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Carlsen: Mexico's Immigration Problem Also a "Red Flag" at Home
Znet Article, December, 16 2008
Laura Carlsen
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In the first two years of the Felipe Calderon administration, Mexico has become a focal point in the violation of the human rights of immigrants even as it criticizes the treatment of Mexican migrants in the United States. The UN Special Rapporteu...
Apollon: Out Of The Frying Pan Into The Fire
Znet Article, December, 14 2008
Don Apollon
Apollon's ZSpace page
The Bush Administration is failing to address the needs of veterans from the Iraq war, but it's arguably doing even worse when it comes to reintegrating prisoners- casualties of the War on Drugs-into their communities. In his new book, Releasing P...
Nevins: Human Rights Require International Freedom of Movement and Residence
Znet Article, December, 11 2008
Joseph Nevins
Nevins's ZSpace page
Sixty years ago this week the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) as “a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations.†Since its birth on Dec. 10, 1948, the declaration has played a s...
George: Examining relationships between European Union policies and migratory pressures
Znet Article, December, 02 2008
Susan George
George's ZSpace page
Instead of relying on the border police, the EU should assess the effects of its own policies on the poor, migrant-sending countries. Unless the policies that perpetuate the conditions for poverty and injustice are changed, the reasons for migrati...
Bacon: How Do You Say Justice in Mixteco?
Zmag Article, October, 01 2008
David Bacon
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David Bacon on providing legal services for immigrants.
Quigley: Shame: The U.S. War against Unarmed Working Mothers
Znet Article, September, 27 2008
Bill Quigley
Quigley's ZSpace page
Dozens of petite young mothers gathered this week in the parking lot outside the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in Mississippi. Each wore a long dress or pants to hide their electronic ankle bracelets. Lift up a pants leg and you can see th...
Abu-jamal: Fear -- The Engine of Politics
Znet Article, September, 14 2008
Mumia Abu-jamal
Abu-jamal's ZSpace page
Although little discussed by major political figures, there is an acidic undertow in the eternal sea of politics...
Bacon: Original Workers Overcome Divisions After Mississippi Raid
Znet Article, September, 09 2008
David Bacon
Bacon's ZSpace page
In the recent raid of the Howard Industries electrical plant in Laurel, Mississippi, 481 workers have been detained for almost two weeks in Jena, Louisiana. Neither they nor their attorneys know when they will be formally charged, deported or rele...
Bacon: Did a Mississippi Raid Protect Rightwing Politicians?
Znet Article, September, 01 2008
David Bacon
Bacon's ZSpace page
On August 25, immigration agents swooped down on Howard Industries, a Mississippi electrical equipment factory, taking 481 workers to a privately-run detention center in Jena, Louisiana. A hundred and six women were also arrested at the plant, and...
Terrall: Dying To Live
Zmag Article, September, 01 2008
Ben Terrall
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Ben Terrall on Joseph Nevins’s new book about immigration.
Nevins: Pat Nixon at the U.S.-Mexico Border
Znet Article, August, 25 2008
Joseph Nevins
Nevins's ZSpace page
The death of nine Central American and Mexican migrants in a vehicle crash near Florence, Ariz. on Aug. 9 is only one of the latest grisly manifestations of the mounting toll in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands. More than 5,000 bodies have been recover...
Rachleff: Immigrant Rights Are Labor Rights
Znet Article, August, 21 2008
Peter Rachleff
Rachleff's ZSpace page
Today's critical labor struggles revolve around immigrants' rights, while today's struggles over immigrants' rights are grounded in workplace and labor organizing. Global, national, and local histories have woven these issues tightly together. I...
Gutierrez: Mr. President, Stop These Raids on Our Communities
Znet Article, August, 21 2008
Luis Gutierrez
Gutierrez's ZSpace page
As members of Congress, we have traveled to remote corners of the world and had our eyes opened to some of the worst human suffering imaginable - abject poverty, meager wages, poor working conditions, paltry access to legal counsel and a jarring l...
Terrall: A Story of U.S. Immigration In An Age of Global Apartheid
Znet Article, August, 13 2008
Ben Terrall
Terrall's ZSpace page
In his 2001 book, Operation Gatekeeper: The Rise of the ‘Illegal Alien’ and the Remaking of the U.S.-Mexico Boundary (Routledge), Joseph Nevins focused on the Clinton Administration’s initiatives to heighten security at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Lendman: Targeting Immigrants
Znet Article, August, 11 2008
Stephen Lendman
Lendman's ZSpace page
The 2002 Homeland Security Act established its largest investigative and enforcement arm in 2003: the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) created "as a law enforcement agency for the post-9/11 era, to integrate enforcement authorit...
Nevins: Death as a Way of Life: Esequial Hernández Jr. and the Making of the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands
Znet Article, July, 26 2008
Joseph Nevins
Nevins's ZSpace page
Esequiel Hernández Jr. was only 18-years-old when Clemente Manuel Banuelos, a U.S. Marine corporal, shot and killed him in Redford, Texas in May 1998. Hernández, a high school student, was the first civilian killed by U.S. troops within national t...
Rachleff: No Human Being Is Illegal
Znet Article, July, 25 2008
Peter Rachleff
Rachleff's ZSpace page
In April 2006, hundreds of thousands of immigrant rights protestors marched in cities across the United States. They countered prolonged debates about the pros and cons of comprehensive immigration reform with a short but sweet affirmation, scraw...
Bohmer: Reflections on May Day Actions in Olympia, WA
Znet Article, July, 12 2008
Peter Bohmer
Bohmer's ZSpace page
Organizing for Sanctuary for immigrants and GI's
GarcÃÂa hernández: E-Verify: Bad Execution, Bad Idea
Zmag Article, July, 01 2008
César cuauhtémoc GarcÃÂa hernández
GarcÃÂa hernández's ZSpace page
The innocuous sounding “E-Verify” program allows employers to electronically check whether their employees are authorized to work. If the workers are not authorized, they are fired. Participation in the program is billed as voluntary, but employer...
Barry: Homeland Security's Enemy Next Door
Znet Article, June, 15 2008
Tom Barry
Barry's ZSpace page
At home, like abroad, the war on terrorism has lost its focus. Faced with failure, the Bush administration's stated resolve to dismantle international terrorism has devolved into an attack on a far more vulnerable and proximate target—Latin Americ...
