Center for New Community Mourns Binghamton Tragedy

Written by Jill Garvey

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CHICAGO – Center for New Community was deeply saddened by the tragedy that took place in Binghamton, NY on Friday. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the victims, their families, and the community.

Early reports indicate that this was a senseless act of violence carried out by a lone individual with unknown motives. It is reported that the victims were a group of immigrants taking a citizenship exam at the American Civic Association, which provides services to immigrants and refugees seeking to become citizens and reunite with their families.

This is a tragedy for America and for the immigrant community. As an organization that works… Read more

“We are human beings looking for a means to survive”

Written by Ken Brown

Despite a feigned concern about the distinction between “illegal” and “legal” immigrants, anti-immigrant forces in this country have helped stir up a general contempt for immigrants which goes beyond the status of documentation. The rhetoric of FAIR and other nativist hatemongering groups has contributed to a prejudice from which documented immigrants are not immune.

Seila Mosquera is part of the Ecuadorian immigrant community in the greater New Haven, CT, area—a community which itself has been the target of white supremacy and nativist hate from such groups as the Community Watchdog Project and North East White Pride, as well as citizenry in general here in the supposedly liberal Nutmeg State. As a… Read more

Update: Rosanna Pulido Loses Republican Support

Written by Jill Garvey

Recently a treasure chest of derogatory remarks made by Rosanna Pulido (Republican nominee for Illinois’ 5th Congressional District) came to light.

Pulido has been posting comments online for years under the pseudonym Chicagolady. Initially, Rosanna’s supporters tried to stand by her, but it has become exceedingly clear that she hasn’t met an ethnic and religious group she can tolerate.

Pulido has branded herself around the campaign slogan “Common Sense for Illinois 5″, but nothing much about her makes sense. For starters she has worked for the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) for many years.

FAIR is listed as a hate group, alongside the Ku Klux Klan, by the civil rights… Read more

Immigration

“Greening” Again: The Anti-immigrant Movement’s Slide to Environmental Racism

Written by Rev. David L. Ostendorf

“If we look at the conservation ethic of some of the countries from which large numbers of immigrants are coming, we don’t find the same sort of respect for the land and our fellow creatures that has developed here. We certainly don’t see this in many of the southeastern Asian cultures or in Latin America. They don’t have the same sort of conservation ethic we have here.”

-John Tanton, 1989

“And with every new U.S. resident, whether from births or immigration, comes further degradation of America’s natural treasures.”

-Ad for “America’s Leadership Team for Long Range Population-Immigration-Resource Planning,” 2008

Windmills. Water. Bulldozers. Gridlock. Sprawl. Appearing in the New York… Read more