Two former state workers pleaded guilty Monday to their roles in the release of a list of 1,300 names of people suspected of being in the country illegally. Read more
Utah: 2 Plead Guilty in Data Breach
June 6, 2011
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ellensburg, WA residents respond to immigration raids
7:59 PM, Jan. 21, 2011 | SHANNON DININNY Associated Press
ELLENSBURG, Wash. — More than 200 people turned out to a church in a central Washington college town Friday to discuss a series of immigration raids that resulted in more than two dozen arrests and left relatives scrambling to care for the children left behind.
Those attending the meeting at First United Methodist Church in Ellensburg, a city of 17,000 about 90 miles east of Seattle, included faculty members and students from the hometown Central Washington University.
“I have children. How would I feel if it happened to me and they snatched me and sent me somewhere and left my kids behind?” said attendee Raymond Hall, CWU professor of African-American folklore. Read more
Ellensburg, WA armed federal raids detain 30.
Federal raid leads to 30 being taken into custody
Federal raid leads to 30 being taken into custody By DAILY RECORD STAFF Daily Record | 15 comments
Federal agents early Thursday morning arrested 14 Ellensburg area residents related to criminal charges of manufacture and purchase of counterfeit identity and employment documents, according to a news release from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
Another 16 were taken into custody on administrative immigration violations, and three of those were later released Read more
Guest Workers in U.S. Keep Up Fight for Their Rights
Posted By James Parks On December 16, 2010 @ 4:21 pm In In the States, Legislation & Politics | 8 Comments
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In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, thousands of guest workers with H-2B visas were recruited from Latin America and Asia and brought to the Gulf Coast on the false promise of steady jobs, fair pay, great conditions and even permanent legal status. Many of the workers paid thousands of dollars each to recruiters to buy what they thought was an American dream, only to find out later their dream was a nightmare filled with terrible work conditions and no protections.
The workers fought back, and today have rung up some significant achievements. They now plan to build on their victories by focusing on organizing and political action to expand the rights of guest workers. The H-2B workers are recruited for jobs after employers certify that they cannot find U.S. citizens to do the work. The guest workers are then bound to that one employer and cannot move to another job if they are mistreated.
Tell ICE to Stop Secretive Local Police Collaboration
Tell ICE to Stop Secretive Local Police Collaboration
Recently, an immigrant living in California called the police during a domestic violence incident. Instead of receiving the help she needed, she was arrested, fingerprinted and transferred into Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody—even though no charges were filed against her.
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14th Amendment birthright debate is just politics not constitutional law issue.
by Victor Goode Thursday, August 12 2010, ColorLines
Republican leaders have spent the last couple of weeks reigniting a 140-year-old constitutional debate: Whether the 14th Amendment should grant citizenship to everyone born inside United States territory. South Carolina’s Sen. Lindsay Graham, who was once considered an immigration ally for Democrats, demanded Senate hearings on the matter first, and party leaders have eagerly chimed in with support.
The most recent GOP big to pile on is House Minority Leader John Boehner, who would likely become speaker if the GOP wins in November. He told NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday, I think that there is a problem. To provide an incentive for illegal immigrants to come here so that their children can be U.S. citizens Read more
Anti-Immigrant Zealot Becomes GOP’s Colorado Senate Nominee
Ari Berman | August 11, 2010 | The Nation
At dawn on December 12, 2006, the holiday of Our Lady of Guadeloupe, a heavily armed fleet of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers stormed the JBS Swift Greeley Beef Plant, the largest employer in the sleepy city of Greeley, Colorado. They arrived in riot gear, arresting 265 Hispanic workers and deporting dozens in a coordinated seven-city raid known as Operation Wagon Train, a key front in the Bush Administration’s “war against illegal immigration.” The largest ICE raid in US history ruptured the city, split apart families, drew national headlines, and sparked a heated debate inside the city, as Republican Mayor Tom Selders denounced the government’s heavy-handed tactics. One Hispanic activist told The Nation’s Marc Cooper, “This has been our Katrina [1].”
The raid was masterminded by Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck [2], Colorado’s new GOP nominee for the US Senate. Buck defeated former lieutenant governor Jane Norton in a hard-fought primary [3] last night—and his hard-line stance on immigration was a big reason why. Read more
Citizenship Law Fans Women’s Fears in Arizona
By Sharon Johnson
WeNews correspondent
Arizona’s new law on checking immigration papers rings special alarms
for women whose new names after marriage or divorce might not match
electronic records. Others in mixed-status relationships fear their
families could get torn apart.
http://www.womensenews.org/story/the-nation/100504/citizenship-law-fans-womens-fears-in-arizona
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Right wing attempting to end “citizenship by birth”!
Immigration: ‘Birth Tourism’ Industry Markets U.S. Citizenship Abroad – ABC News
Some legislators, including U.S. Rep. Gary Miller, R-Calif., have called for revising the Constitution to forbid citizenship by birth alone and thereby end the attraction of birth tourists.
Among the foreigners who have given birth here, including international travelers passing through and foreign students studying at U.S. universities, are “birth tourists,” women who travel to the United States with the explicit purpose of obtaining citizenship for their child.