On AlterNet: migrants

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "migrants"

Building a House for Day Laborers

Peter Costantini, IPS News. February 11, 2009.

Many day workers are ending up on the street or in homeless shelters.

Corrupt U.S. Agents Aid Human Smuggling at Border

Annette Fuentes, New America Media. February 10, 2009.

The news media and policymakers have neglected the complicity of U.S. customs and border agents in the flow of migrants across the border.

Bush's Commutation Of Trigger-Happy Border Patrol Guards' Sentences a Final Slap in the Face

Roberto Dr. Cintli Rodriguez, New America Media. January 27, 2009.

On his last full day in office, Bush commuted the sentences of ex-border patrol officers who shot a Mexican man and lied about it.

Europe Turning Away Migrants at Gunpoint

David Cronin, IPS News. October 29, 2008.

Weapons were pointed directly at migrants trying to enter Italy during a recent operation coordinated by the European Union's border control agency.

Big Agriculture's Exploitation of Migrant Workers

Inside USA, Al Jazeera AlterNet: Video. August 25, 2008.

Inside USA reports.

On the Border, Neighbors Try to Reclaim Polluted Valley

Enrique Gili, IPS News. June 24, 2008.

The Southern border region is inundated with trash, the waste of two large cities, illegal dumping and maquiladoras.

Immigrant Community in Iowa Devastated by ICE Raid

Yave, Citizen Orange AlterNet: PEEK. May 13, 2008.

Over 300 people were arrested in the biggest workplace raid this year.