PART 1: By Lupita Aguila Arteaga, Washington, DC Photo Credits: Rúben Castilla Herrera As thousands of people traveled to vacation hot spots for the Fourth of July weekend, a group of five from Washington, DC, ventured on a twelve hour … Continued
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Culture
Film Screenings Honor International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
In recognition of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, today students are coordinating events on over 40 campuses across the nation to resist the anti-immigrant movement, including organizations associated with white nationalist John Tanton. Students are doing … Continued
Politics
Student Delegation Tours Arizona Amid SB 1070 Enforcement
Today, a national student delegation launched a five day tour of Arizona in the midst of the recent enactment of controversial law SB 1070. The Center for New Community, a national civil rights organization based in Chicago, is sponsoring the … Continued
Nativist Groups Use Brutal Crime for Their Own Purposes
As a part of their Machiavellian attempt at poisoning the conversation in this country on immigration, nativist groups are twisting an awful crime for their own purposes. The Community Watchdog Project and Southern Connecticut Citizens for Immigration Reform, nativist groups … Continued
Politics
ICE and Border Drug Violence: Paving the Way with Deportees
In spite of yesterday’s White House response to mounting border security issues, one has to wonder if federal law enforcement agencies and officers really do communicate on the pressing issues of the day, like ICE’s deportation of alleged gang members … Continued