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Secure Communities gear up is the mother of all flawed immigration policies
05/14/2012 / posted by NDLON Staff / Topic: News
The announcement came just in time for Mother’s Day: Secure Communities, the arbitrary and despised Department of Homeland Security program that requires states to identify immigrants for deportation, is expected to be activated across New York State, including in New York City, on Tuesday. In a brave gesture Gov. Cuomo, nearly a year ago, unsuccessfully tried to remove the state from the deportation program that is also strongly opposed by law enforcement officials and domestic violence groups across the country. These groups correctly believe Secure Communities undermines public safety by compromising the trust between police and the communities they serve,...
Read moreObama's Broken 2008 Immigration Promises Create Dilemma For Democrats
Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.), one of President Barack Obama's most vocal cr…
ICE to Expand Secure Communities Program in Mass. and N.Y. - NYTimes.com
Obama administration officials have announced that a contentious fingerprin…
Joe Arpaio Faces Justice Department Lawsuit Over Allegations Of Civil Rights Violations
Federal authorities sued America's self-proclaimed toughest sheriff Thursda…
SB 1070: Why Obama Is Partly to Blame for the Racist Bill
Listening to the oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court on Arizona's …
Una Familia Vive Presa Del Miedo Por 287-G En Atlanta
Una Familia Vive Presa Del Miedo Por La Ley 287-G En Atlanta
Nationwide Protests Against SB 1070 End with Nine Arrests in Phoenix
Not content to let the fight against the SB 1070 be handled by the federal …
Arizona Latinos Take to the Street Protest Deportations and Racism
Members of the Hispanic community of southern Arizona marched through the s…
FORBES: Why Arizona's Controversial Immigration Law Is Bad For Business
Source: Forbes.com | By Erik Kain, 4/27/2012 Whether or not the Supreme Co…
Phoenix SB1070 Protesters Block ICE Entrance
SB 1070 Protesters Block Central Ave, 9 Arrested: MyFoxPHOENIX.com …
Obama Sues Arizona While Replicating Its Policies - Democracy Now
Returning to the Scene of the Crime: Phoenix, Two Years Later
Two years ago, on July 29, 2010, I was arrested in Phoenix for nonviolent c…
SB 1070 Arguments Loom As Mexican Immigration to U.S. Slows To Standstill - Phoenix News - Valley Fever
Don't know if the Pew Hispanic Center intentionally released its fascinatin…
Ariz. to defend its tough immigration law at Supreme Court – USATODAY.com
National legal experts predict the high court's ruling will be a landmark d…
Sheriff faces pressure to stop holding jailed immigrants for federal agents
In thousands of local jails and prisons across the country, federal agents …
Episcopal Bishop Sermon on 1070 and a Dream of Shalom
The descendants of Abraham are still living into the promise he received, t…
Top 5 Negative Impacts of Arizona’s ‘Papers Please’ Law
Read more http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2012/04/arizo…
The Arizona Immigration Law is a Constitutional Nightmare - Brad Bannon (usnews.com)
You thought the healthcare case created a storm. Well you haven't seen anyt…
Arizona Immigrants Make Plans for Defense
By FERNANDA SANTOS PHOENIX — Miguel Guerra has a wife, th…
The Lower Floor of the Supreme Court - NYTimes
by Linda Greenhouse, New York Times, 05.02.2012 I found last week’s Supreme Court argument in the Arizona immigration case utterly depressing, and I’ve spent the intervening week puzzling over my reaction.…
Latino Union's Eric Rodriguez Receives Excellence in Service Award from MALDEF
Congratulations to Eric Rodriguez for his Excellence in Community Service Award from MALDEF.
The Higher Stakes of SB1070 Debate - AZ Republic
When the Supreme Court hears the Department of Justice lawsuit challenging portions of Arizona's Senate Bill 1070 today, what will be debated has much higher stakes than the limited constitutional…
The 'Arizonification' of the US immigration debate - Guardian UK
While many focused on the US supreme court's consideration of Arizona's SB1070 on Wednesday, events on the streets of Phoenix and not in the court, foreshadow the future of the country's…
The poor among you
By Ken Camp, Managing Editor | Source: BaptistStandard.com Published: March 30, 2012 They gather at dawn at day-labor centers or designated parking lots where contractors hire workers. Some stop on their way…
Nepali immigrant charges in lawsuit that L.I. restaurant bosses exploited him
Says he was forced to work 12 hours a day for little pay By Erica Pearson, New York Daily News | Tuesday, April 3, 2012, 10:14 AM A Nepali kitchen assistant says…
Secure Communities: End it, Don't Mend it
Any day now Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will announce a second round of "reforms" to the disgraced "Secure Communities" deportation program, S-Comm. And once again, it appears that ICE…
Out of the Shadows & Into the Streets, to Stop Arpaio!!
There are so many indescribable words that can portray yesterdays [March 20th2012] act of bravery and resistance by six undocumented students. These six students stepped up to the plate, without…
Poster Contest "Our Lives, Our Struggle"/Concurso de Cartel "Nuestra vida, nuestra lucha"
Poster Contest "Our Lives, Our Struggle"/Concurso de Cartel "Nuestra vida, nuestra lucha" *Español abajo. To celebrate its 20th Anniversary, The Workplace Project calls on all interested people to participate in a…
Women at the Fore of the Day Laborer Movement
When I first went to a day laborer corner to offer training about wage theft, some people looked at me like I was out of place. After all, I was…
Full Days, Full Hearts - Sandra Castro
Upon arrival to the NDLON conference I had a lot of things going through my mind. I recalled the last conference that took place two years ago in Phoenix Arizona.…
Jornaleros Detenidos de Tucson - Raúl Alcaraz Ochoa
Buenos dias tengan todas y todos ustedes. Me llamo Raúl Alcaraz Ochoa aquí junto con compañeros representando el Centro de Trabajadores Southside de Tucson, AZ. Les presento hoy con gran tristeza…
Reflecciones en la asamblea 2012
Domingo. 19 de Febrero "Me pareció interesante, a llegado un buen grupo de trabajadores y cada vez hay mas mujeres que estan participando.La risa de la noche fue para la actuación…
Fotos del 1er día de la asamblea
GOP and Attrition - Daniel D. Portado on Rachel Maddow
Satire becomes reality with Romney 'self-deportation' answer Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
Response to State of the Union 2012: Gap Between Rhetoric and Reality.
In a disappointing repeat of last year's address, President Obama had very little to say on immigration, an issue that is central to the country's future. President Obama boasted about…
Newt Gingrich Supports the Arizonification of America
Originally published by US News & World Report - Nov. 30, 2011 Newt Gingrich's repugnant position on immigration should not be concealed by his faint use of the word "humane" during…
Georgia Still on My Mind
During the hearing on Georgia's HB 87, a replication of Arizona's notorious SB 1070, Judge Thomas Thrash posed a hypothetical scenario: an 18-year-old man is driving his mother to church. He…
What the Government Should Be Verifying: Jobs, Training, and Safety
In America, we desperately need to address the hardships everyday people increasingly face. As Rep. Lamar Smith points out, unemployment rates in the U.S. have reached nearly 10%. Those who…
The Battle of Arizona... In California
Californians took a turn against the Arizonification of immigration policy and took a step toward standards we expect and the oversight we deserve when the state passed the TRUST Act…
Arizona to Nativist Lobby, "Stop Cheating on Me"
State Feels Spurned by Anti-immigrants’ Expanded Focus “I used to be Tanton’s one and only,” Arizona sobbed in a confessional interview last week, speaking of John Tanton the head of the FAIR…
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WEBINAR: CÓMO USAR EL SITIO DE WEB DE NDLON
Quiere conocer cómo compartir información y promover su organización através del sitio de web de NDLON?
Participe en un taller de cómo usar el nuevo website. B. Loewe de NDLON facilitará un "webi...
Start: May 18, 2012 - 10:00 P - End: May 18, 2012 - 11:00 P - chicago, il -
The Supreme Court Decision & the Future for Arizona
In the next month and a half the Supreme Court will rule on the Department of Justice's suit against SB1070.
As many weigh in on the decision, no voice is more important than that of those...
Start: May 30, 2012 - 11:00 P - End: May 30, 2012 - 12:00 P - 712.432.0075 code: 932705# Phoenix, AZ -
La Corte Suprema, SB1070, y el Movimiento Pro-Migrante
En el mes que viene, la corte suprema publicará su decisión en el caso del Departamento de Justicia ante SB1070.
Mientras muchos quienes van a opinion, son las voces de los directamente impactados e...
Start: May 31, 2012 - 16:00 P - End: May 31, 2012 - 17:00 P - 712.432.0075 code: 932705# Phoenix, AZ
No More Arpaio's, End Local Deportation Programs Now!
The Department of Justice report chronicling Sheriff Arpaio's unconstitutional crimes and the federal immigration programs that made them possible moved the Department of Homeland Security to cut the Sheriff off…
Tell National Geographic, "There's a Crisis on the Border, Not a War."
Tell National Geographic, "There's a Crisis on the Border, Not a War."Sign the Petition
Petition to Secretary Napolitano, Department of Homeland Security
Across the country, counties are recognizing the damage to communities and public safety caused by police/ICE collaboration programs, such as “Secure Communities” or S-Comm. We've seen racial profiling and the…
Women's Caucus Petition to the President Regarding Failed Immigration Enforcement Programs
Please stand with the National Women's Caucus Against ICE and Police Collaboration and sign the petition to President Obama expressing concerns about Human Rights threats against women and children. Please…
Demand Justice for Sergio Adrian Hernandez Huereca!
On Monday evening, 14-year-old Sergio Adrian Hernandez Huereca was shot and killed by a Border Patrol Officer at an international bridge near downtown El Paso, Texas. The boy…
The Dream is Coming!
On Monday May 17th, on the anniversary of Brown vs. Board of Education, landmark civil rights case, four undocumented students and one ally student engaged in a peaceful resistance act…
Call Foul on Phil Jackson: Basketball Boycotts Hate
Sports stars across the board have come out against SB 1070 in huge numbers. Adrian Gonzalez says he'll refuse to play in Arizona. Charles Barkley called out Gov. Jan Brewer.…
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