Immigration Reform
It is a blot on American history that we have maintained a system of slave labor, and now we're blaming the immigrants for that. We can have sane immigration policies. But we have to stop blaming the victim."
-Dennis Kucinich
Headlines
- 08/17/08 - This Year Homeland Security Has Deported 90,000 Children Under the Age of 17 to Mexico Without a Parent or Caregiver
- 08/13/08 - Food Crisis in Mexico: A US Policy Disaster That Bodes Increased Immigration
- 07/18/08 - When An Immigrant Mom Gets Arrested
- 07/17/08 - The Right to Stay Home
- 07/15/08 - More Seek Asylum on U.S.-Mexico Border
- 07/11/08 - Death in the Field
- 07/02/08 - Dozens of Minutemen Confront Day-Laborers Gathered For Work in Aurora, CO
- 06/28/08 - Green Party Presidential Candidate Cynthia McKinney on Mexican Oil Privatization, Fair Trade & Immigration
- 06/20/08 - Obama and Latino Voters: Brownout in Black Camelot
- 06/10/08 - A Local Immigration Crackdown
- 06/03/08 - To Create a Truly Sustainable Food System, We'll Have to Confront the Farm-Labor Crisis
- 06/02/08 - Bush Administration Steps Up Immigration Raids
- 05/20/08 - Immigration Agency Plans New Family Detention Centers
- 05/19/08 - Silence Broken: Hurricane Evacuation -- For Citizens Only?
- 05/19/08 - A New Round of Raids As The Economy Sours
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The GNA Platform
Press the politicians to support:
- Immigration reform, whereby the U.S.'s estimated seven million undocumented workers are able to obtain a path to legal status
- Progressive tax policies that create fairness for low-income communities and the middle class
- A repeal of the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy
- An increase in earned income tax credits for the poor
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U.N. Special Rapporteur Final Report
Here are the findings Jorge Bustamente Special Repporteur on the Rights of Migrants for the U.N. He writes he "has serious concerns about the situation of migrants in the country, especially in the context of specific aspects of deportation and detention policies.. to specific groups such as migrant workers in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, migrant farm workers, and migrants in detention facilities."
Action Alert!
Mobilize!
May Day 2008 Call to Action!
On May Day 2008, the National Immigrant Solidarity Network is calling for a multi-ethnic, decentralized, multi-topic and multi-tactic national day of mobilization to support immigrant workers rights.
Visit the National Immigrant Solidarity Network's web site for more information and the May Day 2008 Action Calendar.
Resources
Human Migration and Mobility In 2007
A slideshow by the American Friends Service Committee documenting the forward steps taken in 2007.
Unity Blueprint for Immigration Reform
This document, produced by the AFL-CIO, "provides specific legislative proposals for rational and humane transformation of the current immigration policy disaster in the United States."
This video takes a wry look at the current state of immigrant employment.
Featured Website
New America Media
Seeking to bring into national awareness all of the latest issues surrounding immigration and the people it's policies affect.
Featured Video
The Pinky Show - How to Solve Illegal Immigration -Two adorable anthropomorphic kitties lead the discussion on this excellent explication of the immigration debate.
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