3/6/10 Meeting-Stop Homeland Security’s militarizing of NW Washington!

February 27, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
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Stop The Checkpoints meeting on Saturday, March 6 at 4:00 pm at the Port Angeles Library (Note new time – 4:00 pm) will plan actions to protest the increasing police state tactics in northwestern Washington State.  Senator Murray wants funding to keep the huge homeland security headquarters in Bellingham Read more

“Secure Communities” lets ICE use local police in secret!

February 25, 2010 by Lois · Leave a Comment
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Homeland Security Targets “Criminal Aliens”

Thursday 18 February 2010

by: William Fisher, t r u t h o u t | Report

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A little-known program run by the Department of Homeland Security is using inaccurate databases and functioning “as little more than a dragnet to funnel even more people into the already overburdened” detention and deportation system of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency, according to three civil rights organizations that have filed a request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Read more

France: 6,000 strike for work permits

February 25, 2010 by Lois · 1 Comment
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Film industry seeks to highlight plight of illegal workers 2/17/2010  A few days before French regional elections, a screenwriters’ collective has launched a movement to fight for legal status for those working in the country without the proper papers. Read more

Current Immigration Reform Legislation – links to info

February 15, 2010 by Lois · Leave a Comment
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Resources on Current Legislation in 111th Congress                     Comprehensive Immigration Reform Legislation

The Comprehensive Immigration Reform for America’s Security and Prosperity Act (CIR ASAP Act), H.R. 4321, creates an earned legalization program for undocumented immigrants; Read more

Some farmworker protection rules restored

February 15, 2010 by admin · 1 Comment
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Feb. 13, 2010

U.S. Labor Dept. reinstates decades-old
farm worker protections rules

UFW applauds return to bi-partisan farm worker regulations

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis announced today reinstatement of protections for imported farm workers that were slashed from the nation’s agricultural guest worker program during the last days of the Bush administration Read more

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