Marcelo Ballve, AlterNet. November 19, 2009. Organizers are putting together a series of “house parties” after the White House said it was preparing to push Congress on immigration reform early in 2010.
Michelle Chen, ColorLines RaceWire. November 18, 2009. We can argue about the nuances of immigration reform all we want. But the real conversation begins when -- and only when -- we acknowledge elements of structural racism.
Dawn Teo, Huffington Post AlterNet: Immigration. November 17, 2009. When two Tea Partiers entered an area designated for those protesting their presence, they were assaulted with signs.
Maribel Hastings, America's Voice. November 16, 2009. Organized anti-immigrant groups range from extremist neo-Nazi organizations to respected Washington, D.C.-based think tanks.
Mary Giovagnoli, Immigration Impact. November 15, 2009. Napolitano challenged Congress to do its share, to be brave enough to give her the tools she needs to enforce and transform our immigration laws.
Joshua Holland, AlterNet AlterNet: World. November 15, 2009. So far, no GOP member has signed onto legislation offering residency to the kin of foreign-born vets.
Angelo Falcón, New America Media. November 14, 2009. Will we be seeing more Latino executives, anchors, commentators, contributors, and producers at CNN?
David Neiwert, Orcinus AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. November 13, 2009. They're being much more public in their full-on expressions of racism, nativism, and xenophobia.
Staff, RestoreFairness.org AlterNet: Immigration. November 12, 2009. Esmeralda never realized that her experience in detention would match the trauma of discrimination she had faced back home.
Mario Solis-Marich, Nuestra Voice AlterNet: Immigration. November 11, 2009. Democrats need a man that can inspire Latinos and other independents to come to the polls and vote for Democrats – Tancredo is that man!
Marielena Hincapié, New America Media. November 11, 2009. Congress inexplicably restricts low-income legal immigrants from the federal Medicaid and Medicare programs, which provide a modicum of security for the most vulnerable.
Marcelo Balive, New America Media. November 10, 2009. The House's shift is modest. But it might be just what's needed to enact meaningful changes to our immigration policy.
Joshua Holland, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. November 3, 2009. The feds are reportedly looking at a pattern of law enforcement being used to intimidate political opponents.
Mary Giovagnoli, Immigration Impact. November 3, 2009. It's a matter of priorities -- every dollar spent on the deportation iss a dollar not spent on improving immigration services and processing applications quickly and efficiently.
Jill Garvey, Imagine 2050 AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. November 2, 2009. Perhaps the best guide as our nation traverses immigration reform is to demand that every immigrant, refugee, and citizen is treated as a human being.
Julianne Ong Hing, ColorLines. November 2, 2009. After growing up in the U.S., Calvin James was separated from his family by and sent by immigration authorities to an alien "homeland."
Pilar Marrero, New America Media. October 31, 2009. According to Larry Whitman, employees who work in reception or answer phones should have names that people generally can understand or can pronounce.
Isabel Macdonald, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. October 30, 2009. Statements by New Jersey state police are putting Dobbs' claim that he and his wife had been shot at into question.
Amy Traub, DMI Blog AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. October 30, 2009. The exploitation of undocumented immigrants threatens the wages, benefits and working conditions for all workers, but we're not addressing the root problem.
Tyler Moran, Immigration Impact. October 30, 2009. The real answer to “enforcement” at the worksite is making sure all workers can exercise their labor rights and upholding our employment laws
