immigrant rights
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Working without documents a felony in Mississippi
On March 17, Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour signed into law SB2988, the Mississippi Employee Protection Act. The law makes it…
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Revive the fighting spirit of May 1
On April 16, Immigration Customs and Enforcement agents raided Pilgrim’s in five states, arresting 300 individuals accused of various immigration…
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Undocumented youth may be target for military recruiters
The U.S. military, stretched thin in Iraq and Afghanistan, may consider recruiting undocumented immigrants by offering them citizenship in return…
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Immigrant rights leaders plan May 1 march
Latino Movement USA and Hermandad Mexicana Nacional organized a press conference on April 2 to announce the upcoming May 1…
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Jury hung in case of border agent tried for murder
U.S. border agents have killed 12 immigrants in the last 2 years, yet only one agent has been tried for…
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Judge blasts officials for immigrant’s death
Federal Judge Pregerson ruled on March 13 that family of Francisco Castaneda could sue the federal government for denying him…
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Immigrant shipyard workers stage walkout
More than a hundred immigrant workers at Signal International, a small shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss., staged a heroic walkout on…
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High-tech U.S.-Mexico border ‘fence’ ready
On Feb.22, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced new fortifications to the repressive apparatus at the U.S.-Mexico border. Boeing…
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Chicago PSL launches 2008 election campaign
The Party for Socialism and Liberation’s Chicago campaign office was filled to capacity for a Feb. 16 neighborhood meeting to…
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The racist internment of Japanese Americans
Feb. 19 is the anniversary of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s signing of Executive Order 9066. The order led to the…
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