While many Earth Day events this past week focused on climate justice, sustainability and protecting the environment, some continue to take this week as an opportunity to bash immigrants. Earth Day for the anti-immigrant movement and groups like NumbersUSA, Californians … Continued
Originally posted on April 17, 2012 by Southern California Public Radio. Just ahead of Earth Day, an immigration restriction advocacy group issued a press release today saying it’s launching a national television campaign “calling attention to the fact that mass immigration … Continued
The Center for New Community, a national civil rights organization, today released a report entitled “Race, Migration and the Environment.” The report comes amid Earth Day celebrations, and counters the false notions that immigrants are a cause of environmental degradation … Continued
By Martha Pskowski Today, Earth Day, wraps up a huge week in the youth environmental movement. These are some of the events that occurred just in the last week: Last Friday, youth disrupted Congress to sing songs in support of … Continued
This Earth Day we must counter attempts to infiltrate our festivities. Anti-immigrant groups like California Population Stabilization (CAPS) and NumbersUSA are attempting to focus on overpopulation by specifically bashing immigrants and blaming them for environmental degradation. As environmentalists and activists, … Continued
Masked is the word that comes to mind when I think of anti-immigrant organizations that claim to be concerned about the environment. As we move into a new month, year, decade and closer to the 30th anniversary of Earth Day, … Continued
Environmentalists everywhere need to stand up against hate groups in America. Californians For Population Stabilization (CAPS) is an anti-immigrant group that has been pushing its racist agenda on Californians for years now. They insist that immigrants are responsible for the … Continued
Eric Ward’s Earth Day op-ed for The Progressive delves into the little-known activity of anti-immigrant groups as they attempt to inject themselves into environmental agendas. Bigots trying to pass them themselves off as concerned environmentalist? Scary and shameful. On Earth … Continued