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Znet Article Zirin: To Catch a Fire: Diamondback Protests Take Off

Znet Article, April, 30 2010 Dave Zirin
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This weekend in Chicago. May 3-6 in Houston. May 14-16 in Atlanta. May 17-18 in Florida. May 25-27 in Colorado. May 28-30 in San Francisco. And that’s just May. These are the road game locations for the Arizona Diamondbacks over the next month. Th...

Commentary Cohn: Arizona Legalizes Racial Profiling

Commentary, April, 29 2010 Marjorie Cohn
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The conservative "states' rights" mantra sweeping our country has led to one of the most egregious wrongs in recent U.S. history. New legislation in Arizona requires law enforcement officers to stop everyone whom they have "reasonable suspicion" t...

Commentary Guma: Immigration Fight at the AZ Corral

Commentary, April, 25 2010 Greg Guma
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Arizona Gov. Jan. Brewer has signed the toughest state immigration law yet. Here's how it happened and the larger context.

Znet Article Sprague: Migrants Risk Everything in Arizona Desert Crossing

Znet Article, April, 22 2010 Jeb Sprague
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According to U.S. civil rights groups, the number of migrants who die each year attempting to enter Arizona increased from nine in 1990 to over 200 by the mid-2000s.

Commentary Guma: Census Insecurity: It Takes a Pretext

Commentary, March, 25 2010 Greg Guma
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As census forms reach homes across the country, some people are being approached by scam artists who disguise themselves as census workers. What they're after, in most cases, is personal information like Social Security numbers, work history and h...

Znet Article Bogado: DC Immigration Mobilization

Znet Article, March, 24 2010 Aura Bogado
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These words are dedicated to all the communities and individuals who are voluntarily and compulsorily driven by the desperate crisis facing us daily as migrant and undocumented people in this nation.

Znet Article Bacon: Immigration Reform: We Need a Better Alternative

Znet Article, March, 23 2010 David Bacon
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Oakland, California - Sens. Charles Schumer and Lindsey Graham announced Thursday their plan for immigration reform. Unfortunately, it is a retread, recycling the same bad ideas that led to the defeat of reform efforts over the last five years. In...

Znet Article Early: Jose Naranjeros Long Walk To Work

Znet Article, February, 04 2010 Alexandra Early
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An undocumented man's stubborn search for work puts an unemployed college graduate's experience into perspective

Zmag Article Ten eyck: Laborers Join with Worker Centers

Zmag Article, February, 01 2010 Tiffany Ten eyck
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Organizing coalitions in residential construction

Znet Article Goodman: Let the Haitians In

Znet Article, January, 29 2010 Amy Goodman
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Jean Montrevil was shackled, imprisoned, about to be sent to Haiti. It was Jan. 6, days before the earthquake that would devastate Haiti, the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere. Montrevil came to the U.S. with a green card in 1986 at the age...

Zmag Article Bacon: Should We Defend Undocumented Workers?

Zmag Article, January, 28 2010 David Bacon
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The effects of a law that makes it a crime to work

Znet Article Nevins: Security First: The Obama Administration and Immigration "Reform"

Znet Article, January, 09 2010 Joseph Nevins
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In a November 13 speech to the Center for American Progress in Washington, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano made clear that President Obama's administration intends to move forward soon on legislation that would bring about “an im...

Znet Article Bacon: The Brutal Dark Side of Obama's "Softer" Immigration Enforcement

Znet Article, December, 16 2009 David Bacon
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Ana Contreras would have been a competitor for the national tai kwon do championship team this year. She's 14. For six years she's gone to practice instead of birthday parties, giving up the friendships most teenagers live for. Then two months ago...

Zmag Article Steinbach: The Obama Administration's Immigration Policy

Zmag Article, December, 01 2009 John Steinbach
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Fading hopes for positive reform amid increased repression

Zmag Article Adams: Underserved and Unprotected

Zmag Article, December, 01 2009 Margaret Adams
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A glimpse into migrant worker camps in rural Maryland

Znet Article Bacon: Should We Defend Undocumented Workers?

Znet Article, November, 24 2009 David Bacon
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One winter morning in 1996, Border Patrol agents charged into a Los Angeles street-corner clinic where 40 day laborers had lined up to be tested for AIDS. One worker, Omar Sierra, had just taken his seat, and a nurse had inserted the needle for dr...

Commentary Bello: The Migrant Condition

Commentary, November, 20 2009 Walden Bello
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Speech delivered at the People's Global Action Conference during the Global Forum for Migration and Development, Athens, Greece, Nov. 1, 2009.

Znet Article Keber: Family Detention

Znet Article, November, 20 2009 Lily Keber
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When she first arrived in the U.S. with her two small children, Denia didn’t realize she was pregnant. Fleeing an abusive relationship in Honduras, she had traveled north to the U.S. to reunite with her mother, a naturalized citizen living in Ho...

Zmag Article Simanowitz: Young, Gifted, and Blacklisted

Zmag Article, November, 01 2009 Stefan Simanowitz
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Repression and resistance of Saharawi students

Zmag Article Tedrow: Beyond Hutto: "Pushing Back" Against Immigrant Detention Centers

Zmag Article, November, 01 2009 Dc Tedrow
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Activists interviewed on immigrant detention reforms in Texas

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