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Risks and Returns: Exploiting the Immigrant Detention Industry
(www.racewire.org)
Last winter, a remote Texas prison convulsed in a cry of outrage, voicing the desperation of the immigration system’s silenced captives.
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Legal Dissonance: Immigration Policies Clash with Worker Protections
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It’s hard to make sense of the news headlines about immigrant workers these days. A police sweep in Maricopa County, Arizona, home of the famously anti-immigrant Sheriff Joe Arpaio, snatched up... More
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Rinku Sen on “Illegal”: Word is a Gateway to Racism and Exploitation [VIDEO]
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Perhaps the most talked-about moment of President Obama’s address to Congress last night followed the dismissal of rumors that the new health care plan would cover ‘illegal immigrants.’ Rep. Joe... More
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API Community Rally For Immgration Reform, and other news
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A dozen Asian/Pacific-Islander (API) organizations in cities with high Asian-American populations hosted events calling for comprehensive immigration reform. The API community is one of the fastest... More
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Broken bootstraps: Black and Latino Youth in Transition
(www.racewire.org)
It's hard to draw clear conclusions, since the methodology of the study doesn't capture possible differences between immigrant households from different cultures and regions. And since families with... More
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30% Unemployment, Pre-Recession: Immigrant Communities Need Real Recovery [VIDEO]
(www.racewire.org)
Last week, the world’s central bankers got together for a little strategy session in Colorado, and declared that the recovery is on its way. This is the way it works with recessions. They ravage the... More
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For One Sikh, The Long Ride to Just Immigration Reform
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Yesterday afternoon I joined several faith leaders from diverse communities for a meeting with Congressman Anthony Weiner (D-NY) in his district office in Kew Gardens, Queens to discuss immigration... More
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The Language of Good Health: Pharmacy Access in New York
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Patients are expected to follow the doctor’s orders, but for many immigrants who can’t read or speak English easily, taking your daily medicine means finding a friend or family member to translate... More
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Protecting Undocumented Youth
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San Francisco Chronicle writers Marisa Lagos and John Coté have reported on new proposed legislation that may help protect undocumented youth in the city. The law would require that minors suspected... More
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APIs Wanna Know: How Much Longer Can We Wait for Immigration Reform?
(www.racewire.org)
For nearly a decade, reforming our broken immigration system has been a central concern of immigrant communities, including Asian American and Pacific Islander communities. Despite several heated... More
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