Marc Hall, the rapper in the Army who wrote a derogatory song about stop-loss and sent it to the Pentagon, sits in military prison and now will face his court martial in Iraq.
“It is our belief that the Army would violate its own regulations by deploying Marc and it would certainly violate his right to due process by making it far more difficult to get witnesses. It appears the Army doesn’t believe it can get a conviction in a fair and public trial. We will do whatever we can to insure he remain in the United States,” said Hall’s civilian attorney, David Gespass.
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On November 10th, the San Francisco Broad of Supervisors voted 8-3 to override the Mayor's veto on the legislation to amend the sanctuary city ordinance. This decision affects youth who can no-longer be turned over to Immigrations Customs Enforcement unless they are convicted of a felony.SF Board of Supervisors Restores Due Process for Undocumented Youth... more
Courage comes in many different forms. For Esmeralda a transgender asylum seeker from Mexico who faced horrific circumstances in immigration detention, it came in the form of seeking justice. Kept in a segregated cell with other transgender detainees, Esmeralda never realized that her experience in detention would match the trauma of discrimination she had faced back home. But her story is also one of hope for change.Courage comes in many different forms. For Esmeralda a transgender asylum seeker from... more
The “Restore Fairness” documentary is produced by Breakthrough in
partnership with 26 leading organizations and calls for the U.S.
government to bring back due process and fairness to the immigration
system. The video features the powerful voices of Congresswomen Zoe
Lofgren and Lucille Roybal-Allard, Judges Dana Marks and Bruce
Einhorn, as well as civil society leaders like Anthony Romero, Donald
Kerwin, Karen Narasaki and Mallika Dutt. It also gives a human face to
harsh immigration laws through three very compelling personal stories
- Jean Pierre Kamwa, an asylum seeker who faces mandatory detention,
June Everett who lost her sister to immigration detention, and Walter
Chavez and Ana Galindo, legal permanent residents who are victims of a
warrantless home raid.
See what happens when a permanent member of a popular space crew finds his status is in question. In any galaxy, when we deny due process and human rights to some, we put all of our freedoms at risk.
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