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Immigration Reform: Private Prisons.
A commission of current and formerly undocumented leaders sent formal recommendations to President Obama on steps his administration can take to expand relief programs and reduce the harm of current deportation practices. Meantime, people with relatives in detention are fasting in front of the White House and immigrant detainees in a month-long hunger strike and […]
Immigration Reform: Discharge Petition.
House Democrats introduced a discharge petition, a tactical measure to force a vote on immigration reform. At the same time, a hunger strike continues in immigration detention centers in Texas and Washington, amid complaints of retaliation by ICE against alleged hunger strike leaders. Guests: Axkana Rios, Son of detainee at Northwest Detention Center, Portland, OR; […]
Elvira Arellano, Detention Centers and More.
An exclusive interview with deported activist Elvira Arellano, who re-entered the U.S. after being detained and released at the border. Also, a hunger strike of immigrant detainees in Washington spread to Texas, putting the spotlight on private immigration detention centers. And an update on a pro-reform national bus tour that has engaged constituents and members […]
(Español) Se agita la protesta en centros de detenciones de indocumentados
(Español) “Para nosotros, aquí lo importante es reconocer que la gente ya está empezando a tomar acción allá adentro. Imagínense las circunstancias en las que están viviendo para que se arriesguen a tomar ese tipo de acciones, de poner en peligro su salud o aveces ¡sus casos!.. Porque les van a apresurar la deportación”
Immigration Reform: Executive Action.
Deported activist Elvira Arellano joins “dreamers” and attempts to cross to the U.S. through a San Diego border gate. A blue-ribbon commission of “dreamers” and immigrants prepares a report with recommendations to bring deportation relief. Immigrant detainees in Washington enter their 12 day in hunger strike, while detainees in Texas begin fasting. Meantime, Republicans in […]
Immigrant Detainees on Hunger Strike.
Hundreds of detainees at Tacoma’s immigration detention center, one of the largest in the nation, have refused to eat their meals for five days demanding better conditions at the for-profit center and protesting current deportation practices. An immigrant organizer and a relative of a fasting detainee join this program from a protest outside the facility. […]
(Español) Protestan en centro de detención de Inmigración
(Español) Los manifestantes dicen que el programa conocido como “Comunidades Seguras” es la causa de la separación de familias que podrían con el tiempo beneficiarse de una reforma migratoria. Desde su activación, dicen, bajo este programa federal se han deportado más de dos mil 600 personas en el estado.
(Español) Inmigrantes de Washington Derrotan Ley Anti-Licencias — Sentencia Leve por Muerte de una Trabajadora Agrícola — Familia de Ciudad Júarez Huye de Violencia.
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