coming to the United States was a “dream come true” for Deda Makaj. Now 42, Deda fled Albania 20 years ago after enduring…
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Immigrant detention report makes it onto Olbermann
Here's the clip - you have to watch until the end - where Amnesty's new report on immigrants in detention, Jailed without Justice, is featured by Keith Olbermann on MSNBC:
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Immigrants Locked Away in Legal Limbo
New research shows immigrants, including asylum seekers fleeing torture and long-time lawful permanent residents, are being unjustly detained in the U.S. Tens of thousands of people sit locked up in…