The US House Immigration Subcommittee will be reviewing new health and safety guidelines for immigration detention and detainment facilities in a session entitled “Holiday on ICE: The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s New Immigration Detention Standards.”
On New Year’s Day, 2011, Sara Martinez was singled out by two Border Patrol officers and asked for her identification. When Sara could not produce a federally issued ID, she was handcuffed and placed in a squad car, all within the view of her 6 year old daughter.
After four years of massive mobilization against undocumented immigrants, the number of nativist extremist militia groups has fallen dramatically over the past year. Unfortunately, while this reduction should be celebrated, it is largely attributed to the anti-immigration laws enacted over the past year.
Since the late 1990s, a community of approximately 2,000 Christian Indonesians has resided in the United States as refuges seeking asylum from religious persecution.
Voter ID laws are intrusive, unnecessary measures proven to disproportionately hinder people of color, the elderly, low-income people, women and college students from casting their vote.
In just a few weeks, we’re gathered over 27,000 signatures calling on car companies Honda and Hyundai to take a stand against Alabama’s anti-immigrant law HB56. And right now, our allies on our their way to Seoul, South Korea to hand deliver your messages at the Hyundai shareholders meeting this week.
3 days and 22 miles later, it’s time for an update. We’ve met some incredible people along the way – from Idaho, Nevada, Massachusetts, Maryland, Alabama, and more. I met a man from Waldorf, Maryland — who wished to not be named — whose uncle was Martin Luther King, Jr.’s roommate in college. His uncle […]
Today, we arrived in Alabama for the 47th reenactment of the historic civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. We will march for approximately 54 miles over the course of five days to stand up for civil, voting, and immigrant rights in Alabama and across the United States. More than 5,000 people are expected […]
This week, thousands will walk the historic path from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama to demand justice for all our communities.