By Kent Paterson, Frontera NorteSur via New America Media
April 26, 2011
Five years ago, hundreds of thousands and perhaps millions of people marched in big cities and small towns across the U.S. demanding justice for the nation’s estimated 12 million undocumented residents. Hitting a high point with work stoppages on May Day 2006, the pro-immigrant protest was the largest social movement in the U.S. since the civil rights and anti-Vietnam War years.
Mounting a counter-offensive, immigration restrictionists blocked legislation in Washington to legalize undocumented persons, while at the state and local levels they enacted a smattering of immigration-related laws and ordinances. [...]
Read the full article:
http://newamericamedia.org/2011/04/the-great-immigration-stalemate.php
Monday, May 16, 2011
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Halt Haitian deportations
Inhumane policy makes no sense
Editorial, Miami Herald
April 18, 2011
The resumption of deportations to Haiti revives a senseless and inhumane policy by the Department of Homeland Security. The last time this occurred, in late January, at least one of the deportees died within days, prompting a nearly three-month hiatus in deportations that has now been lifted for no good reason.
Conditions in Haiti remain appalling as the nation struggles to overcome a severe humanitarian crisis. An estimated 680,000 people are still stuck in camps for the displaced 15 months after the powerful earthquake that destroyed much of Port-au-Prince in January of 2010. A cholera epidemic has affected 234,000 people and caused a reported 4,500 deaths. A recent article in the British medical journal The Lancet estimated that, “absent new interventions,” the epidemic could sicken some 800,000 people and kill 11,000. [...]
Read the full editorial:
http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/04/17/2172777/halt-haitian-deportations.html
Read about the origin of the cholera:
http://weeklynewsupdate.blogspot.com/2011/05/wnu-1079-un-admitsand-deniesrole-in.html
Sign a petition calling for a halt to the deportations:
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/383/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=6590.
Editorial, Miami Herald
April 18, 2011
The resumption of deportations to Haiti revives a senseless and inhumane policy by the Department of Homeland Security. The last time this occurred, in late January, at least one of the deportees died within days, prompting a nearly three-month hiatus in deportations that has now been lifted for no good reason.
Conditions in Haiti remain appalling as the nation struggles to overcome a severe humanitarian crisis. An estimated 680,000 people are still stuck in camps for the displaced 15 months after the powerful earthquake that destroyed much of Port-au-Prince in January of 2010. A cholera epidemic has affected 234,000 people and caused a reported 4,500 deaths. A recent article in the British medical journal The Lancet estimated that, “absent new interventions,” the epidemic could sicken some 800,000 people and kill 11,000. [...]
Read the full editorial:
http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/04/17/2172777/halt-haitian-deportations.html
Read about the origin of the cholera:
http://weeklynewsupdate.blogspot.com/2011/05/wnu-1079-un-admitsand-deniesrole-in.html
Sign a petition calling for a halt to the deportations:
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/383/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=6590.
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Study estimates that illegal immigrants paid $11.2B in taxes last year, unlike GE, which paid zero
By Albor Ruiz, New York Daily News
April 20, 2011
I bet most of you didn't know undocumented immigrants contributed more - much more - to the national treasury last year than General Electric. Surprised? Yet it's true.
While GE - which earned a whopping $14 billion last year - is reported to have paid nothing, nada, zero in taxes (GE denies it), the undocumented paid billions in state and local taxes in 2010. [...]
Read the full article:
http://articles.nydailynews.com/2011-04-20/local/29470037_1_sales-taxes-tax-revenue-property-taxes
April 20, 2011
I bet most of you didn't know undocumented immigrants contributed more - much more - to the national treasury last year than General Electric. Surprised? Yet it's true.
While GE - which earned a whopping $14 billion last year - is reported to have paid nothing, nada, zero in taxes (GE denies it), the undocumented paid billions in state and local taxes in 2010. [...]
Read the full article:
http://articles.nydailynews.com/2011-04-20/local/29470037_1_sales-taxes-tax-revenue-property-taxes
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Tucson Students Occupy School Board Meeting to Defend Ethnic Studies
The Real News
May 3, 2011
Students in Tucson, Arizona, took over a local school board meeting in order to prevent a controversial vote from taking place on the school district's ethnic studies program. Seven current Tucson high school students and two high school alumni chained themselves to the board chairs as a large crowd occupied the meeting room and held a rally. Tucson's Unified School District has become a focal point in Arizona's heated debate over the future of its Mexican-American studies program, after House Bill 2281 banning ethnic studies in public schools was passed--a week after the passage of the notorious anti-immigration bill SB 1070. [...]
Watch the video:
http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=6702
May 3, 2011
Students in Tucson, Arizona, took over a local school board meeting in order to prevent a controversial vote from taking place on the school district's ethnic studies program. Seven current Tucson high school students and two high school alumni chained themselves to the board chairs as a large crowd occupied the meeting room and held a rally. Tucson's Unified School District has become a focal point in Arizona's heated debate over the future of its Mexican-American studies program, after House Bill 2281 banning ethnic studies in public schools was passed--a week after the passage of the notorious anti-immigration bill SB 1070. [...]
Watch the video:
http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=6702
Saturday, May 7, 2011
Chicago: High School Students Walk Out for Immigrant Rights
By Familia Unida Latina
May 5, 2011
High Schools from Chicago Walked out in protest on May 5, demanding that President Barack Obama issue humanitarian visas to Undocumented members of our communities with US citizen spouses or children.
Watch the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNIC9FPgGxo
Pro-immigrant demonstrators block traffic in Chicago
By EFE, via Fox Latino
May 2, 2011
Chicago – Pro-immigrant activists and students blocked traffic on Monday in front of Chicago city hall in a noisy demonstration of civil disobedience to demand the end of deportations and the associated separation of families. [...]
Several protesters eluded the police cordon and blocked traffic by laying down in the street for several minutes until they were removed, but not before resisting and struggling with the cops. [...]
Read the full article:
http://www.politicalaffairs.net/may-day-san-jose-marches-for-immigrant-and-worker-rights/
May 5, 2011
High Schools from Chicago Walked out in protest on May 5, demanding that President Barack Obama issue humanitarian visas to Undocumented members of our communities with US citizen spouses or children.
Watch the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNIC9FPgGxo
Pro-immigrant demonstrators block traffic in Chicago
By EFE, via Fox Latino
May 2, 2011
Chicago – Pro-immigrant activists and students blocked traffic on Monday in front of Chicago city hall in a noisy demonstration of civil disobedience to demand the end of deportations and the associated separation of families. [...]
Several protesters eluded the police cordon and blocked traffic by laying down in the street for several minutes until they were removed, but not before resisting and struggling with the cops. [...]
Read the full article:
http://www.politicalaffairs.net/may-day-san-jose-marches-for-immigrant-and-worker-rights/
Friday, May 6, 2011
More May Day Coverage
May Day Marches See Labor Join Immigrants' Struggle for Rights
By Eduardo Soriano-Castillo, Labor Notes
May 2, 2011
In cities throughout the U.S., tens of thousands marched on May Day to demand an end to attacks on workers and immigrants.
Some traditional hotbeds of activity, like Los Angeles, turned out much smaller crowds than in previous years, while others, like Madison, saw a surge of participation as immigrants and unions joined to protest legislative assaults on their rights. [...]
Read the full article:
http://labornotes.org/2011/05/may-day-marches-see-labor-join-immigrants
Wisconsin Rallies Record Number for Solidarity March
by Voces de la Frontera
May 2, 2011
Milwaukee, Wisconsin--May 2 - Under the banner of “Wisconsin Solidarity March for Immigrant & Worker Rights” more than 100,000 protestors took to the streets on Sunday afternoon to fight back against Governor Walker’s attacks on collective bargaining rights, immigrant rights, and dramatic cuts to public education and health care. [...]
Read the full article:
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2011/05/02-3
May Day: San Jose Marches for Immigrant and Worker Rights
By David Bacon, Political Affairs
May 3, 2011
SAN JOSE, CA - Immigrants, workers, union members and community activists marched on May Day in San Jose. Marchers protested attacks on immigrants, unions and the rights of workers.
The march was organized by the May First Coalition, part of a national network called May Day United. Many marchers were immigrants from Mexico and Central America, where May Day is celebrated as a workers' holiday every year. Some marchers called for support for the Dignity Campaign, a proposal for immigration reform based on labor and human rights. [...]
Read the full article:
http://www.politicalaffairs.net/may-day-san-jose-marches-for-immigrant-and-worker-rights
By Eduardo Soriano-Castillo, Labor Notes
May 2, 2011
In cities throughout the U.S., tens of thousands marched on May Day to demand an end to attacks on workers and immigrants.
Some traditional hotbeds of activity, like Los Angeles, turned out much smaller crowds than in previous years, while others, like Madison, saw a surge of participation as immigrants and unions joined to protest legislative assaults on their rights. [...]
Read the full article:
http://labornotes.org/2011/05/may-day-marches-see-labor-join-immigrants
Wisconsin Rallies Record Number for Solidarity March
by Voces de la Frontera
May 2, 2011
Milwaukee, Wisconsin--May 2 - Under the banner of “Wisconsin Solidarity March for Immigrant & Worker Rights” more than 100,000 protestors took to the streets on Sunday afternoon to fight back against Governor Walker’s attacks on collective bargaining rights, immigrant rights, and dramatic cuts to public education and health care. [...]
Read the full article:
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2011/05/02-3
May Day: San Jose Marches for Immigrant and Worker Rights
By David Bacon, Political Affairs
May 3, 2011
SAN JOSE, CA - Immigrants, workers, union members and community activists marched on May Day in San Jose. Marchers protested attacks on immigrants, unions and the rights of workers.
The march was organized by the May First Coalition, part of a national network called May Day United. Many marchers were immigrants from Mexico and Central America, where May Day is celebrated as a workers' holiday every year. Some marchers called for support for the Dignity Campaign, a proposal for immigration reform based on labor and human rights. [...]
Read the full article:
http://www.politicalaffairs.net/may-day-san-jose-marches-for-immigrant-and-worker-rights
Monday, May 2, 2011
Workers demand better jobs, pay on May Day
Associated Press via NPR
May 1, 2011
Thousands of workers and immigrant laborers took to the streets on Sunday to celebrate May Day, demanding rights for those "who toil in the sun" while others pocket the profits.
The message in Manhattan — delivered with bullhorns and drums — was echoed by millions of workers around the world, from Havana to Berlin and Istanbul. [...]
Read the full article:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=135887804
Workers Rally For Rights at May Day Demonstrations
NY1 News
May 1, 2011
http://statenisland.ny1.com/content/top_stories/138319/workers-rally-for-rights-at-may-day-demonstrations
Massive immigration protest on San Jose streets
By Lisa M. Krieger, San Jose Mercury News
May 1, 2011
http://www.mercurynews.com/politics-government/ci_17971523?source=most_viewed&nclick_check=1
Thousands Participate in March for Immigrant and Worker Rights
By Ann-Elise Henzl, WUWM (Milwaukee, WI)
May 2, 2011
http://www.wuwm.com/programs/news/view_news.php?articleid=8387
May 1, 2011
Thousands of workers and immigrant laborers took to the streets on Sunday to celebrate May Day, demanding rights for those "who toil in the sun" while others pocket the profits.
The message in Manhattan — delivered with bullhorns and drums — was echoed by millions of workers around the world, from Havana to Berlin and Istanbul. [...]
Read the full article:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=135887804
Workers Rally For Rights at May Day Demonstrations
NY1 News
May 1, 2011
http://statenisland.ny1.com/content/top_stories/138319/workers-rally-for-rights-at-may-day-demonstrations
Massive immigration protest on San Jose streets
By Lisa M. Krieger, San Jose Mercury News
May 1, 2011
http://www.mercurynews.com/politics-government/ci_17971523?source=most_viewed&nclick_check=1
Thousands Participate in March for Immigrant and Worker Rights
By Ann-Elise Henzl, WUWM (Milwaukee, WI)
May 2, 2011
http://www.wuwm.com/programs/news/view_news.php?articleid=8387
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