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Inter Press Service reports that over 20,000 people marched in the streets of Phoenix this past week to demand an end to the criminalization of undocumented immigrants and the passage of immigration reform legislation.
Arizona is considered ground zero for the immigration debate due to its severe anti-immigrant policies and the controversial figure of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, whose deputies conduct frequent immigration sweeps in Latino neighborhoods.Inter Press Service reports that over 20,000 people marched in the streets of Phoenix... more
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While the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London was sponsoring Refugee Week in the UK, the management of this well known international university were hosting an immigration raid on campus. The hypocrisy was not lost on students who quickly occupied directorate offices in opposition to the arrest and detention of nine so called ‘illegal’ cleaning staff by border police. WORLDbytes reporters spoke to students at an impromptu rally and inside the occupied offices. As one migrant cleaner from Columbia, Alberto Durango says in the report: “We need to resist... This is happening in the City of London. This is happening all around London…But it’s up to us to fight back.” Student’s opposition and speedy action has already brought results. SOAS Principal Paul Webley was forced to make a request to the home secretary to grant all the cleaners leave to remain in the UK. So far, his demand has fallen on deaf ears, but SOAS chiefs may not be so quick to cooperate with the government’s anti-immigrant agenda in future.While the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London was sponsoring... more
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Recent major raids against undocumented workers led many to fear evacuation during hurricane Gustav.
Bill Chandler, Founding Executive Director of the Mississippi Immigrants Rights Alliance (MIRA) and a long time labour organizer.Recent major raids against undocumented workers led many to fear evacuation during... more
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Immigration arrests from worksite raids have increased tenfold in the last five years. As politicians on both sides of the aisle grapple with the issue, families are caught in the middle. ANP went to Annapolis, Maryland to see how people were coping in the aftermath of the state's largest immigration roundup in years.Immigration arrests from worksite raids have increased tenfold in the last five years.... more
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Federal officials say a raid at a northeastern Iowa meat processing plant this week was the largest in U.S. history.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials say 390 people have been arrested on immigration charges after Monday's raid at Agriprocessors Inc. in Postville. The facility is the world's largest kosher meatpacking plant.
The raid was aimed at seeking evidence of identity theft, stolen Social Security numbers and people who are in the country illegally.
Fifty-six of those arrested have been released on humanitarian grounds; many of them have to take care of children.
Others arrested in the raid at are being held in county jails and at a converted fairgrounds.Federal officials say a raid at a northeastern Iowa meat processing plant this week... more
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