Persistence paid off last month, as undocumented students moved one step closer to equal access to higher education. On Thursday, January 24, the Colorado Senate Education Committee approved a bill called Advancing Students for a Stronger Economy Tomorrow (ASSET), a proposed law … Continued
This past Saturday, August 25, anti-immigrant group NumbersUSA – the group underwriting lawsuit of 10 ICE agents against the heads of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) – posted a blog on its website … Continued
The Obama Administration announced today a major move to grant deferred action to DREAM-eligible youth. The announcement arrives as a result of growing criticism from undocumented youth and immigrant rights activists over what is largely perceived as a failure by … Continued
By mid-2011, the Obama Administration deported more people than Dwight D. Eisenhower under “Operation Wetback.” The Secure Communities (S-Comm) program is one of the administrative work horses making that dubious distinction possible. Grassroots activists, however, are fighting the program head … Continued
Across the nation people are frustrated by the lack of comprehensive immigration reform that President Obama promised during his 2008 campaign. In 2011 community organizations and members of Congress requested that the president use executive power to defer removals, revaluate … Continued
by Fidel G Luciano, a student at UC Berkeley Amid the efforts of the Occupy Cal movement to create a more inclusive and higher quality public university, it seems unfitting that the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism and the UC Berkeley … Continued
By Rachel Carroll Not many people would go public with a nasty note from a government official they had to go head-to-head with daily, especially if that official was connected to the Department of Homeland Security and ICE. However, that’s … Continued
When a community comes together, deportations can be stopped, and such was the case recently in North Carolina. Originally from Mexico, Rodrigo Cruz Ambrocio has lived in Charlotte, North Carolina, since he was 10 years-old. He is 16 now and … Continued
Published by the Great Falls Tribune on October 8th 2011. By John S. Adams. HELENA — Shahid Haque-Hausrath sat down at his computer on the morning of Sept. 28 and, as he does at the start of most work days, … Continued
The much-maligned Secure Communities program took more blows last week when a report by the Program’s task force to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was leaked. The task force describes itself as “a broad-based panel made up of local … Continued