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Jose Maria Islas loses deportation appeal- The New Haven Register - Serving New Haven, Connecticut
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 20, 2013
Immigration and Custom Enforcement officials handcuffed and took away Jose Maria Islas Monday after he lost his appeal and was ordered deported to Mexico. Islas was taken to a deportation center in Massachusetts, said activist Megan Fountain of Unidad Latina... Read more
Where Individuals Enter ICE Custody: State-by-State Details
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 20, 2013
On a typical work day Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) took 1,509 individuals... Read more
New Orleans Passes Resolution Against Detainers
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 20, 2013
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Restoring Latinos' trust in police - The Denver Post
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 20, 2013
A report released this week by the University of Illinois at Chicago and PolicyLink should make all of us who are concerned about crime take notice. The team behind the report, Insecure Communities: Latino Perceptions of Police Involvement in Immigration... Read more
Pablo Alvarado: The Man Who Organized Day Laborers - Los Angeles - News - The Informer
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 16, 2013
Pablo Alvarado, 46, normally affable and soft-spoken, bristles when he's called the Cesar Chavez of day laborers. Despite his accomplishments as director of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, he doesn't see himself as a hero. "I do this work... Read more
Pablo Alvarado: The Man Who Organized Day Laborers - Los Angeles - News - The Informer
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 16, 2013
Pablo Alvarado, 46, normally affable and soft-spoken, bristles when he's called the Cesar Chavez of day laborers. Despite his accomplishments as director of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, he doesn't see himself as a hero. "I do this work... Read more
Groups: Obama shouldn't deport likely immigration reform beneficiaries
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 14, 2013
Several Latino, labor and immigrant rights organizations joined Monday to call on President Barack Obama to halt the deportations of individuals who could be eligible for legalization and a roadmap to citizenship under the immigration reform bill proposed in the... Read more
Groups Call for Deportation Suspension for Immigrants Affected by Overhaul - NYTimes.com
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 13, 2013
Labor, Latino and immigrant advocate groups called on President Obama on Monday to suspend deportations of illegal immigrants who could be eligible for a pathway to citizenship under a bipartisan bill to overhaul the immigration system that is under consideration... Read more
Niños marchan por una reforma migratoria - Univision 23
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 12, 2013
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Workers Rights Advocates from Mountain View End Fast | NBC Bay Area
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 12, 2013
A workers' rights group in Mountain View said Sunday it wants to draw national attention to what it believes are unethical deportations of illegal immigrants. Maria Marroquin, the Executive Director of the Mountain View Day Worker Center, said she and... Read more
Teatro Jornalero Brings Immigrant Stories To Life With Theater - ABC News
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 11, 2013
Teatro Jornalero Sin Fronteras is a theater company in Los Angeles made up of day laborers and domestic workers. Its members perform plays that tell their stories as immigrants. None of them have previous acting experience. Albert Sabaté/ABC/Univision Luis Juarez... Read more
Study: Latinos now less likely to report crimes
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 9, 2013
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Latinos Less Likely to Report Crimes to Police, Survey Reveals | Latina
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 9, 2013
According to a new study, many Latinos admit they are less likely to report crimes because local police are more involved in enforcing immigration laws, which has led to an increase in deportations. Over 2,000 Latinos in major cities including,... Read more
Under Secure Communities, D.C. goes easy on immigrants with records - Washington Times
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 9, 2013
Illegal immigrants are being deported from Washington, D.C., at a lower rate than most states and other big cities under a federal program designed to remove illegal immigrants who have committed violent crimes. Data from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement... Read more
NBC LA: Police Involvement in Immigration Enforcement Prompts Lower Crime Reporting
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 8, 2013
Latinos are less likely to report crimes – even when they're the victims – for fear of immigration enforcement, according to the results of a survey released Tuesday. The report looked at attitudes toward law enforcement among Latinos in four counties,... Read more
Report: Latinos Scared To Report Crime Because of Local Immigration Enforcement - COLORLINES
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 7, 2013
Latinos are far less likely to contact police to report crime because of fears that doing so could trigger immigration detention and deportation. That’s according to new polling data released today of over 2000 Latinos in Los Angeles, Houston, Chicago... Read more
Report: Latinos Scared To Report Crime Because of Local Immigration Enforcement - COLORLINES
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 7, 2013
Latinos are far less likely to contact police to report crime because of fears that doing so could trigger immigration detention and deportation. That’s according to new polling data released today of over 2000 Latinos in Los Angeles, Houston, Chicago... Read more
Report: Latinos Scared To Report Crime Because of Local Immigration Enforcement - COLORLINES
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 7, 2013
Latinos are far less likely to contact police to report crime because of fears that doing so could trigger immigration detention and deportation. That’s according to new polling data released today of over 2000 Latinos in Los Angeles, Houston, Chicago... Read more
Report: Latinos Scared To Report Crime Because of Local Immigration Enforcement - COLORLINES
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 7, 2013
Latinos are far less likely to contact police to report crime because of fears that doing so could trigger immigration detention and deportation. That’s according to new polling data released today of over 2000 Latinos in Los Angeles, Houston, Chicago... Read more
Latinos now less likely to report crimes to police, poll says - latimes.com
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 7, 2013
Many Latinos say they are less likely than before to report crimes because local police are increasingly involved in enforcing immigration laws, leading to a sharp increase in deportations, according to a new study. About 44% of Latinos surveyed said... Read more
EDITORIAL: Deportation stay humanitarian, wise thing to do- The New Haven Register - Serving New Haven, Connecticut
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 3, 2013
Jose Maria Islas of New Haven caught a break this week, at least for a while, in his desire to keep from being deported to his native Mexico by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. His lawyer, Danielle Briand, thinks that... Read more
After superstorm Sandy, LIers look to the future
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 29, 2013
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On Beyond Fear of Immigration Reform - NYTimes.com
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 25, 2013
The homeland security secretary, Janet Napolitano, testified on Tuesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee about the Senate’s bipartisan immigration bill. For hours, in a calm and methodical manner, she flipped each confrontational line of questioning on its head. No, the... Read more
Jornaleros de LA satisfechos con reforma migratoria - laopinion.com
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 24, 2013
Bajo la sombra de un árbol en la esquina de Wilshire y Union de Los Ángeles, cuatro jornaleros esperan el milagro de cada día: encontrar trabajo. Marco Mejía, Wálter Castillo, Paulino Ramos y Mario Alonso saben que sin una reforma... Read more
Trapped in the Deportation Machine : The New Yorker
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 23, 2013
You get arrested. The authorities run a background check. They need to know if you have outstanding warrants or unpaid tickets, if you jumped bail somewhere, if you’re driving a stolen vehicle. To obtain your criminal history, they routinely send... Read more
Report: Many foreign nationals detained for deportation are not criminals - MiamiHerald
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 19, 2013
A majority of foreign nationals detained for deportation in Miami-Dade County through the controversial immigration enforcement program called Secure Communities were not dangerous criminals, according to a report to be released Monday. The conclusions of the 57 page report, “False... Read more
Groups want Obama to halt deportations amid immigration reform debate
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 18, 2013
Almost immediately after the bipartisan immigration reform bill was formally introduced early Wednesday in the Senate, calls for an end to the deportations of undocumented immigrants who could qualify for the bill started pouring in. “President [Barack] Obama should seize... Read more
‘El Hielo’: Music Video Inspires Immigrant Rights Activists, Goes Viral - New America Media
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 17, 2013
Two immigrant mothers stood outside the downtown Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office holding a sign that read, “They have a Dream.” The women stood in silence -- they shouted no slogans and sang no chants. They didn’t need to.... Read more
Immigration Activists and Experts on Their 'Dealbreakers' on Immigration Reform | The Nation
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 16, 2013
It’s no secret that a quota of 400,000 deportations per year drives immigration enforcement in the United States. Will federal immigration reform change this? Will deportations decrease, remain the same—or worse, increase? The strongest federal bill would, of course, qualify... Read more
L.A. band La Santa Cecilia ‘not afraid’ to reveal undocumented status
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 9, 2013
By David Montgomery, Source: WashingtonPost.com For a buzz-magnet of a bicultural, ambitious young Los Angeles band, La Santa Cecilia had some strange habits. The members didn't like to travel far by car. Nor did they like to fly. They avoided certain... Read more
La Santa Cecilia Sing About the Undocumented Immigrant Experience in ICE El Hielo - ABC News
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 8, 2013
The just-released music video from Los Angeles-based La Santa Cecilia shares the anguish that the more than 11 million undocumented immigrants experience in the United States because of their precarious status. For the band members, "ICE El Hielo," is more... Read more
La Santa Cecilia Sing About the Undocumented Immigrant Experience in ICE El Hielo - ABC News
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 8, 2013
The just-released music video from Los Angeles-based La Santa Cecilia shares the anguish that the more than 11 million undocumented immigrants experience in the United States because of their precarious status. For the band members, "ICE El Hielo," is more... Read more
A Music Video Without Papers | The Nation
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 8, 2013
hen the band La Santa Cecilia and the National Day Laborer Organizing Network approached filmmaker Alex Rivera to create a new music video a few months ago, he jumped at the chance. “El Hielo” translates to “The Ice” in English—and... Read more
Who’s Afraid of Immigrants With Criminal Records? - New America Media
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 2, 2013
In Arizona, more and more immigrants find themselves joining the ranks of a group that could be excluded from immigration reform: undocumented immigrants with criminal records. The local grassroots pro-immigrant group PUENTE is calling on Congress to enact an immigration... Read more
Immigrant Laborers Rebuild Work Center, Restore Their Sense Of Mission | Fox News Latino
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 1, 2013
They toiled to repair and rebuild the homes, apartments and businesses that Hurricane Sandy damaged. They ran into areas where danger lurked — contaminated water, downed power lines, hidden debris capable of puncturing skin. And while the day laborers of... Read more
The Immigration Spring - NYTimes.com
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 1, 2013
As the immigration debate has moved forward, it has also gone topsy-turvy; left and right are jumbled and players are in unfamiliar positions. President Obama says the right words about giving hope to the unauthorized, but is still playing the... Read more
Coming Out of the Shadows in Union Square | The Nation
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 29, 2013
One by one, some twenty people—mostly youth—stood under a canopy of butterflies in front of the George Washington statue in New York’s Union Square yesterday, and came out as undocumented. Despite some rain, their allies in the crowd gathered for... Read more
How Obama Could (but Probably Won't) Stop Deporting Illegal Immigrants Today - Keegan Hamilton - The Atlantic
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 26, 2013
If the current congressional push for immigration reform were to fail, however, a presidential pardon for undocumented immigrants with no criminal history might be Obama's last ditch alternative to prosecutorial discretion. Rather than scaling back on detentions, Obama could instantly--and... Read more
Stateline – California Immigrant Groups Try Again on Trust Act, Other States Follow
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 26, 2013
As Congress considers major revisions to federal immigration laws, legislators in a few states are trying to block the federal government’s power to deport immigrants who land in their jails. The efforts to pass so-called Trust Acts are essentially the... Read more
Immigrant advocates push bill at Statehouse rally | Boston Herald
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 20, 2013
Immigrant advocates are pressing lawmakers to back legislation they say will help reduce the level of deportations in Massachusetts. Several dozen activists rallied on the steps of the Statehouse on Wednesday in favor of the bill that would instruct local... Read more
Cut Ties Between Maricopa County and ICE | Politic365
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 20, 2013
Despite the fact that political winds are blowing away from Arizona-style attrition politics, some officials in that state are determined to keep their tent staked in the ground, by hook or by crook. For those living under the shadow of... Read more
Gutierrez Grills ICE Dir John Morton at Judiciary Hearing - C-SPAN Video Library
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 20, 2013
Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez (D-IL) questions ICE Director John Morton on deportations and detention at a hearing of the House Judiciary Committee on March 19, 2013. The hearing was called to look into the release of immigrants in detention, but... Read more
For Arizona day laborers, immigration reform can't come soon enough | Reuters
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 19, 2013
Now that President Barack Obama and the U.S. Congress have begun a push for comprehensive immigration reform, he wants to ensure he will benefit. When the time comes - if it does - to apply for legal status, the stash... Read more
Men at Work
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 18, 2013
For ten months between October 2010 and August 2011, a Korean contractor named June Bong Park hired a group of eight Latino construction workers to excavate the basement of a building in upper Manhattan. The workers were required to break... Read more
Job Center Helps Immigrant Workers As They Await Reform | The Brooklyn Ink
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 17, 2013
When Victoriano de la Cruz hustled for construction work on Brooklyn’s streets, he earned $60 a day. But since joining the Bay Parkway Community Job Center in Bensonhurst, he’s picked up skills and commands a wage of up to triple... Read more
A Brooklyn Corner and a New Worker Center
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 16, 2013
It is thirty-six degrees and windy, but a patch of shifting sunlight warms Hellen Rivera, a luckless jornalera, or woman day laborer. Tall and fair-complexioned, Rivera looks so unlike the other Latina workers that I mistake her for Polish. She... Read more
El Patrón Es El Ladrón! - Jose Ucelo Fights his Deportation
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 16, 2013
Like many struggling workers, Mr. José Ucelo Gonzalez looks for work every day at the Home Depot by Brookhurst Ave. and the interstate 5 fwy in Anaheim. On March 9th, 2012, Mr. Ucelo accepted a job offer by Michael Tebb;... Read more
El Patrón Es El Ladrón! - The Boss Is The Thief! | The Rebel Press
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 16, 2013
Like many struggling workers, Mr. José Ucelo Gonzalez looks for work every day at the Home Depot by Brookhurst Ave. and the interstate 5 fwy in Anaheim. On March 9th, 2012, Mr. Ucelo accepted a job offer by Michael Tebb;... Read more
El Patrón Es El Ladrón! - The Boss Is The Thief! | The Rebel Press
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 16, 2013
Like many struggling workers, Mr. José Ucelo Gonzalez looks for work every day at the Home Depot by Brookhurst Ave. and the interstate 5 fwy in Anaheim. On March 9th, 2012, Mr. Ucelo accepted a job offer by Michael Tebb;... Read more
La Mirada repeals ordinance targeting day laborers after court ruling - Whittier Daily News
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 14, 2013
A reluctant City Council Tuesday voted unanimously to repeal a city law banning solicitation of employment or contributions from public streets, including the sidewalks. City Attorney James Markman told the council it had no choice because of a U.S. 9th... Read more
Undocumented Adults Coming Out in Immigration Debate - USA Today
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 14, 2013
Since coming to the U.S. and overstaying their tourist visas 12 years ago, Genoveva Ramirez Lagunas told her two children the same thing countless illegal immigrants have told their children: Don't tell anyone about your status. On Sunday, Lagunas found... Read more
Immigration rights groups accuse officials of racial profiling - latimes.com
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 14, 2013
Immigrant rights groups filed a raft of legal actions on Tuesday alleging abuse and racial profiling by Customs and Border Protection officers in five states. Three lawsuits alleging illegal treatment by border patrol officers were filed in federal court in... Read more
Immigration rights groups accuse officials of racial profiling - latimes.com
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 14, 2013
Immigrant rights groups filed a raft of legal actions on Tuesday alleging abuse and racial profiling by Customs and Border Protection officers in five states. Three lawsuits alleging illegal treatment by border patrol officers were filed in federal court in... Read more
John Moore's Photos of Deportees - NYTimes.com
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 13, 2013
Almost every day of the week in places like Mesa, Ariz., federal authorities send planes filled with deportees back to Central America. Originally arrested for anything from traffic offenses to murder, they end up patted down and shackled with 100... Read more
Beware of police brutality against immigrants - Miami Herald
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 12, 2013
By involving city law-enforcement agents in an effort to eradicate illegal immigration, the U.S. government has also created a public safety problem, especially in immigrant communities like ours. Undocumented immigrants, who are no less worthy than the rest of human... Read more
New Haven Lawmaker Seeks To Close Secure Communities Loophole
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 12, 2013
Legislation introduced by Rep. Gary Holder-Winfield would close what he calls a loophole in the the state’s immigration policy which led to deportation proceedings against an immigrant living in New Haven. Despite a policy enacted last year by Gov. Dannel... Read more
Deportaciones siguen sin freno - laopinion.com
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 12, 2013
El Servicio de Migración y Aduanas (ICE) no da tregua a las deportaciones, y tan sólo en enero pasado expulsó a casi 2,000 californianos como resultado del controversial progama Comunidades Seguras, según revela un análisis de datos de la agencia... Read more
Team Mexico, including Giants star Sergio Romo, feels hostility amid Arizona's immigration battle - Yahoo! Sports
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 7, 2013
Welcome to Arizona, where the only thing worse than the fear and propaganda perpetuated by a government gone wild is what people with the temerity to have been born with dark skin must endure accordingly. Arizona has thrown itself into... Read more
Victoria para los jornaleros en Arizona - Univision Noticias
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 6, 2013
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'Comprehensive' for whom? - Waging Nonviolence
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 6, 2013
In the eyes of immigrant activists, the immigration plan recently leaked from the Obama White House falls short of even the 1986 Immigration Control and Reform Act, signed by Ronald Reagan, which granted amnesty to more than three million undocumented... Read more
Free Speech for Day Laborers - NYTimes.com
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 6, 2013
They trim trees, mow lawns, care for the elderly, clean up and rebuild after hurricanes and floods — and they defend the Constitution, too. Immigrant day laborers, who are so often the targets of local laws meant to sweep them... Read more
Court backs block on Arizona law aimed at day laborers - Chicago Tribune
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 5, 2013
A U.S. appeals court ruled on Monday on the side of day laborers seeking work in Arizona, upholding an injunction that bars the state from enforcing part of its immigration law that prohibits motorists from stopping traffic to pick up... Read more
Few Female Day Laborers Try Jobs in NYC Cleanup | Womens eNews
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 5, 2013
Rosa Vasquez shifted from side to side on a broad cement overpass above a highway in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, one recent cold and bright Wednesday afternoon. She accepted a flyer for an upcoming scaffolding training session and said she would consider... Read more
Arizona's Day Labor Law May Violate First Amendment - NYTimes.com
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 5, 2013
Arizona’s crudely drafted and unconstitutional immigration law, already battered in its journey through the federal courts, had yet another setback today. A three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in San Francisco, ruled that... Read more
Feds free hundreds from immigration detention
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 26, 2013
Republicans on Tuesday denounced the release of hundreds of illegal immigrants from federal detention centers as an attempt to frighten Americans into supporting President Obama's budget spending demands. Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., chairman of the House Judiciary Committee,said it was... Read more
Release of ICE detainees shines spotlight on immigration reform debate
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 26, 2013
After news came out that Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) had released some immigrant detainees who pose no security risks in anticipation of looming budget cuts, Latino groups called for a halt to deportations of undocumented families. “It shouldn’t take a... Read more
Immigrants Released Ahead of Automatic Budget Cuts - NYTimes.com
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 26, 2013
The government has not dropped the deportation cases against the immigrants, however: The detainees have been freed on supervised release while their cases continue in court, officials said. The releases, which have taken place over the past few days, were... Read more
Immigration and Customs Enforcement Frees Detainees As Sequester Looms
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 26, 2013
Immigration and Customs Enforcement released some people from immigrant detention facilities across the country on Monday in response to looming federal budget cuts. "In order to make the best use of our limited detention resources in the current fiscal climate... Read more
Los detenidos de ICE - Noticiero Telemundo
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 26, 2013
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¿Será verdad que el gobierno de Barack Obama está deportando, sobre todo, criminales? - Univision Noticias
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 26, 2013
Watch NDLON's Chris Newman explain the impact of SComm on immigrant communities and their relationship to the police Read more
Marielena Hincapié: Restoring the American Dream for All Workers
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 26, 2013
Immigration reform is the latest hot topic in Washington, but in the debate, precious little has been said about protecting immigrant workers' right to organize. Earlier this month, my organization, along with the American Federation of Labor and Congress of... Read more
Be Our Guest: The downside of immigration reform is increased deportation of immigrants who don’t deserve it - NY Daily…
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 25, 2013
In recent weeks, the federal fight for immigration reform kicked off in earnest, with Congress and the White House issuing their legislative principles, and the White House “leaking” specific proposals for a bill. Reform offers the bright possibility of legalization... Read more
Detienen a indocumentados sin antecedentes criminales - Univision Arizona
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 25, 2013
Watch Sarahi Uribe respond to new TRAC numbers on ICE holds and deportations.... Read more
Report: Majority of Immigrants Turned Over to ICE Are Non-Criminals - New America Media
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 24, 2013
This week, a new report dealt what may be the greatest blow yet to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)'s strained credibility over its deportation practices. The report, authored by Syracuse University's Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), determined that the overwhelming... Read more
Advocates Push Obama to Halt Aggressive Deportation Efforts - NYTimes.com
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 22, 2013
In four years, Mr. Obama’s administration has deported as many illegal immigrants as the administration of George W. Bush did in his two terms, largely by embracing, expanding and refining Bush-era programs to find people and send them home. By... Read more
Push for immigration reform continues Locally in Mass
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 22, 2013
Immigrant groups say many minority communities in Massachusetts mistrust their local police. Advocates say about 1,100 people are deported from America every year. They say immigrant communities often fear police officers because a friend or relative could be discovered and... Read more
¡No quedemos fuera de la legalización! - eldiariony.com
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 21, 2013
Hace dos semanas un grupo bi-partidista de senadores y el presidente Obama dieron a conocer sus propuestas sobre la reforma migratoria. Se declaró por ambas partes que ya es hora de otorgarle un camino a la ciudadanía a los 11... Read more
Immigration proposals fail America: Column
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 21, 2013
As he set forth his vision for immigration reform recently, President Obama reminded Americans that we all hail from foreign stock. However true, "good for me, but not for thee" seems to have become our national mantra when it comes... Read more
Immigration Agency Ordered Detention of Hundreds of U.S. Citizens, Report Says | Fox News Latino
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 21, 2013
Immigration officials ordered local law enforcement officials to detain more than 800 U.S. citizens in jail or police custody until they could review their immigration paperwork, according to an analysis of government data. The detentions – generally an illegal practice... Read more
Ruiz: The only ‘real’ immigration reform must affect all of the nation’s 11 million undocumented immigrants - NY Daily…
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 21, 2013
‘ Send me a comprehensive immigration reform bill in the next few months, and I will sign it right away. And America will be better for it,” President Obama said Tuesday in his State of the Union address. “I’m here... Read more
President Obama: Immigration Leak Won't Block Reform - ABC News
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 21, 2013
President Barack Obama on Wednesday confidently promised that Congress will pass a comprehensive immigration reform bill, saying that a leaked copy of a White House proposal won't jeopardize the effort to overhaul the nation's immigration laws. A draft White House... Read more
Immigration Reform and Workers’ Rights - NYTimes.com
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 21, 2013
Members of Congress and President Obama have been working in earnest to deliver on their promise to overhaul immigration this year. Mr. Obama would clearly prefer a bipartisan bill, and last week the Senate Judiciary Committee held its first hearing... Read more
Immigration Reform and Workers’ Rights - NYTimes.com
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 21, 2013
Members of Congress and President Obama have been working in earnest to deliver on their promise to overhaul immigration this year. Mr. Obama would clearly prefer a bipartisan bill, and last week the Senate Judiciary Committee held its first hearing... Read more
Controversy rises over Secure Communities | WTNH.com Connecticut
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 20, 2013
Using local police to help find and deport illegal immigrants caught committing crimes: The Secure Communities program run by Immigration and Customs Enforcement or "ICE" sparked controversy from the moment it was announced last year. When Sergio Bizuela got arrested... Read more
A Little Red Beacon for Immigrant Laborers Shines On in Bensonhurst - NYTimes.com
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 19, 2013
First, 8 by 12: the width and length, in feet, of the wooden structure that housed the center. Then, 5,000: the approximate number of day laborers who have found work through the organization since its creation in 2001. And finally,... Read more
Local family rallies against deportation of loved one
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 19, 2013
The family of an illegal immigrant rallied outside of the Knox County Detention Facility Monday afternoon to fight against his deportation. Juan Andres-Jimenez remains at the jail since his arrest on Thursday. He was charged with driving under the influence,... Read more
Tucson arrests unleash anger over Arizona immigration law - latimes.com
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 19, 2013
It's routine for immigration officials in Arizona to detain people suspected of being in the country illegally. Monday, however, the detention of two men — an immigrant rights activist and a father of six in Tucson — sparked protests, frustrated... Read more
Pathway to citizenship likely to be rocky - latimes.com
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 18, 2013
When Jessica Bravo came here this month to talk to her congressman, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Huntington Beach), about expanding rights for illegal immigrants, their meeting ended in a shouting match and tears. Bravo, an 18-year-old community college student at Golden... Read more
Superstorm Sandy: Months Later, Undocumented Immigrants Try to Get Back On Their Feet | Fox News Latino
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 18, 2013
Vanessa Ramos does her homework in the bathroom. Family dinner is served on a folded table, a checkered green cloth adding a homely feel. She jostles with eight others for television time, though adults have first-dibs because telenovelas rule. No... Read more
ICE planned to increase deportations to meet removal goals
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 18, 2013
USA Today reported that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement made plans to increase the deportations of immigrants who have committed minor offenses to meet performance goals. According to the report: “U.S. immigration officials laid out plans last year that would... Read more
ACLU Obtains Emails That Prove ICE Officials Set Deportation Quotas - COLORLINES
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 18, 2013
A set of e-mails obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina show U.S. immigration officials developed strategies to increase the number of deportations so they could surpass the previous year’s record deportation numbers. Federal immigration authorities have... Read more
Obama al Congreso: envíenme reforma migratoria
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 18, 2013
El presidente Barack Obama exhortó el martes al Congreso a enviarle en los próximos meses un proyecto de ley de reforma migratoria. Opinó que esta iniciativa debería brindar a los inmigrantes sin documentos la opción a la naturalización y reducir... Read more
ICE says it never acted on plan to mine driver records
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 18, 2013
Federal agents never carried out some of the controversial tactics approved as part of a push to boost criminal deportations last year, including a plan to troll state driver's license records for lists of foreign-born applicants, a U.S. Immigration and... Read more
Immigration Agency Under Fire for Alleged Deportation Quotas | Fox News Latino
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 18, 2013
U.S. immigration officials beefed up efforts to deport undocumented immigrants convicted of minor crimes as a way to meet their criminal deportation quotas, according to documents obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents... Read more
ICE Deports Record Number - NYTimes.com
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 15, 2013
While Congress is dithering about comprehensive immigration reform, President Obama’s enforcement team is hard at work deporting petty criminals who are here illegally. In the fiscal year that ended in September, USA Today reports, Immigration and Customs Enforcement “deported 225,390... Read more
ICE Emails Show a Desire to Grow Criminal Deportation Stats - ABC News
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 15, 2013
"Gang bangers." That's how President Barack Obama, while speaking at a November presidential debate, characterized the criminal immigrants who have been deported during his administration. A recent news report, however, shows that immigration officials floated ideas last year aimed at... Read more
Immigration Officials Stepped Up Deportations To Hit Quotas | TPM LiveWire
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 15, 2013
The White House has stressed that despite record deportations under its watch, the bulk of its efforts are spent going after hardcore criminals and not ordinary undocumented workers. But records obtained by USA Today suggest that immigration officials stepped up... Read more
Immigration tactics aimed at boosting deportations | USA Today
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 15, 2013
U.S. immigration officials laid out plans last year that would ratchet up expulsions of immigrants convicted of minor crimes as part of an urgent push to make sure the government would not fall short of its criminal deportation targets, new... Read more
Immigrants Head to Washington to Make Their Voices Heard
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 14, 2013
Jose Antonio Vargas, the undocumented journalist who came out about his immigration status in a New York Times feature story, will not be the only undocumented immigrant making his voice heard at the capitol this week. Vargas will be speaking... Read more
Artist Works To Keep Immigrants In The Picture : NPR
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 14, 2013
Ramiro Gomez Jr. is working fast enough to draw the least amount of attention, but slowly enough to make every detail stand out. He describes the rush he gets as "therapeutic." Gomez has created inserts on a human-size piece of... Read more
Undocumented Protesters, Allies Disrupt Senate Hearing on Immigration Reform | Democracy Now!
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 14, 2013
At least 11 undocumented immigrants and their allies were arrested Wednesday after interrupting a Senate hearing on immigration reform. The protesters from around the country were calling for immediate action to end the Obama administration’s unprecedented deportations. They rose to... Read more
Calls for action at Senate immigration hearing - MiamiHerald
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 14, 2013
Lawmakers who are shaping the fate of the millions of people in the U.S. illegally were told by one Wednesday that it's time to rewrite immigration laws so that they, too, can live the American dream. "What do you want... Read more
Mundo - Reforma migratoria será firmada “de inmediato”, Artículo Online
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 14, 2013
Grupos bipartidistas en ambas cámaras están trabajando diligentemente para redactar un proyecto de ley. Celebro estas gestiones", señaló el mandatario durante su discurso sobre el Estado de la Unión. "Pues bien, ¡acabémoslo de hacer! Envíenme un proyecto de ley de... Read more
Doubts set testy tone at Senate immigration hearing
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 14, 2013
Republican senators insisted Wednesday that the Obama administration must secure the border before serious talk can begin on the future of illegal immigrants in the country. The Senate's first hearing on proposals to alter the status of about 11 million... Read more
Le gritan a Janet Napolitano: 'Mentirosa', 'No más deportaciones'
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 13, 2013
El comité judicial del Senado puso en evidencia las discrepancias fundamentales entre ambos partidos y el impacto de las deportaciones en sectores de la sociedad estadounidense, durante su primera audiencia sobre la reforma migratoria. La secretaria de Seguridad Interna, Janet... Read more
Immigrants Expect More from Obama's Speech
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 12, 2013
That excitement quickly faded for a group of 200 immigrants — some legal, some not — who were watching the speech in a Washington, D.C., conference room. They started booing when Obama touted the work his administration has done to... Read more
Workers rebuilding after Sandy will get donated safety gear
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 11, 2013
Undocumented day laborers rebuilding the Sandy-wrecked coastline will receive donated safety gear -- masks, gloves, helmets, goggles and reflective jackets. Labor groups representing the workers from Long Island, New York City and New Jersey received about 2,500 $40 kits. The... Read more
Laura Murphy and Fred Smith: E-Verify's 'Hang Everyone' Approach - WSJ.com
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 8, 2013
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Immigration Reform and the False Middle Ground - NYTimes.com
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 7, 2013
Republicans have been so estranged from a reasonable immigration discussion that it’s not surprising they don’t know what one looks like.... Read more
Progressives pressure Obama on immigration reform triggers - First Read
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 7, 2013
President Barack Obama’s allies in organized labor and progressive groups are drawing a line in the sand when it comes to so-called “triggers” that would require a secure border as a precondition to allowing undocumented immigrants a pathway to citizenship.... Read more
Day laborer advocates offering training, safety tips - NY Daily News
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 6, 2013
Advocates for immigrant day laborers are visiting city street corners to give safety gear and tips to workers lined up for jobs. The advocates say they are trying to avoid the widespread unsafe conditions and wage theft that accompanied rebuilding... Read more
NY: Protegerán a jornaleros tras paso de Sandy - Últimas noticias de hoy en Estados Unidos
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 5, 2013
Activistas hispanos que ayudan a jornaleros en Nueva York y Nueva Jersey lanzaron el martes una campaña para distribuir máscaras, guantes, cascos y otros materiales de protección para inmigrantes que limpian y reconstruyen la región tras el paso del huracán... Read more
For new immigrants, an 'American nightmare' in Los Angeles | MinnPost
Posted by NDLON Staff / Enero 31, 2013
Customers streamed out of the Home Depot parking lot, a fleet of vehicles from shiny four-wheel drive Cadillac Escalades to new Ford pickup trucks laden with cuts of lumber and stacks of drywall, appliances and gardening supplies. A small group of... Read more
Obama Unveils Immigration Reforms, Calls for Bipartisan Effort
Posted by NDLON Staff / Enero 30, 2013
Obama, whose support for immigration reform earned him about 70 percent of the Hispanic vote in last November’s election, is also facing major pressure from the political left, particularly from immigrant rights groups who note that his administration has deported... Read more
Reacciones de Jornaleros a los principios de los senadores
Posted by NDLON Staff / Enero 28, 2013
Secure Communities Program: A law enforcement project that didn’t work
Posted by NDLON Staff / Enero 23, 2013
Many police organizations regretted participation In what was lauded a few years ago as “ . . . future of immigration enforcement,” local law enforcement agencies are no longer obligated to comply with the Secure Communities Program, a once federally-mandated... Read more
Piden ‘alto’ al programa de Comunidades Seguras - Univision San Francisco
Posted by NDLON Staff / Enero 23, 2013
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Cientos de personas reclaman en Chicago una moratoria a las deportaciones
Posted by NDLON Staff / Enero 21, 2013
Cientos de personas desafiaron hoy el intenso frío de Chicago y salieron a la calle para exigir a Barack Obama en el día de su segunda investidura como presidente, que decrete de inmediato una moratoria en las deportaciones y "ponga... Read more
Napolitano To Stay At Homeland Security
Posted by NDLON Staff / Enero 15, 2013
Secretary Janet Napolitano will continue to lead the Department of Homeland Security into President Barack Obama's second term, according to an agency official. That means Napolitano is likely to play a central role should Congress take on immigration reform. Napolitano left her... Read more
Posibles medidas para una reforma migratoria integral - laopinion
Posted by NDLON Staff / Enero 14, 2013
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DHS Sec Janet Napolitano Stays, Immigration Advocates Send Mixed Signals
Posted by NDLON Staff / Enero 14, 2013
ABC News reported today that the Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano will be staying on for a second term in the Obama administration. While advocates in Washington, D.C. “cheered” for Secretary Napolitano remaining on the job, Sarahi Uribe at... Read more
E-Verify: Immigration Reform's Threat To Legal Workers - Forbes
Posted by NDLON Staff / Enero 10, 2013
Ken Nagel thought it would be no problem to hire his daughter at his Phoenix restaurant. He had not considered that Arizona’s new employment verification system, E-Verify, would deem her ineligible to work. E-Verify, which attempts to screen out unauthorized... Read more
Protestan por sus salarios en Los Angeles
Posted by NDLON Staff / Enero 10, 2013
Trabajadores y miembros de una coalición de varias organizaciones y sindicatos, se reunieron ayer frente a la entrada del Ayuntamiento de Los Ángeles para exigir que el Concejo Municipal tome acción en torno a una propuesta de ordenanza contra lo... Read more
Critican sistema de revisión de deportaciones
Posted by NDLON Staff / Enero 10, 2013
No pasa un día sin que Sara Martínez, una inmigrante ecuatoriana sin papeles, agradezca el poder vivir con su hija Hillary en Estados Unidos. Martínez, de 48 años, fue arrestada en enero del 2011 en una parada de autobús en Rochester,... Read more
Robbed on the job: Advice on fighting wage theft | Marketplace.org
Posted by NDLON Staff / Enero 10, 2013
Every year millions of Americans are victims of what some call wage theft -- a practice in which a company fails to compensate workers for their time, short-changes them on their benefits or intentionally misclassifies employees in order to save... Read more
After Sandy, immigrant groups keeping an eye out for abuse of laborers
Posted by NDLON Staff / Enero 10, 2013
Nearly a month after superstorm Sandy, immigrant labor rights advocacy groups say they’re unaware of any cases of day laborers being denied payment for work related to recovery efforts. “I’m not hearing anything right now that they’re not getting paid,”... Read more
Texas Legislature Reverses Course On Immigration Laws
Posted by NDLON Staff / Enero 10, 2013
The Texas legislature convened in Austin on Tuesday. The lawmakers gather once every two years. And in regard to cracking down on illegal immigration, the political pendulum swing is certainly in evidence this time around. In January 2011, Governor Rick Perry... Read more
Latino Workers on the Forefront of Sandy Recovery Efforts
Posted by NDLON Staff / Enero 8, 2013
The first wave of destruction unleashed by Superstorm Sandy overwhelmed our senses with the fury of its wind and the rage of its surging waters. The second one, though, is a quiet yet potentially lethal menace: Sandy covered the devastated... Read more
5 immigration stories to watch in 2013 and beyond | 89.3 KPCC
Posted by NDLON Staff / Enero 8, 2013
Last year delivered some milestones in U.S. immigration history - including a historic demographic shift, fueled by immigration, as the children of nonwhite parents became the majority of babies born in this country. Also for the first time, more than 100,000... Read more
'Reyes Magos' recurren al gobernador Brown - laopinion.com
Posted by NDLON Staff / Enero 8, 2013
Los Reyes Magos llegaron ayer al Capitolio para visitar al gobernador Jerry Brown pero en lugar de regalarle oro, incienso y mirra como lo hicieron los hombres de oriente en Belén —según la tradición—, le entregaron una pluma gigante para... Read more
Reformas a S-Comm - Univision Noticias
Posted by NDLON Staff / Enero 8, 2013
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New ICE Detainer Guidance Too Little, Too Late
Posted by NDLON Staff / Enero 4, 2013
On the Friday before Christmas, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) released new guidance on immigration “detainers,” the lynchpin of agency enforcement programs involving cooperation with local police. In the new guidance, ICE Director John Morton instructed agency employees to... Read more
A safer route to secure communities - PressDemocrat
Posted by NDLON Staff / Enero 4, 2013
Federal immigration authorities quietly announced a new policy just before Christmas that promises to ease conflicts with local law enforcement agencies while targeting violent criminals for deportation. The new Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency policy mirrors what was promised four years... Read more
An overdue fix to Secure Communities - LA Times
Posted by NDLON Staff / Enero 4, 2013
The Obama administration has spent nearly four years trying to convince states and local law enforcement that the federal immigration program known as Secure Communities is narrowly targeted to deporting dangerous criminals. It's not. And late last month, the administration finally... Read more
Data Center: Deportations by county under the Secure Communities Program - ContraCostaTimes.com
Posted by NDLON Staff / Enero 2, 2013
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Study Says 287(g) Program Is Counterproductive
Posted by NDLON Staff / Enero 2, 2013
A new study revealed that a program that was once intended to protect Davidson County against acts of terrorism was counterproductive. The study released Wednesday was conducted by the American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee and it focuses on the... Read more
Study Says 287(g) Program Is Counterproductive
Posted by NDLON Staff / Enero 2, 2013
A new study revealed that a program that was once intended to protect Davidson County against acts of terrorism was counterproductive. The study released Wednesday was conducted by the American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee and it focuses on the consequences... Read more
Prince William’s 287 (g) Immigration Program Continues at Jail - PotomacLocal.com
Posted by NDLON Staff / Enero 2, 2013
A program that investigates the legal status of arrested illegal immigrants in Prince William County will remain in place at least through June. The jurisdiction is the only one in the U.S. to keep the 287 (g) program following efforts to... Read more
California leads nation in immigration reform with TRUST Act
Posted by NDLON Staff / Enero 2, 2013
Look sharp, Sacramento. And brush up on your Spanish: The immigration debate is set to flare up once again in Washington, D.C., but the path to citizenship may begin here in the state Capitol. Democratic state Assemblyman Tom Ammiano recently, and... Read more
Day Laborers at Premium on Storm-Wrecked Coast - NYTimes
Posted by NDLON Staff / Enero 2, 2013
The day after the storm, Manuel Sinchi, like some other New Yorkers, gathered a few friends, hopped on his bicycle and headed down to badly stricken Coney Island to volunteer his services. The next day, however, he started offering his services... Read more
Chicago Immigrant Laborers Denounce Raid
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 29, 2012
The laborers meet in Gompers Park, at Pulaski and Foster each morning, trying to get hired for construction jobs. On a recent day, activist Eric Rodriguez says Chicago Police and immigration raided the park and hauled off seven workers. One was... Read more
Debating The Impact Of An Immigration Crackdown - NPR
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 29, 2012
In 2007, when Virginia's Prince William County ordered police to check the immigration status of anyone they had "probable cause" to suspect was in the U.S. unlawfully, the impact was swift at family restaurant Ricos Tacos Moya. "Suddenly nobody showed up,"... Read more
Chicago Day laborers call for end to immigration raids
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 28, 2012
Day laborers and their supporters gathered Friday morning at Gompers Park on the Northwest Side to call for an end to immigration raids. They said they are not going to sit back as the raids go on. Instead, they plan to... Read more
Chicago Day laborers call for end to immigration raids
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 28, 2012
Day laborers and their supporters gathered Friday morning at Gompers Park on the Northwest Side to call for an end to immigration raids. They said they are not going to sit back as the raids go on. Instead, they plan to... Read more
A phase-out for 287(g) immigration enforcement partnerships
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 28, 2012
A part of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's 287(g) enforcement program is coming to an end. It's become less relevant as the federal government rolls out the broader - and cheaper - Secure Communities program around the country. It's not being scrapped... Read more
A Brighter Line on Immigration and Policing - NYTimes.com
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 28, 2012
The Obama administration on Friday announced a policy change that — if it works — should lead to smarter enforcement of the immigration laws, with greater effort spent on deporting dangerous felons and less on minor offenders who pose no... Read more
AFL-CIO president renews call for pathway to citizenship
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 21, 2012
“We need to make sure that thee law provides a road map to citizenship, not just temporary status, for all workers,” said AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka in a video released Thursday on the labor federation’s official YouTube channel. “We need to fight... Read more
Cook County Commissioner Jesus Garcia Stands Up to Federal Immigration Policy
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 21, 2012
LA County Sheriff Lee Baca earlier this month backed off from his controversial position of complying with a federal government request to turn over for detention arrested individuals suspected of being undocumented immigrants. Baca had initially made his position public... Read more
Secure Communities policy falling out of favor across the US
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 21, 2012
As the Obama Administration prepares to tackle immigration reform, a part of its current immigration policy is dividing Democrats across the country. Last year, Democratic governors in Massachusetts, Illinois, and New York pulled out of "Secure Communities," even if Immigration and... Read more
Supporters of TRUST Act meet with Governor Brown's staff for first time
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 21, 2012
Last September, Governor Brown vetoed an earlier version of the TRUST Act. At the time he said that the bill was flawed and that it could potentially release immigrants with criminal backgrounds back to the streets. Since then, Brown has met with... Read more
The Worker's Rug: Fine Art From Day Labor
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 20, 2012
The Workers' Rug/La Alfombra Del Trabajador is an art project done by day laborers, organizers affiliated with IDEPSCA, artist Katie Bachler and Jade Thacker, and the Craft and Folk Art Museum. Bachler and Thacker wanted to use a rug as a... Read more
The Worker's Rug: Fine Art From Day Labor
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 20, 2012
The Workers' Rug/La Alfombra Del Trabajador is an art project done by day laborers, organizers affiliated with IDEPSCA, artist Katie Bachler and Jade Thacker, and the Craft and Folk Art Museum. Bachler and Thacker wanted to use a rug as a... Read more
Posada Protests for TRUST Act
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 20, 2012
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Alguacil se pronuncia en contra del programa Comunidades Seguras - Univision Sacramento
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 20, 2012
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Posada contra Comunidades Seguras en casa del gobernador - Univision San Francisco
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 19, 2012
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Más de 200.000 padres con hijos estadounidenses fueron deportados en dos años - Yahoo! Noticias
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 18, 2012
El Gobierno federal deportó a más de 200.000 inmigrantes padres de niños estadounidenses en solo dos años, según un análisis exhaustivo publicado hoy por el sitio en internet colorlines.com. De acuerdo con cifras obtenidas por la organización a través de la... Read more
Gutiérrez, ofendido por las redadas de Inmigración contra indocumentados - Yahoo! Noticias
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 18, 2012
El congresista demócrata Luis Gutiérrez dijo hoy estar "ofendido personal y políticamente" por la reciente detención de trabajadores indocumentados en una empresa cerca de Chicago, al tiempo que activistas reclamaron una tregua navideña en las deportaciones. "Me pregunto por qué hicieron... Read more
NYC Secure Communities Bill Fails Transgender Immigrant Communities » Sylvia Rivera Law Project
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 17, 2012
A coalition of anti-violence advocates who work with immigrant survivors of family and intimate partner violence, human trafficking, sexual assault, and survivors of homophobic and transphobic violence in New York welcomed legislation introduced today by New York City Council Speaker Christine... Read more
Legitimacy Of Secure Communities Program Weakened
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 13, 2012
Last week was a rough one for Secure Communities, a controversial federal deportation program that critics charge is counterproductive and unconstitutional. The most significant developments came from California, where the program has essentially lost support at the city and state... Read more
New York City Council to Consider 2 Bills Limiting Deportations
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 13, 2012
Two bills that members of the New York City Council plan to propose on Thursday would place further limits on the city’s cooperation with federal authorities seeking to detain and deport immigrants. The bills come in response to Secure Communities, a... Read more
ACLU Florida urges U.S. leaders to end 287(g) deportation program Collier uses » marconews.com Mobile
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 12, 2012
In a letter to state-based politicians Friday, the ACLU of Florida urged an end to a controversial immigration enforcement policy in which Collier County participates. Under scrutiny is the 287(g) policy, set to expire at year's end, that allows local police... Read more
Walnut Creek contractor pleads not guilty to holding day laborer captive in Lafayette house - San Jose Mercury News
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 12, 2012
A 51-year-old Walnut Creek contractor has pleaded not guilty to charges that he held a day laborer captive and robbed him in a Lafayette house in October. Defendant Tod Morton appeared in a Walnut Creek courthouse Friday on felony charges of... Read more
Is S-Comm Living Up to Its Promise in Boston
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 12, 2012
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LAPD scales back its participation in Secure Communities | 89.3 KPCC
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 12, 2012
The Los Angeles Police Department will no longer detain some undocumented suspects on behalf of federal immigration authorities, the L.A. Police Commission decided Tuesday. The commission made that change at the request of LAPD Chief Charlie Beck. He told commissioners... Read more
Influx Of Volunteers Aids Areas Hit Hard By Sandy - NY1.com
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 10, 2012
Volunteers are crossing state lines to help clean up neighborhoods that took a beating from Hurricane Sandy. At a firefighter's home on Beach 135th Street and Cronston Avenue in Belle Harbor, volunteers from the "Church of Jesus Christ of Latter... Read more
Daños dejados por el huracán Sandy, una pesadilla para mexicanos indocumentados
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 10, 2012
A Josías, el hijo de dos años de Miguel Alarcón Morales, se le agravó un asma porque la familia sigue viviendo en el segundo piso de una vivienda que se inundó con el paso del feroz huracán "Sandy". La casa... Read more
After Sandy, Learning From New Orleans: The Nation
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 10, 2012
Apparently seeking post-Sandy advice, New York Mayor Bloomberg’s deputies recently paid a visit to New Orleans. According to The New York Times, Deputy Mayors Howard Wolfson, Linda I. Gibbs and Robert K. Steel met with New Orleans officials to discuss... Read more
Criminal justice administration students create video for Hayward Day Laborer Center
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 10, 2012
Cal State East Bay criminal justice administration students have provided the Hayward Day Labor Center with a video to inform day laborers on protecting themselves against wage theft and other forms of exploitation. Alejandro Galindo, job developer and legal advocate for... Read more
Rodo de Salario - Hayward Day Labor Center
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 10, 2012
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Santa Cruz Sheriff Says He'll Work with Governor and Ammiano
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 10, 2012
Santa Cruz County Sheriff-Coroner Phil Wowak said Friday there won't be immediate changes to how the county handles inmates eligible to be deported under a controversial immigration program, and that future changes are likely to come as part of a... Read more
Secure Communities is a program gone wild - Navarette
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 10, 2012
President Obama's over-the-top approach to immigration enforcement — including an overreliance on the harmful program known as Secure Communities — has devastated immigrant communities in the United States. And it has divided Democrats. This became clear last year when three... Read more
AG Harris States ICE Holds Voluntary - NBC Latino
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 10, 2012
California State Attorney General Kamala Harris issued a law enforcement bulletin Tuesday saying that complying with the federal government’s Secure Communities program is voluntary. This means that if there is a federal immigration hold placed on someone taken into custody,... Read more
MORAIN: State Attorney General Sets Own Path on ICE Holds
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 7, 2012
State Attorney General Kamala Harris waded into the immigration debate, telling local law enforcement Tuesday that they have the power to ignore Obama administration requests that they hold illegal immigrants. By issuing a bulletin to local police and sheriffs, Harris... Read more
Sheriffs divided on immigration policy - SFGate
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 7, 2012
Sheriffs in Bay Area counties are divided on whether they must go along with federal requests to turn over suspected illegal immigrants who land in local jails, an issue raised anew this week by state Attorney General Kamala Harris. San... Read more
Los Angeles sheriff to stop turning over low-level offenders to immigration
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 6, 2012
The Los Angeles County sheriff will no longer honor federal requests to detain suspected illegal immigrants nabbed for low-level crimes like petty theft and graffiti after new state guidelines noted the practice is voluntary, a spokesman said on Wednesday. Los Angeles... Read more
Some Say State AG Harris’ Option To Ignore ICE Is Not Enough - CBS
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 6, 2012
Many Bay Area counties said they have already been using their own discretion when notifying ICE about suspected illegal immigrants—something State Attorney General Kamala Harris just gave them permission to do. Some even said that Harris’s decision doesn’t go far... Read more
Some Say State AG Harris’ Option To Ignore ICE Is Not Enough - CBS
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 6, 2012
Many Bay Area counties said they have already been using their own discretion when notifying ICE about suspected illegal immigrants—something State Attorney General Kamala Harris just gave them permission to do. Some even said that Harris’s decision doesn’t go far... Read more
Some Say State AG Harris’ Option To Ignore ICE Is Not Enough - CBS
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 6, 2012
Many Bay Area counties said they have already been using their own discretion when notifying ICE about suspected illegal immigrants—something State Attorney General Kamala Harris just gave them permission to do. Some even said that Harris’s decision doesn’t go far... Read more
Comunidades seguras no es obligatorio - La Opinion
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 6, 2012
Las peticiones de detención solicitadas por el Servicio de Migración y Aduanas (ICE) para los inmigrantes indocumentados que se hacen bajo el programa federal Comunidades Seguras no son un mandato por lo que las agencias locales deben usar el criterio... Read more
TRUST is the next step - La Opinion
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 6, 2012
This week, California Attorney General Kamala Harris issued a legal directive indicating that it is not compulsory for local law enforcement agencies to hold a detainee just because it is required by federal immigration authorities. Harris said that every police... Read more
Ice Holds Are Optional, CA Attorney General Harris Says
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 5, 2012
California Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris told local law enforcement agencies Tuesday that they were not obligated to comply with a federal program whose stated goal is to deport illegal immigrants convicted of serious crimes. It was Harris' first public assessment... Read more
Burlingame man held after workers dodge nail gun blitz | Mike Aldax | Law and Disorder | San Francisco Examiner
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 4, 2012
A Burlingame man used a nail gun to show two day laborers how bothered he was by the noise coming from their construction site on Thanksgiving Day, according to prosecutors. Michael Timothy McHenry, 38, has pleaded not guilty to assault and... Read more
Cali's Top Cop Says Holding Immigrants is Voluntary - SFGate
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 4, 2012
California's top prosecutor said Tuesday it's up to local police agencies to decide whether to comply with federal government requests to hold illegal immigrants. The statement by state Attorney General Kamala Harris involves the federal Secure Communities program, which was launched... Read more
In Staten Island, Latino immigrants are the forgotten ones in Sandy | American Barrio
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 4, 2012
A month after its passage, Sandy continues its ravages. In Staten Island, the island most affected by the hurricane, thousands of illegal immigrants who do not have access to federal assistance, are still living in the rubble and must rely... Read more
9/11 Mistakes Repeated in Sandy Clean-up, Say Worker Health Advocates
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 4, 2012
It’s been widely reported that in the post-9/11 rush to rescue victims and clear rubble, recovery workers’ health and safety were compromised. Under President Bush, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) relaxed enforcement of workplace safety rules during... Read more
Intentan de nuevo Acta de Confianza
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 4, 2012
El asambleísta demócrata de San Francisco, Tom Ammiano, no perdió tiempo y en el primer día del ciclo legislativo 2012-13, que inició ayer, reintrodujo el Acta de Confianza, que busca poner fin al impacto negativo en California del programa federal... Read more
Intentan de nuevo Acta de Confianza
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 4, 2012
El asambleísta demócrata de San Francisco, Tom Ammiano, no perdió tiempo y en el primer día del ciclo legislativo 2012-13, que inició ayer, reintrodujo el Acta de Confianza, que busca poner fin al impacto negativo en California del programa federal... Read more
Dos propuestas de ley buscan favorecer a indocumentados en California
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 4, 2012
Dos propuestas de ley buscan en el primer día del nuevo periodo legislativo de California otorgar licencias de conducir a todos los conductores y limitar la remisión de indocumentados detenidos las autoridades de Inmigración. Un proyecto del asambleísta Luis Alejo (D-28),... Read more
TRUST Act Reintroduced to Dem supermajority in Sacramento
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 4, 2012
And Assm. Tom Ammiano and several co-sponsors have reintroduced the Trust Act, banning local law enforcement from turning over illegal immigrants to the feds for possible deportation if their crime is relatively minor. "We must make sure that Secure Communities... Read more
TRUST Act Reintroduced to Dem supermajority in Sacramento
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 4, 2012
And Assm. Tom Ammiano and several co-sponsors have reintroduced the Trust Act, banning local law enforcement from turning over illegal immigrants to the feds for possible deportation if their crime is relatively minor. "We must make sure that Secure Communities focuses... Read more
TRUST Act Reintroduced to Dem supermajority in Sacramento
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 4, 2012
And Assm. Tom Ammiano and several co-sponsors have reintroduced the Trust Act, banning local law enforcement from turning over illegal immigrants to the feds for possible deportation if their crime is relatively minor. "We must make sure that Secure Communities focuses... Read more
California's 'anti-Arizona' TRUST Act is back for another round | 89.3 KPCC
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 4, 2012
Two months after California Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed a bill known as the TRUST Act "as written," a lawmaker is reintroducing it in the Assembly. Bill sponsor Tom Ammiano, a Democratic Assembly member from the Bay Area, announced Monday that... Read more
Connecticut official faults US handling of immigrant
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 4, 2012
An adviser to Connecticut's governor is criticizing the U.S. government's detention of a Mexican immigrant under the federal Secure Communities program. Mike Lawlor, the governor's top aide on criminal justice policy, joined advocates at a rally Thursday condemning the initiative... Read more
Thanksgiving celebration held at Pomona day laborer center
Posted by NDLON Staff / Noviembre 30, 2012
About 100 day laborers, their families and others gathered Tuesday at the Pomona Economic Opportunity Center for a Thanksgiving celebration. Workers took a moment to listen to Jose Calderon, emeritus professor of sociology at Pitzer College, who spoke about the Thanksgiving... Read more
Fue Sandy mayor desastre natural para mexicanos en historia de EUA - El Diario de Yucatán
Posted by NDLON Staff / Noviembre 30, 2012
El huracán Sandy constituyó el desastre natural de mayores proporciones para la comunidad mexicana en la historia reciente de Estados Unidos, aseguró hoy el cónsul de México en Nueva York, Carlos Sada. En una reunión con la secretaria del Trabajo del... Read more
Labor Secretary Visits Staten Island - WNYC
Posted by NDLON Staff / Noviembre 30, 2012
Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis visited a day worker center on Staten Island that has been involved in cleanup efforts after Sandy. She toured the Midland Beach neighborhood on Thursday. Solis said the federal government is trying to reach different... Read more
TRUST Act to be reintroduced 2 months after Gov. Brown vetoed it
Posted by NDLON Staff / Noviembre 30, 2012
A San Francisco state lawmaker plans to introduce a revised version of the TRUST Act, the measure that would restrict the ability of law enforcement agencies in California from enforcing federal immigration laws. Governor Brown vetoed the original bill in... Read more
Jornaleros indocumentados pierden centro de empleo en NY - laopinion.com
Posted by NDLON Staff / Noviembre 29, 2012
Gavino Hernández observaba con tristeza ayer lo que quedó en el interior de una pequeña casita roja de madera donde logró encontrar trabajo como jornalero durante varios años. "Nos sentimos en la ruina. No nos queda nada", murmuró el mexicano indocumentado,... Read more
Más presión por el Acta de Confianza - laopinion.com
Posted by NDLON Staff / Noviembre 29, 2012
Decenas de organizaciones defensores de los derechos de los inmigrantes en California comenzaron a presionar al gobernador Jerry Brown para que firme el Acta de Confianza, y la ley pueda entrar en vigor en enero. El proyecto de ley AB1081... Read more
Day Laborers Play a Role in Sandy's Aftermath
Posted by NDLON Staff / Noviembre 27, 2012
A dozen day laborers gathered on a recent evening at an immigrant day worker center in Staten Island’s Port Richmond neighborhood. Some have already started doing clean-up and repairing people’s homes in Sandy’s wake. Others expected to do so in... Read more
Feds Scaling Back 287g
Posted by NDLON Staff / Noviembre 26, 2012
The Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office’s application for the federal 287(g) program still is pending but could be placed on the back-burner due to a lack of funding. “We’ve got an application on file, but it’s still pending in Washington,” Sheriff Roger... Read more
Far fewer illegal immigrants turned over to feds
Posted by NDLON Staff / Noviembre 26, 2012
The net cast for illegal immigrants in Sonoma County shrank dramatically in the past year — with far fewer people turned over to the federal government for being in the country without permission. The reasons for that change are hard to... Read more
Critics say immigration program detains less serious offenders
Posted by NDLON Staff / Noviembre 26, 2012
The chief goal of the federal Secure Communities program, in place in Sonoma County since March 2010, is to identify, detain and deport dangerous illegal immigrants. But since the program took effect, critics have said that it actually catches up as... Read more
6 Concrete Steps the President Can Take to Seize the Moment on Immigration
Posted by Pablo Alvarado / Noviembre 26, 2012
After his reelection, speculation has begun about what the second term of President Obama will mean for immigrant communities. While we breathed a sigh of relief following the defeat of Mitt Romney and his self-deportation politics, it would be irresponsible... Read more
Day Laborers Offer Help After Hurricane Sandy
Posted by NDLON Staff / Noviembre 20, 2012
About 50 or so people gathered outside a storm-ruined taco restaurant on Saturday morning in Coney Island, on a backstreet behind the Boardwalk near the Wonder Wheel. They were day laborers, Hispanic men and women who have been spending weekends... Read more
Sandy destruction boosts demand for immigrant day laborers
Posted by NDLON Staff / Noviembre 19, 2012
Two signs advertised "Workers Available" outside the red trailer that functions as a shape-up site for immigrant day laborers in Freeport. But only a few among the two dozen men who had gone there Wednesday were available for hire by 7... Read more
Wind of Spirit hosts Sandy day laborer relief brigade Sunday
Posted by NDLON Staff / Noviembre 19, 2012
Day laborers in New York and New Jersey are mobilizing to offer their most valuable asset, their labor, for communities that have been damaged by Hurricane Sandy, according to a news release. Relief brigades will include offering hands on cleanup work,... Read more
Federal illegal immigration strategy shifting - Crime/Safety - NewsObserver.com
Posted by NDLON Staff / Noviembre 19, 2012
Federal officials are scaling back a program that enlists the aid of local police and sheriff’s offices to identify people who are in the country illegally, in favor of a national program that uses fingerprints collected by the FBI. U.S. Immigrations... Read more
New Hope on Immigration - NYTimes.com
Posted by NDLON Staff / Noviembre 19, 2012
Funny how quickly some principles collapse when given the right kind of shove. One day, the Republican Party is rock-ribbed restrictionist, dedicated to the proposition that unauthorized immigrants are an invading army of job stealers, welfare moochers and criminals whose... Read more
Snow, ice hit northeast US, slowing recovery and leaving thousands without power | Free Speech Radio News
Posted by NDLON Staff / Noviembre 19, 2012
Residents in the northeast dealt with new power outages and a halting recovery after a storm brought snow and ice to the battered region. In New Jersey, more than a foot of snow came to some parts of the state... Read more
Bensonhurst day laborers can't find work after storm
Posted by NDLON Staff / Noviembre 19, 2012
After Hurricane Sandy destroyed their workers' center and trashed the surrounding waterfront, Bensonhurst day laborers eager to do debris-clearing work say they can't connect with contractors or homeowners. "It's really difficult," said Gavino Hernandez, 46, who does construction and painting work.... Read more
Sandy crea oportunidad de empleo para hispanos
Posted by NDLON Staff / Noviembre 19, 2012
Aún sin poder calcular por completo los daños que la tormenta Sandy dejó en Nueva York y New Jersey, las oportunidades para quienes trabajen en construcción y reparaciones, y servicios de transporte saltan a la vista. La Agencia Federal de Emergencia... Read more
Voices of NY » » Sandy Could Prove Good for Jobless
Posted by NDLON Staff / Noviembre 19, 2012
While it isn’t yet possible to determine the total destruction that Hurricane Sandy left in its wake in New York and New Jersey, it is clear that job opportunities await those who work in construction, repair and transportation services. The Federal... Read more
Voices of NY » » Sandy Could Prove Good for Jobless
Posted by NDLON Staff / Noviembre 19, 2012
While it isn’t yet possible to determine the total destruction that Hurricane Sandy left in its wake in New York and New Jersey, it is clear that job opportunities await those who work in construction, repair and transportation services. The Federal... Read more
Sandy Sweeps Away New York City’s Only Day Laborer Center
Posted by NDLON Staff / Noviembre 7, 2012
A storm surge from Hurricane Sandy unmoored the Bay Parkway Community Job Center, New York City’s only center for day laborers, and moved it a couple hundred feet inland from the Bensonhurst shore, cracking one of its walls in the... Read more
After Sandy, Day Laborers Play Central Role
Posted by NDLON Staff / Noviembre 6, 2012
Fox News Latino - Elizabeth Llorente It is about 8:30 a.m., just days after superstorm Sandy unleashed her force and fury in the northeast. Men with calloused hands, world-weary lined faces that make them seem years older than they are, practically stand... Read more
Time for PG county to reconsider Secure Communities program
Posted by NDLON Staff / Noviembre 6, 2012
My main goal for this year was driving a car. I had been practicing with my husband for about two months and I was able to pass the road test and secure my driver’s license. Being it was my first time... Read more
Immigrant’s detainment sparks outcry | Yale Daily News
Posted by NDLON Staff / Noviembre 6, 2012
Juana Islas, a New Haven resident and undocumented Mexican immigrant, broke down in tears before a crowd gathered at City Hall Thursday evening as she recounted the story of how her brother Josemaria Islas may now face deportation after having... Read more
Centreville Day Laborers Site Almost Ready
Posted by NDLON Staff / Noviembre 6, 2012
It's been more than a year since Fairfax County Supervisor Michael Frey called a public meeting to discuss the proposal to open a hiring site for immigrant day laborers in Centreville. "The atmosphere was obviously pretty heated," he says. But Frey, a... Read more
Lawsuit Demands Transparency Between GA Law Enforcement and ICE
Posted by NDLON Staff / Noviembre 6, 2012
This week the Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights (GLAHR) and the ACLU of Georgia filed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The suit seeks public records documenting the effects of Georgia’s increasing... Read more
After Hurricane Sandy, Day Laborers Play Central Role in Cleanup, Rebuilding
Posted by NDLON Staff / Noviembre 6, 2012
It is about 8:30 a.m., just days after superstorm Sandy unleashed her force and fury in the northeast. Men with calloused hands, world-weary lined faces that make them seem years older than they are, practically stand on their toes in the... Read more
Feds delay review of Obama immigration program - USA Today
Posted by NDLON Staff / Noviembre 5, 2012
Seventeen months have passed since the Department of Homeland Security announced it would create an internal civil rights review of the Obama administration's signature immigration enforcement program, but now department officials cannot say when, or if, they will complete it.... Read more
Berkeley says “no” to federal immigration detainers | Berkeleyside
Posted by NDLON Staff / Noviembre 1, 2012
In a surprising twist, the Berkeley City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to decline requests from U.S. immigration officials to apply more stringent detention rules to arrested individuals depending on citizenship status. Advocates in attendance said the council made a... Read more
Los Angeles County sheriff's office sued over immigration holds
Posted by NDLON Staff / Octubre 30, 2012
Rights groups filed a class-action lawsuit on Friday against the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, accusing it of unlawfully detaining immigrants at the behest of the federal government for days beyond when they should have been released. The suit highlights... Read more
Jornaleros presentan demanda por detenciones de inmigrantes
Posted by NDLON Staff / Octubre 22, 2012
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ICE Inmates in California Claim They Were Denied Bail
Posted by NDLON Staff / Octubre 19, 2012
Tens of thousands of inmates who should have been eligible for release from sheriff's custody allegedly remain detained for days or even months because of immigration-related holds. Such is the claim made by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of... Read more
Lawsuit: ACLU, NDLON, British director Duncan Roy to accuse LA County Sheriff of illegally detaining him
Posted by NDLON Staff / Octubre 19, 2012
A British man says he was detained unlawfully for 89 days in Men's Central Jail in Downtown Los Angeles on an immigration hold that should have never been in place. Duncan Roy, a Malibu filmmaker, says he repeatedly tried to... Read more
The Trust Act And Secure Communities' Flaws - LA Times
Posted by NDLON Staff / Octubre 19, 2012
Gov. Jerry Brown’s veto of the Trust Act late Sunday raised some interesting questions. Brown said he supported the goal of the bill, which would have set some limits on a controversial federal immigration enforcement program. But the governor said... Read more
The Jobs Numbers: Never Mind the Quantity, Check the Quality
Posted by Nadia Marin Molina / Octubre 8, 2012
The jobs numbers: never mind the quantity, check the quality Behind modest jobs growth, the real story is full-time jobs with good benefits are still disappearing. America's going part-time. Moira Herbst, guardian.co.uk, Friday 5 October 2012 It's heartening to see Friday's... Read more
Gov. Jerry Brown Misses by Vetoing TRUST Act - latimes.com
Posted by NDLON Staff / Octubre 3, 2012
This year's legislative battle over immigration seemed to come to a draw when Gov. Jerry Brown signed one key bill but vetoed another. Immigration rights advocates, however, said Monday that the political give-and-take was largely an illusion. They lost. The bill that... Read more
Loas y críticas al gobernador de California - laopinion.com
Posted by NDLON Staff / Octubre 3, 2012
El veto del gobernador de California Jerry Brown al proyecto de ley TRUST, que hubiera limitado la cooperación de la policía local al programa federal Comunidades Seguras, ha logrado que sus usuales amigos en las agrupaciones proinmigrantes lo llamen traidor... Read more
Mistrust in California - NYTimes.com
Posted by NDLON Staff / Octubre 3, 2012
Gov. Jerry Brown of California dropped the ball on Sunday when he vetoed the Trust Act, a bill aimed at keeping harmless immigrants out of the deportation dragnet — not out of misguided compassion, but to bolster public safety. The... Read more
Jerry Brown disappoints - laopinion.com
Posted by NDLON Staff / Octubre 2, 2012
Governor Jerry Brown's veto of the TRUST Act means political considerations triumphed over protecting California's immigrant community from the arbitrary enforcement of federal law. The enactment of the state law would have probably led to a confrontation in court with... Read more
Calif. gov. OKs driver licenses for illegal immigrants, rejects ‘anti-Arizona’ legislation - The Washington Post
Posted by NDLON Staff / Octubre 1, 2012
Meanwhile, Brown vetoed AB1081, which could have protected illegal immigrants from deportation if they committed minor infractions. The bill has been dubbed “anti-Arizona” legislation, a reference to that state’s immigrant identification law. The so-called Trust Act would have let California... Read more
Brown misses opportunity with TRUST Act
Posted by NDLON Staff / Octubre 1, 2012
Gov. Jerry Brown signed a new law that will allow hundreds of thousands of young illegal immigrants to obtain driver's licenses and vetoed another that would have restricted sheriffs from helping federal authorities detain undocumented Californians for potential deportation. His... Read more
TRUST Act Vetoed: California Gov. Jerry Brown Calls Limits On Immigration Enforcement 'Flawed'
Posted by NDLON Staff / Octubre 1, 2012
California Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed a bill late Sunday to make California the "anti-Arizona" on immigration enforcement, after a long fight that took the bill into the national spotlight as a possible rebuke to a program the Obama administration has... Read more
No one Can Veto a Movement
Posted by Pablo Alvarado / Septiembre 30, 2012
Years of work to see the TRUST Act passed does not stop because Governor Brown chose to veto the bill. He can veto a bill but he cannot veto a movement. Never has California been so united... Read more
TRUST Act Endorsements
Posted by NDLON Staff / Septiembre 27, 2012
The Sacramento BeeEnd ICE's hold on law enforcement agenciesApril 13, 2012By Julia Harumi Mass By giving officers an incentive to arrest "foreign-looking" individuals for minor infractions or no reason at all, S-Comm undermines the Constitution's guarantees of due process and equal... Read more
Ariz. immigrants taught to cope with new law - CBS News
Posted by NDLON Staff / Septiembre 26, 2012
Critics of Arizona's controversial immigration law are on alert. This week, a federal judge gave the state the go-ahead to enforce the "show me your papers" provision of the law. Now some undocumented immigrants are being taught how to respond.... Read more
Obreros de Construccion Protestan Hoy en Brooklyn
Posted by Nadia Marin Molina / Septiembre 25, 2012
EL DIARIO NUEVA YORK: Trabajadores de la construcción se congregarán hoy en Brooklyn para condenar las condiciones de seguridad de algunos de sus lugares de trabajo que -según dicen- han dado lugar a graves accidentes en los últimos meses. La manifestación está... Read more
Le denuncia para no pagarle su salario - laopinion.com
Posted by NDLON Staff / Septiembre 17, 2012
Cuando no estaba trabajando para la compañía que lo contrataba regularmente, José Ucelo González iba a un Home Depot ubicado en Anaheim, a esperar a que cualquier persona lo contratara para trabajar por horas. Nunca imaginó que en uno de... Read more
Day Laborer Faces Deportation After Anaheim Employer Filed False Police Report
Posted by NDLON Staff / Septiembre 17, 2012
Jose Ucelo Gonzalez sought an honest day's work and compensation as many do outside an Anaheim Home Depot on Brookhurst Street and Crescent Avenue in March. The day laborer was hired by Michael Tebb, an Anaheim employer who used "Nick"... Read more
How to reduce your exposure to common pesticides
Posted by NDLON Staff / Septiembre 7, 2012
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Arizona Sheriff Testifies in Racial Profiling Case - NYTimes.com
Posted by NDLON Staff / Julio 24, 2012
The man who calls himself “America’s toughest sheriff” made his way into the federal district courtroom here on Tuesday wearing a black suit and a stern expression. He spelled out his name for the clerk — “Joseph M. Arpaio, A-R-P-A-I-O,”... Read more
The Missing Racial Profiling Argument in the Arizona Case
Posted by NDLON Staff / Julio 23, 2012
It was nearly a month ago when the US Supreme Court issued its opinion in the case of Arizona vs. United States. In the decision, the Court ruled that most of Arizona’s SB1070 was unconstitutional because the enforcement of immigration... Read more
Another legal attack on SB1070
Posted by NDLON Staff / Julio 23, 2012
Opponents of SB1070 have launched another legal attack on the controversial bill. Last month, the Supreme Court struck down most of the law, but left the so-called “show me your papers” provision in place. It is the part of the law... Read more
TRUST Act: California Could Set National Model for Correcting the Damage Done by S-Comm
Posted by NDLON Staff / Julio 23, 2012
Juana Reyes is a food vendor and mother of two who was arrested, and detained in immigration jail for two weeks (while her children were taken away and placed in foster care) - all because she was selling tamales in... Read more
SB 1070 foes renew effort to block most contentious provision
Posted by NDLON Staff / Julio 20, 2012
A coalition of civil-rights groups filed motions in federal court Tuesday to prevent enforcement of the single contested provision of Arizona's immigration law that was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court. The coalition, led by the American Civil Liberties Union, the... Read more
SB1070 ruling still isn't comprehensive reform
Posted by NDLON Staff / Julio 20, 2012
Two years after Gov. Jan Brewer signed SB1070 into law and then saw it suspended while legal appeals wound their way through the courts, the Supreme Court has finally ruled. But to our basic question of two years ago -- Why... Read more
Arizona sigue firme contra la inmigración
Posted by NDLON Staff / Julio 20, 2012
Desde este viernes la Justicia estadounidense podrá ordenar la cancelación de la suspensión temporal aprobada en 2010 del polémico artículo 2(b) de la ley SB1070 de Arizona. Sin embargo, existen aún muchas dudas sobre la fecha exacta en que podría... Read more
Fortalecen lucha por eliminar programa Comunidades Seguras en EU
Posted by NDLON Staff / Julio 20, 2012
Activistas y líderes locales a favor de las comunidades inmigrantes señalaron hoy que están cada día más fortalecidos para luchar contra el programa de Comunidades Seguras, tanto a nivel estatal como nacional. Señalaron a raíz de la decisión de la Corte... Read more
The Missing Racial Profiling Argument in the Arizona Case » Counterpunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names
Posted by NDLON Staff / Julio 19, 2012
It was nearly a month ago when the US Supreme Court issued its opinion in the case of Arizona vs. United States. In the decision, the Court ruled that most of Arizona’s SB1070 was unconstitutional because the enforcement of immigration... Read more
Raising Arizona: Supreme Court's Immigration Decision Creates More Questions Than It Answers
Posted by NDLON Staff / Julio 19, 2012
Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Arizona v. United States, a closely watched case in which the federal government challenged Arizona's controversial immigration law, SB 1070. The decision and its impact has since been dissected in both legal and... Read more
Inicia hoy juicio contra el sheriff Joe Arpaio
Posted by NDLON Staff / Julio 19, 2012
En Arizona, la batalla contra el Sheriff de Maricopa Joe Arpaio apenas comienza su fase legal: en la corte federal en Phoenix empieza hoy un juicio contra Arpaio y su Departamento del Sheriff de Maricopa (MCSO), basado en una demanda... Read more
Efecto Arizona frena migración de México a Estados Unidos
Posted by NDLON Staff / Julio 19, 2012
La crisis económica iniciada a fines de 2007 y las leyes para regular la inmigración impulsadas por Arizona y otros estados de Estados Unidos han frenado el crecimiento de la migración mexicana hacia este país. Así lo indica un estudio difundido... Read more
Mother who sold tamales outside Walmart faces deportation - The Sacramento Bee
Posted by NDLON Staff / Julio 19, 2012
For two years, Juana Reyes helped feed her two small children and pay her rent by selling tamales at the Walmart Supercenter parking lot on Florin Road. Now the undocumented single mom faces possible deportation for peddling her chicken, pork and... Read more
Sacramento Mother Fighting Deportation Becomes Face Of Trust Act « CBS
Posted by NDLON Staff / Julio 18, 2012
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – The misdemeanor charges were dropped but she is still fighting to stay in this country. Juana Reyes was selling tamales in front of a South Sacramento Walmart for two years and was arrested. What happened for 13 days afterwards... Read more
Local, Federal Authorities at Odds over Detention Requests | Swampland | TIME.com
Posted by NDLON Staff / Julio 16, 2012
Last Tuesday, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel held a press conference to announce that he didn’t want his city’s law-enforcement authorities to follow federal requests to hold some undocumented immigrants, picked up on other charges, for deportation. The national media’s ears... Read more
Local, Federal Authorities at Odds over Detention Requests - TIME
Posted by NDLON Staff / Julio 16, 2012
Last Tuesday, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel held a press conference to announce that he didn’t want his city’s law-enforcement authorities to follow federal requests to hold some undocumented immigrants, picked up on other charges, for deportation. The national media’s ears... Read more
Secure Communities: The Trust Act fix
Posted by NDLON Staff / Julio 16, 2012
For nearly three years, the Obama administration has advertised the Secure Communities program as a targeted enforcement tool that identifies "dangerous criminal aliens" for deportation. Over and over, federal officials have insisted that the program's focus would be chiefly limited... Read more
Director de ICE defiende el polémico programa federal Comunidades Seguras
Posted by NDLON Staff / Julio 16, 2012
El director de la Oficina de Inmigración y Aduanas (ICE), John Morton, defendió el martes al polémico programa federal Comunidades Seguras, pero se comprometió a continuar su ajuste para responder a las preocupaciones de agencias policiales. Morton, quien compareció ante... Read more
California's Trust Act shows need for immigration reform - LA Times
Posted by NDLON Staff / Julio 16, 2012
For nearly three years, the Obama administration has advertised the Secure Communities program as a targeted enforcement tool that identifies "dangerous criminal aliens" for deportation. Over and over, federal officials have insisted that the program's focus would be chiefly limited... Read more
Chicago, the Next Anti-Arizona - NYTimes
Posted by NDLON Staff / Julio 16, 2012
Mayor Rahm Emanuel of Chicago is the latest official to diverge from the Obama administration’s widening use of local police in deporting illegal immigrants. He is seeking an ordinance that would bar Chicago cops from turning immigrants over to federal... Read more
D.C. Passes Bill To Restrict Secure Communities Immigration Enforcement Program
Posted by NDLON Staff / Julio 12, 2012
WASHINGTON -- As groups around the country rally this week against the Secure Communities immigration enforcement program, the District of Columbia approved its own measure on Tuesday to fight back. In a unanimous vote, the D.C. Council approved a bill that... Read more
Have Some Trust: California to Pass Anti-Arizona Immigration Bill
Posted by NDLON Staff / Julio 11, 2012
California is taking a stand on immigration – and it doesn’t exactly jive with a recent ruling by the Supreme Court on the issue. Last week, the California State Senate passed the TRUST Act, a move that is in direct contrast... Read more
Obama Policy on Illegal Immigrants Is Challenged by Chicago - NYTimes.com
Posted by NDLON Staff / Julio 10, 2012
Just weeks after the Supreme Court largely reaffirmed the Obama administration’s immigration enforcement powers in its legal battle with Arizona, federal officials are facing a new, politically tricky clash with local authorities over immigration, this time in Chicago. At a news... Read more
Arpaio's Legacy Hangs in the Balance
Posted by NDLON Staff / Julio 9, 2012
When historians look back on Joe Arpaio's legacy as Maricopa County sheriff, one thing they are likely to weigh heavily is the outcome of a 4 1/2-year-old racial-profiling lawsuit that will finally be heard in a federal courthouse in Phoenix... Read more
California Senate passes 'anti-Arizona' bill to limit federal detainers on illegal immigrants
Posted by NDLON Staff / Julio 9, 2012
The California Senate has passed a so-called "anti-Arizona" bill to prevent racial profiling by police and allow local law agencies to ignore federal requests to detain nonviolent illegal immigrants for deportation, a state lawmaker said. The proposal, called the California Trust... Read more
Ley anti-arizona aprobado por el senado de California
Posted by NDLON Staff / Julio 9, 2012
U.S. citizen sues over detention under Secure Communities program
Posted by NDLON Staff / Julio 9, 2012
A computer specialist is suing the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security after a controversial fingerprint-sharing program incorrectly identified him as an illegal immigrant and authorities ordered him detained in a maximum-security prison. The lawsuit is the first legal challenge... Read more
California Senate passes anti-Arizona immigration bill
Posted by NDLON Staff / Julio 6, 2012
The California Senate passed a bill on Thursday that seeks to shield illegal immigrants from status checks by local police and challenges Republican-backed immigration crackdowns in Arizona and other U.S. states. The Democrat-led state Senate voted 21 to 13 to approve... Read more
California Senate passes anti-Arizona immigration bill
Posted by NDLON Staff / Julio 6, 2012
The California Senate passed a bill on Thursday that seeks to shield illegal immigrants from status checks by local police and challenges Republican-backed immigration crackdowns in Arizona and other U.S. states. The Democrat-led state Senate voted 21 to 13 to approve... Read more
California Senate OKs bill that would blunt deportation efforts - latimes.com
Posted by NDLON Staff / Julio 6, 2012
A bill that that would restrict California law enforcement from cooperating with federal immigration enforcement efforts passed the state Senate on Thursday. The Trust Act would prohibit police and sheriff's officials from detaining arrestees for possible deportation unless the suspects have... Read more
California Senate OKs bill that would blunt deportation efforts - latimes.com
Posted by NDLON Staff / Julio 6, 2012
A bill that that would restrict California law enforcement from cooperating with federal immigration enforcement efforts passed the state Senate on Thursday. The Trust Act would prohibit police and sheriff's officials from detaining arrestees for possible deportation unless the suspects have... Read more
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement program faces novel challenge
Posted by NDLON Staff / Julio 5, 2012
We’ve been hearing a lot about how immigration enforcement intersects with local law enforcement. Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld an Arizona requirement that police officers check the immigration status of people they stop for other reasons. Now we’ll... Read more
In California, immigration bill designed as the anti-Arizona - Reuters
Posted by NDLON Staff / Julio 5, 2012
While America's debate over immigration has been dominated recently by crackdowns in states like Arizona and Alabama, California legislators are trying to turn that tide with a bill to protect illegal immigrants that they dub the "anti-Arizona." Last week, the top... Read more
After Arizona, a Struggle Continues - NYT Editorial
Posted by NDLON Staff / Julio 2, 2012
The Supreme Court ruling on Arizona’s immigration law shredded the law’s radical premise — that a state can write its own foreign policy, impose its own criminal punishments on the undocumented, set its own enforcement priorities and oblige the federal government to... Read more
Arizona SCOTUS Ruling Frames NY “Secure Communities” Debate
Posted by NDLON Staff / Junio 28, 2012
NEW YORK - Just one day after the U.S. Supreme Court's split decision on Arizona's controversial immigration law, a new education campaign is being launched today to deal with local fears surrounding enforcement on Long Island of federal immigration rules,... Read more
Is your home state being Arizonified? - UU World
Posted by NDLON Staff / Junio 28, 2012
A major reason for holding a Justice GA in Arizona has always been so that participants could learn how to take lessons home to confront anti-immigrant measures wherever they live. Sarahi Uribe At an education session Thursday titled “Confronting Arizonification in Our... Read more
Undocumented Arizonans Wary of SCOTUS Decision
Posted by NDLON Staff / Junio 27, 2012
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SB 1070 Ruling Refocuses Attention on Secure Communities and ICE
Posted by NDLON Staff / Junio 27, 2012
Monday’s Supreme Court decision that allowed a portion of SB 1070 (Section 2B) to stand included the measure empowering the state to require local law enforcement to check the immigration status of suspects who are detained. If an officer stops someone for a... Read more
UU Assembly Ends In Commitment
Posted by NDLON Staff / Junio 25, 2012
The Justice GA closed Sunday night with a rousing final worship. After five days of learning about immigration issues and after Saturday night’s massive candlelight vigil at the Tent City jail, GA participants gathered one last time before heading home... Read more
California's TRUST Act: Countering Arizona
Posted by NDLON Staff / Junio 21, 2012
New York Times Editorial: June 21, 2012. A bill moving through the California Legislature, aptly named the Trust Act, seeks to counter the damage done to community policing and public safety by the Obama administration’s Secure Communities program. The program conducts mandatory immigration... Read more
SB1070: Pushing the Gears of History Forward
Posted by Carlos Garcia / Junio 20, 2012
The migrant rights movement in this country is about to enter a new phase and every person, no matter their position, will have to decide how they will relate to it. While many are waiting to see the decision of the... Read more
Community members rally against 287(g) - The Tennessean
Posted by NDLON Staff / Junio 18, 2012
More than 100 people marched up Seventh Avenue Thursday, their voices booming, as they chanted in English and Spanish, “What do we want? Justice. When do we want it? Now.” They walked from the Downtown Presbyterian Church to the Tennessee... Read more
Rally Takes 287(g) to TN Supreme Court
Posted by NDLON Staff / Junio 18, 2012
Tennessee Supreme Court Justices are deciding whether the Davidson County Sheriff's Office's contract with the federal government to enforce immigration law is legal. As Fox 17's Erika Kurre shows us, those fighting against it say they 287G contract is not only... Read more
Groups Seek TN Supreme Court Block Of 287(g) Program
Posted by NDLON Staff / Junio 18, 2012
Several groups have issued a challenge to the Tennessee Supreme Court, asking them to block the Davidson County Sheriff's Office ability to deport immigrants who are in the country illegally. The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), the National Immigration Project of... Read more
Irregardless of President's Announcement, Arpaio to Plan Another Raid
Posted by NDLON Staff / Junio 15, 2012
Wage Theft: A Crime You Can Get Away With
Posted by NDLON Staff / Junio 14, 2012
By Tim Judson, Workers' Rights Policy Specialist at Progressive States Network | Source: HuffingtonPost.com | Posted: 06/07/2012 5:19 pm Co-authored with Cristina Francisco-McGuire This week, we authored a report grading states on how well they protect a fundamental workplace right: getting paid... Read more
CA Senate Committee Approves TRUST Act
Posted by NDLON Staff / Junio 12, 2012
Source: New America Media, News Report | Jun 12, 2012 SACRAMENTO -- The California State Senate's Public Safety Committee on Tuesday approved, by a vote of 5 to 2, the new version of the TRUST Act (AB 1081), introduced by Assemblymember... Read more
Day laborers can solicit work in Agoura Hills
Posted by NDLON Staff / Junio 7, 2012
City’s ban is ‘unconstitutional’ By Sylvie Belmond | Source: TheAcorn.com The City of Agoura Hills repealed its ordinance prohibiting day laborers from soliciting work in the public right of way on the heals of a federal ruling that struck down a similar... Read more
Two Workers Deaths attributed to Heat in California
Posted by Nadia Marin Molina / Junio 7, 2012
Cal/OSHA is actively investigating these two recent cases as suspected heat related deaths. One was a farmworker in Coalinga, and the other, an 18 year old construction worker for a small company in Friant. While the deaths have been attributed... Read more
Artist pays homage to L.A.'s unseen workers - latimes.com
Posted by NDLON Staff / Junio 5, 2012
Their faces are vague, the color of coffee beans, but before Ramiro Gomez heads out with pliers and wire to install them, he gives each one a name. There was Guillermina, named for his Aunt Guille, a housekeeper at a casino... Read more
Health Truth Revealed
Posted by NDLON Staff / Junio 1, 2012
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Students Press for Action on Immigration - NYTimes.com
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 31, 2012
Young illegal immigrants, saying President Obama has done little to diminish the threat of deportations they face despite repeated promises, have started a campaign to press him to use executive powers to allow them to remain legally in the country. The... Read more
Expansión de Comunidades Seguras genera preocupación - Univision
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 30, 2012
La súbita expansión del programa federal Comunidades Seguras a todos los condados de Colorado ha causado preocupación entre los dirigentes pro inmigrantes, porque la medida deja sin efecto leyes estatales que hasta ahora protegían a personas indocumentadas víctimas de ciertos... Read more
Expansión de Comunidades Seguras genera preocupación - Univision Noticias
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 30, 2012
La súbita expansión del programa federal Comunidades Seguras a todos los condados de Colorado ha causado preocupación entre los dirigentes pro inmigrantes, porque la medida deja sin efecto leyes estatales que hasta ahora protegían a personas indocumentadas víctimas de ciertos... Read more
Sigue creciendo el programa Comunidades Seguras y también sus críticos
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 30, 2012
Breaking Down The Border
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 30, 2012
With policies like 287g coming to Knox County the focus has been on illegal immigration. But what is it really like to live hidden in broad daylight among the 12 million undocumented people living in America? "I'm a Christian, I'm a Catholic,... Read more
Operation Cross Check And The Detention Of Martin Berrospe Yepez
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 30, 2012
Last March, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) conducted Operation Cross Check, the largest sweep in history netting a whopping total of 3,168 people. The operative was meant to identify, detain and deport the most serious criminal aliens. But, much like... Read more
In California, Lawmakers Mount New Challenge to Secure Communities
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 30, 2012
Last year, lawmakers in California were poised to pass a bill—known as the TRUST Act—to let local jurisdictions opt out of Secure Communities, the federal program that routes fingerprints taken at local jails to federal immigration authorities. Before final passage,... Read more
Fingerprinting Of Immigrants Questioned In New Report, Raises Privacy Concerns
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 30, 2012
Police officers have drastically increased their use of fingerprinting technologies to track immigrants and non-criminals, according to a new report. Some immigrants rights groups are speaking out against the new technologies used for immigration enforcement, calling them a violation of... Read more
County adopts resolution ending ICE detainers for non-criminal immigrants | Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 29, 2012
Immigrants in Milwaukee who are detained for non-violent offenses will no longer be subject to additional Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) investigations, following the passage of Resolution 12-224 by the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors. In a victory for the... Read more
Deportation is a Public Health issue
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 29, 2012
Lost in an increasingly heated debate about U.S. immigration reform is a growing problem of immigrant mental and emotional health, a public-health doctor says. Tragedies like the Thanksgiving weekend 2011 suicide of high school senior Joaquin Luna Jr., 18, of... Read more
For some, finding daily work is a full-time job
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 29, 2012
Ray Garrett makes sure he keeps a close eye on his fuel gauge. For now, his daily income depends on it. Garrett, 34, lost a steady job in April when, after problems at work, he left his employer. Now, in... Read more
LGBTQ Day of Action in Boston Against S-Comm Planned for June 14
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 29, 2012
Thursday, June 14, 2012 from 12 – 3 PM, the Hispanic Black Gay Coalition (HBGC), local and state organizations and agencies, and elected officials, as well as advocates and supporters will convene at the Massachusetts State House Grand Staircase for... Read more
VIDEO: Dozens rally against Secure Communities program in CO
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 29, 2012
With anger in their voices and powerful stories to share, dozens of people rallied at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Aurora Friday to protest Secure Communities – a controversial program that requires local police to share fingerprints with... Read more
e-verify 2.0: The New "IMAGE" Program
Posted by Nadia Marin Molina / Mayo 24, 2012
A new federal program called IMAGE (ICE Mutual Agreement between Government and Employers) was just adopted by the city of Escondido in California. Through IMAGE, the employer agrees to use e-verify and also submit to regular audits of its employee... Read more
Expansión de Comunidades Seguras genera preocupación
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 24, 2012
La súbita expansión del programa federal Comunidades Seguras a todos los condados de Colorado ha causado preocupación entre los dirigentes proinmigrantes porque la medida deja sin efecto leyes estatales que hasta ahora protegían a personas indocumentadas víctimas de ciertos delitos.... Read more
VT Governor Seeking Options to Mitigate S-Comm's Harm
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 24, 2012
A federal information-sharing policy newly implemented in Vermont has put the state’s look-the-other-way, bias-free policing policy in jeopardy. The policy, Secure Communities, uses existing procedure and infrastructure to assist the Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement division in... Read more
Divisive Secure Communities measure rolls out in Vt. Tuesday
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 23, 2012
A top federal law enforcement official confirmed for New England Cable News Monday that the Vermont rollout of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's information-sharing program known as Secure Communities will happen Tuesday. It is already operational in most of... Read more
S-Comm Sparks Protest in Vermont
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 23, 2012
A federal program aimed at identifying illegal immigrants who are arrested for crimes expanded to Vermont on Tuesday, touching off opposition from advocacy groups for immigrants. Those groups say the Secure Communities program was implemented by the federal government in... Read more
Amherst passes law in opposition to Secure Communities - WWLP.com
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 23, 2012
With a nearly unanimous vote at Monday’s town meeting, the Town of Amherst decided to opt out of the controversial Secure Communities Program. Secure Communities is a program designed by the Department of Homeland Security to crack down on illegal... Read more
‘TRUST Act 2.0′: Amended CA bill would only let cops hold convicted criminals for ICE | Multi-American
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 23, 2012
A year ago, a bill was moving through the California state legislature that aimed to make optional counties and cities’ participation in the controversial Secure Communities immigration enforcement program. At the time, California was one of several states in which some state... Read more
Vista, CA Father's Death in AZ Desert Shows Need for TRUST Act
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 22, 2012
A Vista man died along the U.S. border with Mexico last month trying to return to his family after being deported. The body of Alfonso Martinez Sanchez, 39, was found on the Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation, his family and authorities... Read more
Immigrants Lobby for TRUST Act in Sacramento
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 22, 2012
A morning rally is planned before the various groups fan out to talk with legislators. The rally, which will take place at the capitol building will include greetings and speeches from Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, D-SF and Sen. Kevin De Leon,... Read more
Obama’s broken immigration promise - Salon
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 18, 2012
The Obama administration claims that it is deporting record numbers of illegal immigrants while focusing on those with criminal records. But new data from Immigration and Customs Enforcement shows that the number of deportation orders has declined dramatically since last... Read more
Obama’s broken immigration promise - Salon
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 18, 2012
The Obama administration claims that it is deporting record numbers of illegal immigrants while focusing on those with criminal records. But new data from Immigration and Customs Enforcement shows that the number of deportation orders has declined dramatically since last... Read more
Manchester residents protest immigration program - WMUR
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 18, 2012
The so-called "Secure Communities" program is starting to be rolled out state-by-state. It went into effect in New Hampshire last week without much fanfare. Officials said the program starts when police take fingerprints. Those prints are routinely sent to the... Read more
Racial Profiling Bill And Secure Communities Intersect in CT
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 18, 2012
The recently adopted racial profiling legislation that Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is expected to sign may help the state assess the impact of the controversial federal “Secure Communities” immigration policy, according to the governor’s top criminal justice adviser. The bill... Read more
Groundbreaking Report Disputes ICE Claims about Jail Deportation Program
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 17, 2012
More than eight months since it passed, an ordinance that ended the Cook County Jail’s compliance with immigration detainers keeps causing sparks. The detainers are requests that the jail hold inmates up to two business days extra to help federal... Read more
Immigration central issue in Democratic primary for Travis sheriff
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 17, 2012
As he seeks a third term as Travis County sheriff, Greg Hamilton would prefer the race be about issues like putting more deputies on the streets and ways to improve mental health resources for people booked into the county jail.... Read more
Sheriff: Won't Jail Undocumented Non-Criminals - Watsonville, CA
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 17, 2012
Sheriff Phil Wowak told a group of Watsonville residents and leaders that enforcing deportation law was not the job of sheriff's deputies or police officers in Santa Cruz County during an emotionally-charged forum about Secure Communities Wednesday evening. The event—organized... Read more
Immigration measure OK'd by Amherst Select Board; heads to Town Meeting
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 17, 2012
The Select Board has thrown its support behind a resolution critical of a federal immigration enforcement program and the town's participation in it - and now Town Meeting will weigh in on the matter. Residents concerned about the Secure Communities... Read more
Feds Use Counter-Terrorism Laws to Fuel Deportation Machine
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 15, 2012
Jose Barahona says that he would have been killed had he refused to open his door when the armed guerillas occupying his town demanded he let them use his kitchen and sleep on his floor. He says that’s what happened... Read more
Secure Communities gear up is the mother of all flawed immigration policies
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 14, 2012
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... Read more
Obama's Broken 2008 Immigration Promises Create Dilemma For Democrats
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 14, 2012
Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.), one of President Barack Obama's most vocal critics on immigration, was sitting at dinner with his family a couple of weeks ago when his youngest daughter began talking about the president's "terrible" deportation record. "If they... Read more
Obama's Broken 2008 Immigration Promises Create Dilemma For Democrats
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 14, 2012
Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.), one of President Barack Obama's most vocal critics on immigration, was sitting at dinner with his family a couple of weeks ago when his youngest daughter began talking about the president's "terrible" deportation record. "If they invite... Read more
ICE to Expand Secure Communities Program in Mass. and N.Y. - NYTimes.com
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 14, 2012
Obama administration officials have announced that a contentious fingerprinting program to identify illegal immigrants will be extended across Massachusetts and New York next week, expanding federal enforcement efforts despite opposition from the governors and immigrant groups in those states. In... Read more
Mayoral Candidates Oppose Fingerprinting Program - NYTimes.com
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 14, 2012
The expected Democratic candidates for mayor may have their differences, but they are unified in their opposition to New York City’s participation in Secure Communities, a controversial fingerprinting program meant to identify illegal immigrants. Last week, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials... Read more
Joe Arpaio Faces Justice Department Lawsuit Over Allegations Of Civil Rights Violations
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 10, 2012
Federal authorities sued America's self-proclaimed toughest sheriff Thursday, a rare step after months of negotiations failed to yield an agreement to settle allegations that his department racially profiled Latinos in his trademark immigration patrols. The U.S. Department of Justice officials said... Read more
Dear feds: What Took You So Long With Arpaio? EJ Montini
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 10, 2012
The U.S. Department of Justice filed its lawsuit against Maricopa Sheriff Joe Arpaio Thursday and the first and most obvious question is: What took you so long? If you’ve lived in Arizona for any amount of time you KNEW that Arpaio would... Read more
Mere Tinkering With a Bad Program, S-Comm - NYTimes
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 10, 2012
The Obama administration announced last month plans to repair Secure Communities, the program that compels state and local police to join its wide and expanding hunt for illegal immigrants. From now on, when illegal immigrants are stopped for traffic violations... Read more
SB 1070: Why Obama Is Partly to Blame for the Racist Bill
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 7, 2012
Listening to the oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court on Arizona's breathing-while-brown law, Senate Bill 1070, prompted a daydream. Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Antonin Scalia are in a battered pickup truck with garden tools visible in the back. Set... Read more
S-Comm Tweaks Inadequate Response to Taskforce
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 7, 2012
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Disappointingly Little Changes After ICE Review of Secure Communities, Say Advocates
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 7, 2012
A tweak to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Secure Communities program, also known as S-Comm, would allow the agency to withhold placing undocumented immigrants stopped by local law enforcement for traffic violations into deportation proceedings until "conviction for the... Read more
The Right Ways to Floss to Save Your Teeth and Gums
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 6, 2012
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Una Familia Vive Presa Del Miedo Por 287-G En Atlanta
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 4, 2012
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Banned in the USA: Reflections on the Legacy of Arizona - NAM EthnoBlog
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 4, 2012
In crude, ironic fashion, Arizona’s anti-immigrant law SB 1070 reached its two-year anniversary on April 23, the same day Cesar Chavez passed away 19 years ago. April also marked the 65th anniversary of the Mendez vs. Westminster case, which emerged... Read more
Demandan resolver brutal asesinato de Anastasio Hernández - eldiariony.com
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 4, 2012
El Gobierno de EE.UU. mantendrá en pie el polémico programa federal 'Comunidades Seguras', con pequeñas modificaciones que, en su conjunto, no remediarán por completo la detención y deportación de indocumentados por infracciones de tránsito. En respuesta a las reformas que recomendó... Read more
Cientos de personas marchan en EE.UU. contra la Ley Arizona
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 4, 2012
Cientos de personas marcharon este jueves por las calles de la ciudad de Phoenix para protestar contra la ley de inmigración de Arizona SB1070 y denunciar que ha generado discriminación y racismo en este estado sureño. La manifestación, denominada "Marcha... Read more
JURIST - Forum: SB 1070 and the Impending Police State
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 4, 2012
Is it premature to call a place a "police state" where authorities are given authority to detain a person until their immigration status is verified, without regard to the length of the detention? Will a tipping point be reached if... Read more
Opponents to immigration policy share testimonies in Knoxville » Knoxville News Sentinel
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 4, 2012
Juana Villegas said she was three days' from giving birth when law enforcement in Middle Tennessee took her into custody to be deported. She was shackled until minutes before she gave birth in a hospital. Villegas was one of about... Read more
Day Laborers form Worker Cooperative
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 3, 2012
)“You see a contractor managing a job one day and you think ‘Why not me?’” said Carlos Diaz. The day laborer was one of several dozen people gathered at Don Juan’s restaurant in Mount Pleasant on a weekend evening in... Read more
Day Laborers form Worker Cooperative
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 3, 2012
)“You see a contractor managing a job one day and you think ‘Why not me?’” said Carlos Diaz. The day laborer was one of several dozen people gathered at Don Juan’s restaurant in Mount Pleasant on a weekend evening in... Read more
Secure Communities Immigration Program To Change With ICE Announcement; Critics Unimpressed
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 3, 2012
Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Friday announced a policy change for its Secure Communities program, hoping to address concerns raised by advocacy groups and an agency task force. Those critics were unimpressed, saying the reform did little to respond to complaints... Read more
Nationwide Protests Against SB 1070 End with Nine Arrests in Phoenix
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 2, 2012
Not content to let the fight against the SB 1070 be handled by the federal government alone, immigrant rights activists turned out across the country yesterday on the day the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case to demand... Read more
Arizona Latinos Take to the Street Protest Deportations and Racism
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 2, 2012
Members of the Hispanic community of southern Arizona marched through the streets Tuesday to demand an end to the deportations and racism provoked by state laws like SB 1070. Hispanics “are the base and strength of the pyramid we live... Read more
ICE change to Secure Communities does little to thaw controversial program
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 2, 2012
The more things change the more they stay the same. At least, that’s the way it has been with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and its despised Secure Communities deportation program. Despite a task force assembled last year and its recommendations to... Read more
New Immigration Reforms Basically Cite Months-Old Training Memos
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 2, 2012
The U.S. Immigration and Custom's Enforcement agency has taken much criticism for its "Secure Communities" initiative, where participating local police departments give immigration officials access to the fingerprints of people brought into its jails. In September, for instance, a Department of... Read more
ICE Announces Change To 'Secure Communities' Deportation Policy | KPBS.org
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 2, 2012
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Immigration eases up on minor traffic cases - AP
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 2, 2012
Immigration officials say they will no longer immediately detain suspected illegal immigrants who are arrested only on minor traffic violations and have no criminal history. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman Barbara Gonzalez said Friday that immigration agents will now consider detaining... Read more
Fewer people stopped for traffic offenses to face deportation | ajc.com
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 2, 2012
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Let's Talk About It!: Aftermath-The Immigration Show Part X: Arizona's SB1070, the SCOTUS, and...
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 2, 2012
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Let's Talk About It!: Aftermath-The Immigration Show Part X: Arizona's SB1070, the SCOTUS, and...
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 2, 2012
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Police ID those arrested during SB 1070 march
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 2, 2012
Phoenix Police have released names and photos of the individuals arrested during the SB 1070 march Wednesday evening. They were booked into jail because they were blocking Central Ave during rush hour and refused to move. About 500 demonstrators marched from Civic... Read more
SB 1070 Protesters Block Central Ave
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 2, 2012
Nine people have been arrested after a protest march stopped in front of a federal immigration building in Phoenix. About 500 demonstrators marched in the downtown area Wednesday afternoon against Arizona's controversial immigration law known as SB 1070. The protesters were kept... Read more
Rallies as Supreme Court Discusses Arizona Immigration Law - NYTimes.com
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 2, 2012
Hundreds of chanting demonstrators filled the sidewalk in front of the Supreme Court on Wednesday, denouncing an Arizona immigration law that was under debate inside, saying it would spread fear among Latinos in the state. Protesters from Latino communities in Arizona,... Read more
US top court may back Arizona immigration law - Al Jazeera English
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 2, 2012
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Hundreds march against Arizona immigration law | Reuters
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 2, 2012
A few hundred protesters, some toting placards reading "no to racial profiling," marched through downtown Phoenix on Wednesday to urge the U.S. Supreme Court to block Arizona's two-year-old crackdown on illegal immigrants. "My message to the Supreme Court is 'don't single... Read more
Hundreds march against Arizona immigration law | Reuters
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 2, 2012
A few hundred protesters, some toting placards reading "no to racial profiling," marched through downtown Phoenix on Wednesday to urge the U.S. Supreme Court to block Arizona's two-year-old crackdown on illegal immigrants. "My message to the Supreme Court is 'don't single... Read more
Hurt by Arizona immigration law, Hispanics organize: video
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 2, 2012
Arizona landscaper Jose Acosta says he has been pulled over by police in the Mexico border state three or four times for tailgating or driving with a chipped windshield. But really, he believes, it is because of the color of... Read more
Texas, Others Watching Hearings on Immigration Law — Texas Tribune
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 2, 2012
Early reports coming from the U.S. Supreme Court’s hearing on Arizona’s immigration-enforcement law indicate that even the court’s more liberal justices appeared skeptical of the argument that the state of Arizona should not be allowed to question the immigration status... Read more
What Is Normal Blood Pressure? | Health Watch Center
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 26, 2012
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Phoenix SB1070 Protesters Block ICE Entrance
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 26, 2012
SB 1070 Protesters Block Central Ave, 9 Arrested: MyFoxPHOENIX.com PHOENIX - Nine people have been arrested after a protest march stopped in front of a federal immigration building in Phoenix. About 500 demonstrators marched in the downtown area Wednesday afternoon against Arizona's... Read more
Obama Sues Arizona While Replicating Its Policies - Democracy Now
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 26, 2012
SB1070 Sparks Phoenix Protests - AZ Republic
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 25, 2012
Anger and frustration borne out of Arizona's tough immigration law has galvanized Latinos young and old to register to vote, get politically engaged and have their voices heard. Much of the anger from two years ago, when Gov. Jan Brewer signed... Read more
Supreme Court to hear arguments over Ariz. immigration law – USATODAY.com
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 25, 2012
Arizona Senate Bill 1070 has become a flashpoint for the debate over how to enforce immigration in the U.S. and has served as a blueprint for five other states that adopted similar laws the following year. Dozens of protesters for and... Read more
La Corte Suprema decide el futuro de la Ley SB1070 de Arizona - CNN en Español – Ultimas Noticias de…
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 24, 2012
La Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos está a punto de decidir si Arizona puede implementar su controvertida ley migratoria ante las fuertes objeciones del gobierno de Barack Obama. El miércoles se presentarán los argumentos orales. Un fallo a favor de la... Read more
Why the decision on SB 1070 has already been made - The Hill's Congress Blog
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 24, 2012
As the Supreme Court sits down this week to hear oral arguments in Arizona v. United States, legal analysts will dissect the constitutionality of Arizona’s SB 1070 from every possible angle. They will wrestle with questions of preemption and which... Read more
Secure Communities and the federal deportation program | KALW
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 24, 2012
So the so-called Secure Communities program, which we prefer to call S-COM – because really it doesn’t make anyone any safer – is a federal deportation program. It’s tremendously controversial, and it is undermining public safety. It is putting victims... Read more
Jeff Biggers: At Supreme Court, Arizona Leaves Affected Voices at Home: Q A With Carlos Garcia, Puente Human Rights Advocate
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 24, 2012
While Gov. Jan Brewer unceremoniously dumped her disgraced SB 1070 partner Russell Pearce from Arizona's front seats at tomorrow's historic Supreme Court hearing on the state's controversial immigration law, the seminal voices of those most affected by Arizona's punitive measures... Read more
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Controversial Arizona Law Reaches Supreme Court : NPR
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 24, 2012
The U.S. Supreme Court takes up yet another incendiary election issue Wednesday when it hears arguments on a controversial Arizona law that targets illegal immigrants. As with last month's test of the Obama health care overhaul, the case pits the federal... Read more
Returning to the Scene of the Crime: Phoenix, Two Years Later
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 24, 2012
Two years ago, on July 29, 2010, I was arrested in Phoenix for nonviolent civil disobedience during large protests against SB1070, Arizona's anti-immigrant law. As the president of the Unitarian Universalist Association and a man of faith, I knew it... Read more
SB 1070 Arguments Loom As Mexican Immigration to U.S. Slows To Standstill - Phoenix News - Valley Fever
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 24, 2012
Don't know if the Pew Hispanic Center intentionally released its fascinating, statistics-based report on the in-flux state of illegal immigration just prior to tomorrow's U.S. Supreme Court arguments on controversial Arizona SB 1070, but the timing has provided the respected... Read more
Poor Sleep in Aging Men Linked to Lower Testosterone | LiveScience
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 23, 2012
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Ariz. to defend its tough immigration law at Supreme Court – USATODAY.com
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 23, 2012
National legal experts predict the high court's ruling will be a landmark decision that determines whether states have the right to enforce federal immigration laws as they see fit. It is unusual for the Supreme Court to accept a case... Read more
How to beat depression – without drugs | Life and style | The Guardian
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 23, 2012
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Homes 'filled with toxins that make us sick' -- Health Wellness -- Sott.net
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 23, 2012
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Sheriff faces pressure to stop holding jailed immigrants for federal agents
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 23, 2012
In thousands of local jails and prisons across the country, federal agents use computer databases to look for possible undocumented immigrants, then file what's known as a detainer a document requesting that local authorities notify Immigration and Customs Enforcement before... Read more
Episcopal Bishop Sermon on 1070 and a Dream of Shalom
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 20, 2012
The descendants of Abraham are still living into the promise he received, that his offspring and his very name would bless the nations. Our immigration policy is not living up to that promise of blessing. While we have learned to... Read more
Top 5 Negative Impacts of Arizona’s ‘Papers Please’ Law
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 20, 2012
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The Arizona Immigration Law is a Constitutional Nightmare - Brad Bannon (usnews.com)
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 20, 2012
You thought the healthcare case created a storm. Well you haven't seen anything yet. Next week the Supreme Court hears oral arguments on the constitutionality of SB 1070, the Arizona immigration law. Any case that involves race creates political fireworks.... Read more
Arizona Immigrants Make Plans for Defense
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 19, 2012
By FERNANDA SANTOS PHOENIX — Miguel Guerra has a wife, three children and a house. He has a car, but no driver’s license. He has business cards, but no immigration papers. He got into the habit of keeping his cellphone close when he drives... Read more
Students Walk Out of Napolitano Speech
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 17, 2012
Students at the University of California Los Angeles walked out as Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano addressed the immigration controversy. Expanding on national security issues spanning from international threats to natural disasters, Napolitano said the government prioritizes issues of homeland... Read more
GUTIERREZ: FEDERAL IMMIGRATION PROGRAMS AND STATE LAWS INCENTIVIZE RACIAL PROFILING
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 17, 2012
Rep. Gutierrez focused particularly on the impact of enlisting state and local police in the enforcement of federal civil immigration law. This situation has been exacerbated by the proliferation of "show me your papers" laws like the anti-immigrant measures adopted... Read more
Attrition is a Threat to Public Safety - AZ Republic
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 17, 2012
What part of "illegal" don't you understand? Those who ask this question profess a deep devotion to law and order. But "solutions" to illegal immigration that rely on self-deportation (Mitt Romney) and attrition through enforcement (Russell Pearce) represent a very... Read more
Undocumented and Undeportable - Citizen Orange
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 16, 2012
The Obama administration has criticized the GOP's "attrition through enforcement" immigration policy framework while adopting it in practice. Undocumented activists have reduced their reliance on politicians and the advocacy community by strategically creating a quasi-legal status for people who publicly... Read more
(In)-Secure Communities: The fox can't guard the hen house | Ella Baker Center
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 13, 2012
The Orwellian-named "Secure" Communities deportation program was rolled out under a cloud of deception so thick that last year, Rep. Zoe Lofgren of San Jose declared that immigration officialslied to her and local governments about the program. Lofgren rightfully asked the... Read more
Op-Ed: End ICE's hold on law enforcement agencies
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 13, 2012
Perla Rodriguez had already become a U.S. citizen when she was pulled over for a traffic violation in Sacramento County. One of the first questions the officer asked her was, "Where were you born?" She was later arrested and –... Read more
Undocumented Workers Don't Drive Down Wages, Study Shows
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 13, 2012
Hear that? That's the sound of holes being poked in one of the most common arguments for pushing undocumented workers out of America. Undocumented workers have a "negligible impact" on the wages of documented workers that work at the same... Read more
Comunidades Inseguras, Ejemplo de Incompetencia - La Opinion
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 13, 2012
El programa comenzó a operar sin objetivos claros que hasta hoy sigue separando familias trabajadoras -al punto que tres estados, incluyendo Nueva York, han rehusado participar. El Inspector General de los Estados Unidos dio a conocer esta semana un informe... Read more
Can 'Caring Across Generations' Change the World? | The Nation
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 13, 2012
A new campaign calling itself Caring Across Generations has in mind nothing less than a 180-degree turn in the way that Americans think about themselves, one another, the economy and workers. This group aims to create 2 million quality jobs... Read more
Top Secret Recording of Arpaio Plotting Intimidation
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 13, 2012
Warren: Secure Communities needs fix before full implementation
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 13, 2012
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren says the federal Secure Communities law should be improved before it is fully implemented by the end of next year. Warren said today that the law as it currently stands does not focus on violent... Read more
LA Sheriff Sends More Inmates to ICE than to Prison
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 13, 2012
Crowding, violence and allegations of civil rights abuses are among the reasons the embattled Los Angeles County jail system is under federal investigation. But the county has also faced criticism in recent years in some circles for its federal-local partnerships... Read more
From Day Laborer to DJ
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 13, 2012
The voice of Luis González is heard Monday through Friday from 8:00 to 4:00 p.m. on Radio Centro Laboral, a Los Angeles-based online station over which this Guatemalan day laborer broadcasts a message of hope. Listening to him speak and hearing... Read more
Connecticut Day Laborers Often Cheated Out of Weekly Pay
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 13, 2012
At the break of dawn in communities around the nation, men in work clothes gather to find construction and landscaping work and similar hands-on employment at customary locations. Sometimes these day laborers work much longer hours, and for much less,... Read more
Connecticut Day Laborers Often Cheated Out of Weekly Pay
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 13, 2012
At the break of dawn in communities around the nation, men in work clothes gather to find construction and landscaping work and similar hands-on employment at customary locations. Sometimes these day laborers work much longer hours, and for much less,... Read more
Documentary Focuses on Arpaio and Arizona Immigration Law
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 13, 2012
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's tough illegal immigration enforcement and the struggles of a young girl are the subjects of a new documentary. The film, "Two Americans" is making its debut this weekend. It profiles a little girl born in this... Read more
Immigration Groups Plan March Against SB1070
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 13, 2012
Immigration rights groups are planning to protest when Arizona's immigration enforcement law goes before the U.S. Supreme Court. Advocacy groups such as Somos America and the American Civil Liberties Union will announce plans Friday in downtown Phoenix for a march against... Read more
Basic Legal Principles Require Rejecting ICE Holds - Chicago Sun-Times
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 12, 2012
It’s a basic American legal principle: We don’t hold people in prison without a legal reason for doing so. We were impressed this week when Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle adhered to that position even on an issue that,... Read more
Arpaio is ‘next big step’ after Thomas disbarment
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 11, 2012
Failed corruption investigations launched by America’s self-proclaimed toughest sheriff have succeeded in getting one of the lawman’s top allies disbarred. And despite Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s efforts to distance himself from cases at the center of a legal ethics... Read more
Protestan en EU contra programa Comunidades Seguras de inmigración
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 11, 2012
Decenas de personas protestaron hoy en Maryland contra el programa Comunidades Seguras, que faculta a policías locales a cooperar con el Servicio de Inmigración y Aduanas (ICE) para la deportación de extranjeros con antecedentes penales. El activista comunitario de la organización... Read more
Los Angeles entregó 18 mil latinos a ICE en 2011 - Univision Noticias
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 11, 2012
Un estudio reveló que más de 18 mil inmigrantes de origen latino en cárceles del condado de Los Angeles fueron transferidos al servicio de inmigración. La entrega se produjo en cumplimiento a un acuerdo firmado con el gobierno federal para... Read more
Preckwinkle rejects ICE attempt to undermine Cook County protections - Chicago Tribune
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 11, 2012
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle has thrown cold water on a proposal by a high-level federal official to end a months-long dispute over immigration enforcement at the county jail. In a letter sent Monday to U.S. Immigration and Customs... Read more
Sheriff in crossfire on immigration program - San Jose Mercury News
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 11, 2012
Santa Cruz County Sheriff-Coroner Phil Wowak on Tuesday found himself caught between an encroaching federal immigration program and resistance from local Latinos who want the county's top law enforcement official to take a strong stand against it. Appearing before the county... Read more
Firm Owner Faces Five Years for Failure to Pay Workers
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 10, 2012
Danbury firm that failed to pay seven workers could cost company owner up to five years in prison. By Mark Langlois | Source: Danbury.Patch.com In one case of failing to pay workers, a Danbury businessman, Douglas Agnessanto, of Performance Cleaners, 1 Padanaram... Read more
Teaching Danbury's Day Laborers 'Self Defense'
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 10, 2012
An ESL class in Danbury mirrors a national trend to help day laborers get paid. By Mark Langlois | April 9, 2012 | Source: Danbury.Patch.com Jose Chillogalli was hired last year by a chimney sweep company at $15 per hour. The 32-year-old... Read more
“Secure Communities” or a National Albatross? - Ron Hampton
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 9, 2012
Shortly before the Department of Homeland Security is expected to announce another round of changes to its much-maligned “Secure Communities” deportation program, it’s worth asking: “Can this program really be fixed?” Since my original writing about Secure Communities two years... Read more
287(g) Leads to Mass Deportations In Georgia - AJC
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 9, 2012
Georgia law officers have been among the nation’s busiest when it comes to processing people for deportation through a program that gives local officials immigration enforcement powers, according to an Atlanta Journal-Constitution analysis of public records. Since fiscal year 2006,... Read more
Comunidades Seguras recibe evaluación sobre desempeño
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 9, 2012
Dos nuevos reportes emitidos recientemente, por la Oficina del Inspector General del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional, identificaron problemas en la implementación y ejecución del polémico programa Comunidades Seguras. Este consiste en ingresar las huellas dactilares de personas detenidas en jurisdicciones... Read more
Divulga EU reportes sobre controvertido programa de inmigracion
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 9, 2012
La Oficina del Inspector General del Departamento de Seguridad Interna de Estados Unidos divulgó hoy dos reportes sobre un controvertido programa de inmigración que busca deportar a extranjeros con antecedentes penales. De acuerdo con Notimex, en el primer reporte se... Read more
Homeland Security inspectors release a pair of reports on Secure Communities | 89.3 KPCC
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 9, 2012
The federal immigration enforcement program supported by Sheriff Lee Baca and used in county jails has faced growing local opposition in the past two years. Now Secure Communities is facing scrutiny from the feds themselves. Two recent internal reports question whether... Read more
Homeland Security's 'Secure Communities' Didn't Intentionally Deceive, Report Says
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 9, 2012
Two years ago, the Department of Homeland Security began an immigration enforcement program called Secure Communities, designed to find undocumented immigrants who had been arrested by local police. Homeland Security explained how jurisdictions could remove themselves from the initiative, at... Read more
Reports describe confusion over immigration program - Los Angeles Times
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 9, 2012
A report by the acting inspector general at the Department of Homeland Security, Charles K. Edwards, said initial "confusion" inside ICE about whether local approval was needed to join the federal effort resulted in a "lack of clarity" in explaining... Read more
Alarming Statistics Brings ICE Federal Program Under Fire
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 9, 2012
A program to get rid of the most dangerous criminals here illegally is under fire again. On Saturday, some of the biggest civil right activists will be right here on the central coast hoping to do something about it. A federal program... Read more
Immigration Reports Mask a Monster’s Malice
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 9, 2012
On Friday the Department for Homeland Security Office of the Inspector General released two reports addressing how the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement communicated the intent and requirements for participation in the wrongly-named “Secure Communities” (S-Comm) program to states... Read more
Report: ‘ICE did not clearly communicate…the intent of Secure Communities’ | Multi-American
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 9, 2012
Immigration officials may not have intentionally misled lawmakers or the public about the controversial Secure Communities immigration enforcement program, but their communication strategy was a mess, according to an investigation by Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General. The OIG investigation was requested... Read more
ICE caused confusion about Secure Communities, says DHS OIG - FierceHomelandSecurity
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 9, 2012
Homeland Security Department officials stoked confusion among state and local jurisdictions over whether participation in a program to match arrestee fingerprint data against a federal immigration database was voluntary, a DHS office of inspector general report says. As a result, the... Read more
Inspector General Report, Proof S-Comm Should be Ended - NYTimes.com
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 9, 2012
Senior Obama administration officials created major confusion for state and local authorities by providing inconsistent information about a high-profile federal program to identify illegal immigrants who committed crimes, according to a stinging report published Friday by the inspector general of... Read more
Reports describe confusion over immigration program - latimes.com
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 9, 2012
A report by the acting inspector general at the Department of Homeland Security, Charles K. Edwards, said initial "confusion" inside ICE about whether local approval was needed to join the federal effort resulted in a "lack of clarity" in explaining... Read more
DHS Releases Two Reports on Secure Communities - NAM
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 6, 2012
The Department of Homeland Security's Office of the Inspector-General today released two reports regarding the Secure Communities federal immigration enforcement program. Under Secure Communities, police share the fingerprints of all arrestees with federal immigration authorities. Implemented in 2008, the program... Read more
Protest set for court arguments on SB 1070
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 6, 2012
Immigrant rights advocates plan to hold a protest in downtown Phoenix on the day that the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments over Arizona's 2010 immigration enforcement law. Organizers of the April 25 rally say they will protest the state's immigration... Read more
Amnesty International: US Immigration Policy Violates Human Rights
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 5, 2012
Amnesty International's new report, "In Hostile Terrain: Human rights violations in immigration enforcement in the U.S. Southwest," examines the human rights violations associated with immigration enforcement at the border and in the interior of the United States. The report finds... Read more
Day laborer supporters rally in Pomona
Posted by Pomona Economic Opportunity Center / Abril 5, 2012
Source: Monica Rodriguez, Inland Valley Daily BulletinInland Valley Daily Bulletin | 4/03/12 POMONA -- A group of day laborers urged Pomona City Council members on Monday night to continue providing funding for the Pomona Economic Opportunity Center. The center, also known as... Read more
1070 CopyCat Fails in Mississippi - LA Times
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 4, 2012
Mississippi's controversial illegal immigration crackdown bill died in a state Senate committee Tuesday, bucking a trend in Deep South states for more-stringent enforcement efforts. Reportedly still afoot, however, are other legislative maneuvers to get the core elements of the bill... Read more
L.A. County’s Sheriff Lee Baca, an undocumented immigrant’s son
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 4, 2012
KPCC’s Frank Stoltze has profiled Los Angeles County’s top lawman Sheriff Lee Baca, an unorthodox cop who has come under fire not only for allegations of violence inside the county jail system, but for his seemingly contradictory positions regarding immigrants.... Read more
They Want to Work
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 4, 2012
It has been more than six months since the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that Redondo Beach, Calif., violated the Constitution with an ordinance making it illegal for day laborers to solicit work from the... Read more
Sheriff Hall's Annual 287(g) Snow Job - Nashville Scene
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 4, 2012
It's budgetary hearing season in Metro government, and that means media outlets are reporting on various cuts and belt-tightenings faced by city departments. FOX 17's intrepid reporter, Sky Arnold, dusted off an old story about the Davidson County Sheriff Office's controversial... Read more
ICE Activates S-Comm in WA Despite State Opposition - Seattle Times
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 4, 2012
Silently and without fanfare, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has activated in every county in Washington a controversial program that will allow the fingerprints of everyone booked into local jails to be checked against a national immigration database. Secure... Read more
Day laborer supporters rally in Pomona - ContraCostaTimes
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 4, 2012
A group of day laborers urged Pomona City Council members on Monday night to continue providing funding for the Pomona Economic Opportunity Center. The center, also known as the Pomona Day Labor Center, has been open for about 15 years with... Read more
S-Comm Under Fire in New Bedford - South Coast Today
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 2, 2012
Under the Secure Communities program, fingerprints taken by local police are automatically sent to federal immigration authorities. If there is a match, police are authorized to hold the suspect for an extra 48 hours, not including weekends. The program is... Read more
“A Better Life”
Posted by Day Worker Center of Mountain View / Abril 1, 2012
I watched the film, “A Better Life,” recently at the Mountain View Day Workers’ Center. The star of the movie, Damien Bichir, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor.” His acting beautifully conveyed the wide variety of emotions he felt as he experienced ongoing rejection and... Read more
Screening of “A Better Life” and a Panel Discussion With the Director - Long Island Wins
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 29, 2012
The National Day Laborer Organizing Network, together with the Ford Foundation, will host a special screening of the acclaimed film A Better Life, starring Academy Award-nominated actor Demián Bichir as a day laborer striving to provide better opportunities for his... Read more
Guatemala Day Laborer’s Dream of Being Announcer Comes True - Latin American Herald Tribune
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 29, 2012
LOS ANGELES – The voice of Luis Gonzalez is heard Monday through Friday from 8:00 to 4:00 p.m. on Radio Centro Laboral, a Los Angeles-based online station over which this Guatemalan day laborer broadcasts a message of hope. Listening to him... Read more
Working day by day, casual laborers struggle in down economy - NNBW.com
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 29, 2012
Blustery winds and dark clouds on a recent weekday morning combined with a down economy meant there would be no work for the dozen men and two women in the waiting area of the Nevada State Day Labor Office. Meanwhile, business... Read more
S-Comm system: End it, not mend it - The Asheville Citizen-Times
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 29, 2012
Any day now the Department of Homeland Security will announce a second round of “reforms” to the disgraced S-Comm, or “Secure Communities,” program. The harsh reality is that S-Comm is too broken to be fixed. Opponents have long charged that the... Read more
Panel opposes Secure Communities - Yale Daily News
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 29, 2012
Community activists convened in Sudler Hall Wednesday night to oppose Secure Communities, the federal government’s new program intended to deport criminals living in the country illegally. The panel was jointly hosted by the Yale College Democrats, Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán... Read more
MALDEF and NDLON Demand CA Cities Repeal Unconstitutional Day Laborer Laws
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 29, 2012
MALDEF announced yesterday that it has sent - on behalf of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON) - the first wave of demand letters to a dozen municipalities across California threatening legal action if they fail to repeal laws... Read more
Day Laborers Discuss Wage Theft at Human Rights Conf.
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 29, 2012
Wage theft, minority marginalization and access to government were a few of the many issues activists grappled with at Sunday’s Celebrate Human Rights! Conference. For the Human Rights Center of Chapel Hill and Carrboro, the event was a time to look... Read more
Travis County Sheriff's Race Focuses on S-Comm - The Austin Chronicle
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 29, 2012
On its face, the S-Comm program appears to be functioning as designed – creating a way to identify and remove criminal immigrants living in the U.S. illegally. But it has not been without controversy both nationally and locally, particularly after... Read more
Napolitano defiende la expansión de control migratorio - YouTube
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 14, 2012
La secretaria de Seguridad Interna de EE.UU., Janet Napolitano, defendió la solicitud presupuestal para completar la ampliación del controvertido programa Comunidades Seguras, como parte de una aplicación de las leyes de inmigración. - teleSUR 03.12.2012 Read more
Piden al FBI no enviar huellas digitales a ICE
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 14, 2012
La Red Nacional de Jornaleros y más de 80 otras organizaciones civiles y defensoras de los derechos del inmigrante, envió una carta al FBI demandándoles que finalice su colaboración con ICE en el programa de deportaciones Comunidades Seguras (S-Comm). La carta... Read more
Sant Cruz Worker Center Addresses Neighbors Concerns - Santa Cruz Sentinel
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 14, 2012
A proposed day worker center has triggered some neighborhood concerns about added congestion, unfamiliar faces in the area and the safety of school children who walk to Green Acres Elementary School and Shoreline Middle School. Others who support the center, which... Read more
Appeals court blocks two more parts of Alabama immigration law - latimes.com
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 12, 2012
A federal appeals court Thursday blocked two more sections of Alabama's tough new law targeting illegal immigration pending the outcome of lawsuits that seek to overturn the law entirely. The U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals issued an order temporarily halting... Read more
DHS to Expand Controversial Secure Communities Program
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 12, 2012
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano defended the budgetary request to complete the enlargement of the controversial Secure Communities program as part of "smart and effective enforcement of U.S. immigration laws." She outlined Department of Homeland Security priorities for the 2013 fiscal... Read more
Immigration rights groups urge FBI advisory board to end Secure Communities
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 12, 2012
In light of Justice Department investigations of civil rights violations at some local police departments in the last few months, a coalition of immigration rights groups has asked an FBI policy advisory board to eliminate the controversial Secure Communities biometric... Read more
When States Put Out the Unwelcome Mat - NYTimes.com
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 12, 2012
There is one area, besides copper mining and home foreclosures, where Arizona is a national leader. It’s at the front of a movement by states and local governments to seize control of immigration from the federal government. In 2010 it... Read more
Immigration Official: 'Draconian' To Suspend Program Over Racial Profiling Investigation
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 9, 2012
Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director John Morton said Thursday that the agency has no plans to suspend a controversial program that gives police authority to detect undocumented immigrants, even in jurisdictions under investigation for racial profiling. "From our perspective that is... Read more
Day Laborer Groups Barely Pause to Celebrate Good News From Court
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 8, 2012
In a victory for day laborers last month, the Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal from a California city that had tried to prohibit laborers from soliciting work on sidewalks or parking lots, but was blocked by an appeals... Read more
Arpaio Settles into Political Mental Ward - National Review
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 8, 2012
Republicans who have chosen to associate with the birthers have done their party and their country a disservice. And as Sheriff Arpaio settles comfortably into that political mental ward, the same must be said of those Republicans who choose to... Read more
Jornalero de Hempstead es reconocido a nivel nacional
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 8, 2012
En octubre del año pasado, Saúl Linares, un jornalero salvadoreño miembro de la organización Centro de Derechos Laborales (CDL), localizada en Hempstead, fue elegido como el representante de los jornaleros de la costa oeste (Nueva York, New Jersey y Conneticut)... Read more
Jornalero de Hempstead es reconocido a nivel nacional
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 8, 2012
En octubre del año pasado, Saúl Linares, un jornalero salvadoreño miembro de la organización Centro de Derechos Laborales (CDL), localizada en Hempstead, fue elegido como el representante de los jornaleros de la costa oeste (Nueva York, New Jersey y Conneticut)... Read more
Jornalero de Hempstead es reconocido a nivel nacional
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 8, 2012
En octubre del año pasado, Saúl Linares, un jornalero salvadoreño miembro de la organización Centro de Derechos Laborales (CDL), localizada en Hempstead, fue elegido como el representante de los jornaleros de la costa oeste (Nueva York, New Jersey y Conneticut)... Read more
Jornalero de Hempstead es reconocido a nivel nacional
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 8, 2012
En octubre del año pasado, Saúl Linares, un jornalero salvadoreño miembro de la organización Centro de Derechos Laborales (CDL), localizada en Hempstead, fue elegido como el representante de los jornaleros de la costa oeste (Nueva York, New Jersey y Conneticut)... Read more
Propuesta Pro-Inmigrante, Trust Act, en Massachusetts - Univision
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 8, 2012
Organizacion empieza a preparar propuesta de ley en pro de los derechos de inmigrantes con miras a que esta llegue a Beacon Hill.Tras introducirse formalmente el proyecto de ley anti-inmigrane sb 2061 en la casa estatal la semana pasada, organizaciones... Read more
Aldermen Vote To Ask Guv To Ice ICE - New Haven Independent
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 7, 2012
Two weeks after the mayor pushed back on a new federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement program to crack down on illegal immigration, New Haven’s Board of Aldermen has officially joined the resistance. In a unanimous vote Monday night, the aldermen called... Read more
Striking Down a Bad Law, Piece by Piece - NY Times
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 7, 2012
Arizona’s extremist immigration law has gone another round in federal court — and lost again. The judge who rejected several of its provisions in 2010 temporarily blocked another section last week, the one making it a crime for day laborers... Read more
Catholic Church: Secure Communities program is flawed
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 7, 2012
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Catholic Church: Secure Communities program is flawed
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Bishop criticizes Secure Communities program - Catholic Culture
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 7, 2012
Criticizing the Department of Homeland Security’s Secure Communities program, Auxiliary Bishop Mitchell Rozanski of Baltimore said that an illegal immigrant should “not be detained until he/she has been convicted of a crime that poses a threat to public safety of... Read more
Secure Communities: The Real Cost of Failed Immigration Policy
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 6, 2012
In his 2013 proposed budget, President Obama outlined the administration's plan to cut $17 million from the failed and expensive 16-year-old 287 (g) program to expand the equally failed and expensive four year-old Secure Communities program. Both programs were created... Read more
Santa Cruz County planners give blessing to Live Oak day worker center
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 6, 2012
A long-planned day worker center is set to go into a Live Oak neighborhood after its permit was approved Friday by county planners. The development comes after years of work by supporters of the plan, who hope to create a... Read more
Santa Cruz day laborer house green-lighted - KSBW
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 6, 2012
A house in the Live Oak neighborhood of Santa Cruz got a green light from the county zoning commission Friday to be converted into a center for day laborers. The one-story house at 2261 Seventh Ave. is slated to become a... Read more
Baltimore Mayor Signs Order to Prevent Police from Asking About Immigration Status
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 5, 2012
Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has signed executive order prohibiting police officers from asking people they come in contact with about their immigration status. “Police are working to make our city safe. We are not working as immigration agents,” Mayor Rawlings-Blake... Read more
Day Laborers See “A Better Life” at Their National Assembly
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 5, 2012
When director Michael Weitz showed up recently at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Los Angeles, he couldn’t have picked a better audience for his new film, “A Better Life”. In attendance were more than 200 members of the National Day... Read more
Obama administration eying Georgia's immigration law - ajc.com
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 1, 2012
The Justice Department is reviewing Georgia’s tough new immigration law and is discussing it with businessmen and law enforcement officials here, but it has not decided to sue to block the statute like it has in four other states, U.S.... Read more
Immigrants, city fear divide over status checks - Baltimore Sun
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 1, 2012
Julio Cesar Ayala knew he was taking a risk when he decided to overstay his tourist visa four years ago, but he never expected to be threatened with deportation for climbing behind the wheel of the family's silver minivan. The... Read more
Federal court blocks Ariz. laws criminalizing day laborers - Examiner
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 1, 2012
Federal judge Susan Bolton ruled Wednesday that the state of Arizona can no longer enforce a key provision of immigration law SB 1070 that is aimed at day laborers. After the passage of 1070, it became illegal in the state... Read more
Victoria para los jornaleros en Arizona - La Opinión
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 1, 2012
Mientras la Corte Suprema delibera su destino final, tribunales menores continúan desintegrando la polémica ley SB 1070. Ayer, la jueza de la Corte de Distrito en Arizona, Susan Bolton, bloqueó una parte de la legislación que prohíbe a las personas buscar... Read more
Celebran la decisión del tribunal - La Opinión
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 1, 2012
José Angel Vargas, jornalero que forma parte de una demanda de la Red Nacional de Jornaleros y Jornaleras, celebró ayer la decisión de la jueza federal Susan Bolton de frenar parte de la SB 1070 que prohibía buscar empleo en... Read more
No Decision in HB87/HB56 Court of Appeals Case - CBS
Posted by B. Loewe / Marzo 1, 2012
ATLANTA (CBS ATLANTA) -Attorneys from the Southern Poverty Law Center, American Civil Liberties Union and other civil rights groups protested at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit on Thursday. The groups brought lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of a... Read more
The Modern Immigrant Rights Movement – CIP Americas
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 1, 2012
Editor’s Note: This is the third and final installment of a three-part series on migrant rights by journalist and immigration activist David Bacon. This article is taken from the report “Displaced, Unequal and Criminalized – Fighting for the Rights of... Read more
APPEALS TO BLOCK ANTI-IMMIGRANT LAWS IN GEORGIA AND ALABAMA
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 1, 2012
“Alabama and Georgia are home to burgeoning Asian American communities and we are deeply concerned that HB 56 and HB 87 will only cause more fear and isolation among these communities,” said Marita Etcubañez, director of programs at the Asian... Read more
Denuncian estado de terror por programa Comunidades seguras en EE.UU
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 1, 2012
Varios grupos de activistas denunciaron hoy el "estado de terror" que generan programas como el de Comunidades Seguras y los continuos "errores" en las políticas antiinmigratorias de Estados Unidos. "Comunidades Seguras ha fallado de manera constante, genera un creciente miedo... Read more
Falta de reforma migratoria pesa en la campaña de Obama - Univision
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 1, 2012
El incumplimiento de la promesa hecha en 2008 de empujar una reforma migratoria en el primer año de su mandato y los sucesivos récords de deportaciones en los años fiscales 2009, 2010 y 2011 le están cobrando factura al Presidente... Read more
Court to rule later on Georgia, Alabama's anti-illegal immigration laws
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 1, 2012
Judge Charles Wilson of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals made the announcement at the start of a three-hour-long hearing on parts of Georgia and Alabama’s laws. Wilson said his panel agreed to wait until the higher court rules because some... Read more
GLAHR Calls for End to 287(g) at Georgia HB87 Court of Appeals Hearing
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 1, 2012
Remarks of Adelina Nicholls, Director of the Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights at HB87/HB56 Court of Appeals 11th District press conference: Today in this courtroom, humble people, undocumented immigrants stood to defend the constitution against the hateful laws of the... Read more
Consideran activistas insuficiente plan migratorio de Washington
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 1, 2012
Activistas pro inmigrantes consideraron hoy insuficiente un anuncio de Washington, de que cancelará parte de un programa migratoria, al señalar que persiste la deportación de indocumentados bajo el plan Comunidades Seguras. “El Departamento de Seguridad Interna (DHS) sólo pretende eliminar la... Read more
Comunidades Seguras generan ‘terror’ - IMPRE
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 1, 2012
Programas como Comunidades Seguras tienen "errores fundamentales", son aplicados con "desproporción" y "dañan la credibilidad" de las agencias federales de seguridad de EE.UU. ante los inmigrantes, criticaron diversos grupos activistas. El programa Comunidades Seguras y otros como el 287g, que persiguen... Read more
Arizona isn't a 'model' for U.S. immigration policy - KansasCity Star
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 1, 2012
In the Feb. 22 Republican debate in Arizona, where Romney and his main rival Rick Santorum were competing for the state’s anti-illegal immigration vote, Romney praised Arizona’s E-Verify system to check employees’ immigration status and said, “I think we see... Read more
Challenges to AL and GA immigration laws in court - CBS News
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 1, 2012
When a federal appeals court hears arguments Thursday in the legal challenges against tough new laws targeting illegal immigration in Alabama and Georgia, people outside of those two states will be paying attention. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is... Read more
Alabama, Georgia Fight to Save Immigration Laws in U.S. Appeals Court - Bloomberg
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 1, 2012
Alabama and Georgia will try to salvage their laws targeting illegal immigrants in arguments before a federal court that already said there’s a “substantial likelihood” some parts will be thrown out. A three-judge panel set to hear cases today in Atlanta... Read more
Protesters: 287(g) Policy Erodes Trust - KUHF
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 1, 2012
"We feel that there's enough evidence to show that these programs damage communities and so, we wanted to put those concerns before the sheriff, and ask him to desist from this effort to give credibility to the 287g program." She claims... Read more
Federal Judge Blocks Anti-Day Laborer Portions of SB 1070
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 29, 2012
A federal judge blocked police in Arizona from enforcing a section of the state's 2010 immigration enforcement law that prohibited people from blocking traffic when they seek or offer day labor services on streets. U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton ruled Wednesday... Read more
New round of immigration battles set in the South - LA Times
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 29, 2012
The Deep South, already the nation's hottest illegal immigration battleground, will see more action in the coming days, with Mississippi considering an Alabama-style immigration crackdown bill and a federal appeals court set to consider Thursday whether the Alabama law, and... Read more
Activists: Both 287g and Secure Communities must go - Univision
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 29, 2012
A move by the Obama administration to phase out some federal agreements that give local police authority to take part in immigration enforcement doesn’t go far enough, a diverse group of advocates and law enforcement experts said in a conference... Read more
Arizona Immigration Law: Day Labor Rules Blocked By Judge
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 29, 2012
A federal judge blocked police in Arizona from enforcing a section of the state's 2010 immigration enforcement law that prohibited people from blocking traffic when they seek or offer day labor services on streets. U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton ruled... Read more
Se anuncian protestas en audiencia de impugnaciones sobre Ley Alabama
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 29, 2012
Teodro Maus, presidente del Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights (GLAHR), explica mediante un comunicado de prensa que "la crisis de los derechos civiles en Georgia comenzó antes de que la HB87 fuera propuesta. El miedo que implica esta ley... Read more
Georgia, Alabama illegal immigration laws headed to appeals court Thursday | ajc.com
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 29, 2012
The legal battle over how far states can go in combating illegal immigration will resume Thursday when a federal appeals court in Atlanta hears arguments over Georgia's and Alabama’s enforcement laws. Officials from both those states say they needed to... Read more
Jornaleros no podrán ser sacados de áreas públicas
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 29, 2012
Defensores de los derechos de los jornaleros, celebraron la decisión de la Corte Suprema de Justicia de avalar el derecho de los jornaleros a reunirse en las aceras y esquinas públicas para buscar trabajo. Según Sarahi Uribe, coordinadora nacional de la... Read more
Anti-Day Laborer Provision in Arizona’s SB 1070 Blocked - COLORLINES
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 29, 2012
Just a week after the Supreme Court handed a major victory to day laborers, other courts are heeding the high court’s guidance, and blocking anti-day laborer provisions from being enforced. Today, a federal court enjoined provisions of Arizona’s SB 1070 which... Read more
Judge blocks Arizona immigration law's day labor rules
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 29, 2012
The section of the controversial law Bolton blocked on Wednesday sought to target people who employ migrant workers in the country illegally, many of whom gather in store parking lots and on curbsides in Phoenix to tout for work. The... Read more
Month-long campaign spreads justice and love - UUWorld
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 29, 2012
During the past two years, when the Standing on the Side of Love campaign of the Unitarian Universalist Association invited congregations and individuals to turn Valentine’s Day into a day for social action, they didn’t hesitate. They staged scores of... Read more
Month-long campaign spreads justice and love - UUWorld
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 29, 2012
During the past two years, when the Standing on the Side of Love campaign of the Unitarian Universalist Association invited congregations and individuals to turn Valentine’s Day into a day for social action, they didn’t hesitate. They staged scores of... Read more
Activists bolster political causes with ‘A Better Life’ - The Washington Post
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 29, 2012
And never mind that attendees at similar watch parties set up by the National Day Laborer Organizing Network could not celebrate a best actor win for Demian Bichir’s portrayal of an undocumented worker from Mexico in “A Better Life.” “He... Read more
Judge blocks day labor rules in AZ immigration law - AP
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 29, 2012
A federal judge blocked police in Arizona from enforcing a section of the state's 2010 immigration enforcement law that prohibited people from blocking traffic when they seek or offer day labor services on streets. U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton ruled Wednesday... Read more
ICE director seeks compromise on Cook County immigration ordinance
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 29, 2012
Working behind the scenes, the head of the country's immigration enforcement agency has offered to pay the costs of holding suspected illegal immigrants who are arrested for other crimes in Cook County, part of an effort to get county officials... Read more
Pablo Alvarado en Enfoque - Telemundo
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 29, 2012
Victoria para jornaleros Pablo Alvarado, Director de la Red Nacional de Jornaleros sobre la decisión de la Corte Suprema de Justicia que legaliza que el trabajador se pueda parar en una acera para solicitar trabajo en cualquier parte de EEUU.... Read more
La lucha de los jornaleros continúa para contrarrestar las deportaciones
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 28, 2012
Si bien la decisión de la Corte Suprema de Justicia que concedió el pleno derecho de los jornaleros a buscar trabajo en las calles, fue una enorme victoria celebrada con gran alegría en la VI Asamblea Nacional de la Red... Read more
Bichir dice que seguirá abogando por la reforma migratoria
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 28, 2012
Demian Bichir y el director de la película "A Better Life", Chris Weitz, dijeron el domingo que seguirán abogando por una reforma migratoria en Estados Unidos. El superastro de Hollywood George Clooney también se mostró en favor de los 11... Read more
Women At the Fore in Day Laborer Movement
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 28, 2012
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 the only woman in a crowd of a hundred day... Read more
Oscar nod honors the undocumented - CNN
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 26, 2012
Yet, I think there is something to be congratulated in this case. While I believe the Academy gave Demián a tap on the shoulder for all the right reasons -- mainly the strength of his performance -- there is an... Read more
Glendale to review ordinance after Supreme Court rejects day laborer restrictions
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 25, 2012
Glendale officials plan to revisit a city ordinance limiting sidewalk solicitations after the U.S. Supreme Court this week rejected Redondo Beach's bid to revive regulations on where day laborers can solicit work from passing drivers. In 2010, Glendale officials postponed... Read more
Lo premian... los jardineros
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 25, 2012
Adelantándose a la decisión de los miembros de la Academia de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas, jardineros mexicanos que laboran en esta ciudad “otorgaron” el Oscar a su compatriota, Demián Bichir, porque consideran que los representó bien y dignificó su labor... Read more
Los jornaleros se inspiran en su propia historia
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 25, 2012
Salvador Orozco parecía que estaba viendo su propia historia en la pantalla grande, cuando la Red Nacional de Jornaleros (NDLON) presentó la película A Better Life en el hotel Sheraton de Los Ángeles, lugar donde celebraban su sexta asamblea nacional.... Read more
Victoria para los jornaleros
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 25, 2012
Con nueve votos a favor y dos en contra la Corte Suprema de Justicia desestimó una demanda que buscaba restaurar una ordenanza en Redondo Beach, California, que prohibía a los jornaleros solicitar trabajo en las calles. De esta manera el... Read more
Jornaleros saborean su victoria - AOL Noticias
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 25, 2012
Los más de 200 trabajadores de 14 estados del país que participaron en la Sexta Convención Anual de la Red Nacional de Jornaleros (NDLON) concluyeron sus actividades en esta ciudad, donde celebraron la trascendental decisión de la Suprema Corte de... Read more
Los Angeles: Jornaleros en contra de Comunidades Seguras
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 25, 2012
Así como la Agencia de Inmigración y Aduanas (ICE) planea descontinuar el programa 287(g) de cooperación con departamentos de policía locales en Estados Unidos, de la misma forma centenares de miembros de la Red Nacional de Jornaleros (NDLON) reclamaron el... Read more
AFL-CIO leader champions day laborers’ quest for humane immigration reform
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 25, 2012
In a fiery speech on Tuesday, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said the national labor federation and its affiliates stand "shoulder to shoulder" with immigrant workers. "There is power in our union, power big enough to transform this country," Trumka declared. "You... Read more
The real ‘A Better Life’: A day laborer’s take on the Oscar-nominated film
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 25, 2012
“A Better Life” has earned stellar reviews from critics and a Best Actor nomination for Bichir. But what do the people that he portrays onscreen think of it? This week, at a national conference of day laborers in Los Angeles, the... Read more
VI Asamblea Nacional de Jornaleros, Pablo Alvarado Director de NDLON Frente a Frente con José A. Ronstadt.
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 23, 2012
VI Asamblea Nacional de Jornaleros, Pablo Alvarado Director de NDLON Frente a Frente con José A. Ronstadt. 02.21.2012 Read more
Day laborers win Supreme Court free-speech case
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 23, 2012
Day laborers in Western states including California scored a legal victory Tuesday when the U.S. Supreme Court let stand a lower-court ruling declaring that cities violate free speech when they make it a crime to seek work from passing drivers.... Read more
Hacen reclamo a Sheriff Baca
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 23, 2012
Al Sheriff Lee Baca le sigue pesando estar a favor del programa federal Comunidades Seguras (S-Comm) y de compartir la información de los detenidos por sus agentes con la Oficina de Migración. Duras críticas, presión legislativa y órdenes judiciales han... Read more
Day Laborers Continue Fight Against SCOMM In California
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 23, 2012
Hundreds marched in downtown Los Angeles, chanting and singing in protest against Secure Communities, a federal program that demonstrators say allows law enforcement agencies to unfairly deport undocumented immigrants whether or not they have criminal charges against them. The rally... Read more
Jupiter resource center sets up free safety workshops for laborers
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 23, 2012
Many workers are so eager for a job they do not think about safety. They will climb on roofs, go up ladders and work with chain saws without proper instructions, said Joceyln Skolnik, executive director of El Sol Neighborhood Resource... Read more
Jupiter resource center sets up free safety workshops for laborers
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 23, 2012
Many workers are so eager for a job they do not think about safety. They will climb on roofs, go up ladders and work with chain saws without proper instructions, said Joceyln Skolnik, executive director of El Sol Neighborhood Resource Center. Skolnik... Read more
DHS suspends expansion of Secure Communities in Alabama
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 22, 2012
Due to ongoing federal litigation against Alabama’s controversial tough new immigration laws, DHS has halted the expansion of the Secure Communities immigration program in the state. Speaking before the House Homeland Security Committee last week about DHS’ latest budget request, Secretary Janet... Read more
Inician conferencia nacional de jornaleros en en los ÁNGELES -
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 22, 2012
La participación de los jornaleros en el combate de las leyes antinmigrantes SB 1070 y HB 56, de Arizona y Alabama respectivamente, fue el tema principal de la conferencia nacional de jornaleros que reunió en Los Ángeles, California, a cientos... Read more
Jornaleros de todo el país se reúnen en L.A. - Hoy
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 22, 2012
Más de 200 jornaleros de al menos 18 estados del país están reunidos en Los Ángeles esta semana para compartir sus logros y desafíos, aprender de sus derechos y desarrollar alianzas que los lleven a trabajar en conjunto para su... Read more
CORTE SUPREMA: Victoria para los jornaleros
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 22, 2012
Como una victoria de los jornaleros fue calificada martes la decisión de la Corte Suprema de negar una petición de la ciudad de Redondo Beach de revisar una decisión que declaró inconstitucional una ordenanza que prohibía solicitar trabajo en las... Read more
Ganan batalla los jornaleros para regresar a la calle
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 22, 2012
Una larga batalla legal llegó ayer a su fin cuando la Suprema Corte de Justicia de Estados Unidos rechazó una apelación en una demanda que prohibía a los jornaleros a reunirse en las aceras de las calles para buscar trabajo. Los... Read more
Convención Jornaleros: Fustigan leyes en contra de inmigrantes
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 22, 2012
Richard Trumka, presidente de la poderosa Federación Americana del Trabajo y Congreso de Organizaciones Industriales (AFL-CIO) fustigó las "leyes atroces e inhumanas que fueron aprobadas en Arizona, Georgia y Alabama" en contra de los inmigrantes y aseguró que su organización... Read more
Corte Suprema avala derecho de buscar empleo en las calles
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 22, 2012
El más alto juzgado federal decidió no revisar la apelación del municipio de Redondo Beach, en California, presentada en diciembre en respuesta al fallo de la Novena Corte Federal de Circuito. El municipio pedía prohibir que personas buscaran trabajo en las... Read more
Victoria para jornaleros - Telemundo
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 22, 2012
jornaleros ganan en la corte suprema - Telemundo 02.22.2012 Read more
Victoria para jornaleros - Telemundo
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 22, 2012
jornaleros ganan en la corte suprema - Telemundo 02.22.2012 Read more
Victoria para jornaleros - Telemundo
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 22, 2012
jornaleros ganan en la corte suprema - Telemundo 02.22.2012 Read more
Laborers Claim Victory After Supreme Court Denies Redondo Beach Appeal
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 22, 2012
Day laborers are claiming victory after the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday denied the city's request to reconsider a circuit court ruling that struck down its solicitation ordinance. The law, which was overturned, made it illegal for day laborers to... Read more
Recognizing work - LA Times
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 22, 2012
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Ammiano Remarks to Los Angeles Rally Against S-Comm
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 22, 2012
This bill reforms the impact of S-Comm in California. S-Comm has been devastating to immigrant communities. It also has not made anyone safer. Instead, S-Comm destroys TRUST between immigrant communities and local police, and unfairly burdens local governments. The TRUST... Read more
Jornaleros ganan batalla para regresar a la calle - Univision
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 22, 2012
Una larga batalla legal llegó el martes a su fin cuando la Suprema Corte de Justicia de Estados Unidos rechazó una apelación en una demanda que prohibía a los jornaleros a reunirse en las aceras de las calles para buscar... Read more
Jornaleros compartieron con director de la película de Demián Bichir, ‘A Better Life
Posted by B. Loewe / Febrero 21, 2012
A pocos días de saber si Demián Bichir se llevará un Oscar por su papel en la cinta, estos jornaleros vieron la película con el director Chris Weitz. Read more
Union forges a new alliance with carwash workers, day laborers
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 21, 2012
Day laborers, taxi drivers and freelance workers are among the groups that have formed nontraditional alliances. Although they can't legally bargain on behalf of workers, they can advocate for the same benefits that unions would. "We consider ourselves part of... Read more
Justices reject appeal over day laborer law
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 21, 2012
The U.S. Supreme Court turned down a Southern California city’s appeal seeking reinstatement of its ordinance that prevented day laborers from gathering on busy street corners and soliciting work from passing drivers. The Redondo Beach ordinance allowed police to arrest... Read more
Unions, NDLON Joined by Fight for Workers’ Rights and Immigrant Rights
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 21, 2012
“Immigration policy is work policy,” AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka told the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON) conference in Los Angeles this morning. The AFL-CIO stands “shoulder to shoulder” with immigrant workers, Trumka said, to beat back the enforcement of... Read more
Satisface a jornaleros decisión de Suprema Corte
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 21, 2012
Como una victoria de los jornaleros fue calificada la decisión de la Suprema Corte de negar una petición de la ciudad de Redondo Beach de revisar una decisión que declaró anticonstitucional una ordenanza que prohibía solicitar trabajo en las calles.... Read more
Activistas celebran la nominación de Bichir - La Página
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 21, 2012
Activistas que luchan por una reforma migratoria en Estados Unidos celebran la nominación al Oscar del actor mexicano Demián Bichir pues esperan que "A Better Life", el filme que protagoniza, ayude a cambiar la percepción de los inmigrantes que trabajan... Read more
Jornaleros tendrán una cumbre para fortalecerse
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 21, 2012
Del 19 al 23 de febrero se llevará a cabo en Los Ángeles la Asamblea Nacional de Jornaleros que busca fortalecer a esta fuerza laboral y combatir de manera organizada los embates que sufren en las esquinas, principalmente a través... Read more
Corte Suprema avala derecho de buscar trabajo en calles
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 21, 2012
El derecho a buscar trabajo en la acera quedó establecido el martes con una decisión de la Corte Suprema. El más alto juzgado federal decidió no revisar la apelación del municipio de Redondo Beach, en California, presentada en diciembre en respuesta... Read more
Convención nacional de jornaleros en LA
Posted by B. Loewe / Febrero 21, 2012
The beginning of the national day laborer assembly - Univision Read more
Jornaleros compartieron con director de la película de Demián Bichir, ‘A Better Life - Univision Noticias
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 21, 2012
A pocos días de saber si Demián Bichir se llevará un Oscar por su papel en la cinta, estos jornaleros vieron la película con el director Chris Weitz. - Univision 02.20.2012 Read more
Comentarios del Presidente de la AFL-CIO, Richard L. Trumka a la 6° Convención Anual de la Red Nacional de…
Posted by B. Loewe / Febrero 21, 2012
Comentarios del Presidente de la AFL-CIO, Richard L. Trumka6° Convención Anual de la Red Nacional de Jornaleros y Jornaleras Los Ángeles, California Muchas gracias, Pablo [Alvarado], por su amable presentación. Muchas gracias a todos por el honor de hablar con... Read more
300 day laborers from around country meet in LA to talk immigration - 89.3 KPCC
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 21, 2012
Every year for the past 10 years, the National Day Laborer Organizing Network has convened labor organizers and low-wage workers from around the country to discuss strategy and networking. But the intersection of policy and personal experience appears to dominate... Read more
Day Laborer Meeting in Los Angeles - The California Report
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 21, 2012
Three hundred immigrant day laborers and activists from around the country are meeting this week in Los Angeles to exchange labor organizing tactics, and to discuss immigration. - The California Report 02.20.2012 Read more
Los jornaleros se organizan - La opinión
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 21, 2012
Estar organizados es la clave para los participantes de la sexta asamblea nacional de la Red Nacional de Jornaleros (NDLON, por sus siglas en inglés), que se realiza desde el 19 y hasta el 23 de febrero en el hotel... Read more
National gathering in L.A. spotlights plight of day laborers - latimes.com
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 21, 2012
The way Omar Sierra remembers it, dozens of day laborers gathered in the Kmart parking lot that day more than 15 years ago. A county mobile health clinic arrived with a mariachi band and free food and offered HIV tests... Read more
La 6ta Asamblea Naciónal: On the Road to Justice, Ni un paso atrás
Posted by Pablo Alvarado / Febrero 20, 2012
La importancia de esta asamblea se puede marcar con sólo ver lo que muchos de nosotros tuvimos que enfrentar para llegar aquí. Viajamos en caravanas a través de zonas de 287(g), arriesgando el contacto con policías que juegan el doble... Read more
Inician miles jornaleros una semana de acciones en California - Notimex
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 20, 2012
Miles de jornaleros viajan este lunes a Los Ángeles, donde celebran a partir de hoy su Sexta Asamblea Nacional y planean realizar una protesta frente a las oficinas del alguacil. El coordinador de la Red Nacional de Jornaleros, Pablo Alvarado,... Read more
Inician miles jornaleros una semana de acciones en California - Notimex
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 20, 2012
Miles de jornaleros viajan este lunes a Los Ángeles, donde celebran a partir de hoy su Sexta Asamblea Nacional y planean realizar una protesta frente a las oficinas del alguacil. El coordinador de la Red Nacional de Jornaleros, Pablo Alvarado, dijo... Read more
Inician miles jornaleros una semana de acciones en California - Notimex
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 20, 2012
Miles de jornaleros viajan este lunes a Los Ángeles, donde celebran a partir de hoy su Sexta Asamblea Nacional y planean realizar una protesta frente a las oficinas del alguacil. El coordinador de la Red Nacional de Jornaleros, Pablo Alvarado, dijo... Read more
Week-long day laborer convention begins in LA | 89.3 KPCC
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 20, 2012
Starting Monday, hundreds of immigrant day laborers and activists from 14 different states, including California, will convene in Los Angeles to discuss immigration and labor issues. The meeting is a product of the decade-old National Day Laborer Organizing Network, a country-wide... Read more
Realizarán conferencia nacional de jornaleros en Los Angeles - Terra Colombia
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 20, 2012
Cientos de jornaleros de 14 estados del país se reunirán a partir del domingo en una conferencia que tendrá como oradores al presidente nacional de la central sindical AFL-CIO y al director de la película "A Better Life". La conferencia... Read more
Japan’s Nuclear Temp Workers Exposed to Unmeasured Risks
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 18, 2012
Thousands of day laborers and subcontracted workers were enlisted to clean up nuclear waste and shut down the earthquake-stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant last year, with many of these workers celebrated as national heroes. However, much is still unknown about... Read more
Support for health and safety training for vulnerable and hard-to-reach workers:
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 18, 2012
On September 9th, OSHA announced the award of its 2010 Susan Harwood Capacity Building Grants. The grants will support training in industries that range from meatpacking and agricultural work to beauty salons, supermarkets, and construction - in both remote rural... Read more
Gaston sheriff's role in immigration could shift - Gaston Gazette
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 18, 2012
Five years on, however, critics believe the programs have been more harmful than useful in local communities. “By giving these federal powers to local authorities, it really creates unnecessary fear and distrust,” said B Loewe. As a member of the... Read more
Immigration enforcement program to be shut down – USATODAY
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 17, 2012
The Obama administration is starting to shut down a program that deputized local police officers to act as immigration agents. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials have trained local officers around the country to act as their agencies' immigration officers. Working... Read more
Minnesota becomes twenty-seventh state to fully join Secure Communities
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 16, 2012
Last week Minnesota joined the controversial federal immigration program known as Secure Communities, while critics continue to blast the program. Minnesota is the twenty-seventh state fully to join the now mandatory program designed to share fingerprint information with Immigration and Customs Enforcement... Read more
The Buck Stops Here: How the LA County Sheriff's Participation in Immigration Enforcement is Hurting Community Policing and Public Safety
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 16, 2012
For the last few years, I have been engaging fellow law enforcement leaders in a dialogue about sensible immigration reform. Immigration is an issue that affects our work as cops on a daily basis. But, sometimes I'm asked whether the... Read more
Sen. Menendez Announces POWER Act
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 16, 2012
Today at a Capitol Hill news conference, U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) was joined by Rev. Jesse Jackson and other major labor and civil rights leaders to introduce the Protect Our Workers from Exploitation and Retaliation (POWER) Act, which aims... Read more
The Miramonte School Conspiracy of Silence - Jorge Mario Cabrera
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 15, 2012
A conspiracy of silence appears to have been in effect within the school itself and the entire Los Angeles Unified School District and so the parents remained unaware of what was happening. However, it is an involuntary code of silence... Read more
How Obama's budget will affect immigration policies - Univision News Tumblr
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 15, 2012
On Wednesday, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is scheduled to testify before Congress about this year’s proposed presidential budget. Napolitano will be talking specifically about funding for Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the agency she oversees and which is responsible... Read more
Charlotte day workers gather for chance of a job
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 15, 2012
They straggle into the deserted parking lot from all directions, one by one, wearing hoodie sweatshirts and jackets zipped to the Adam's apple. It's one of those crisp winter days when tufts of white smoke cut the air with their every... Read more
Welcome to deportation nation - Morgenthau
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 14, 2012
In enforcing our immigration laws, two goals always come into conflict: the desire to seem tough, by deporting record numbers of immigrants every year; and the desire to be fair, by focusing on those immigrants who are criminals or who... Read more
Obama Will Cut 287(g) to Expand Secure Communities in 2013
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 14, 2012
“What the Obama administration is signaling with its proposed 2013 budget is that it’s getting what it wants out of the comparatively less pricey Secure Communities program,” said Julianne Hing, Colorlines.com’s immigration reporter. “The two local enforcement programs have identical... Read more
Five things you missed in Obama’s budget
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 14, 2012
3) Obama would strengthen enforcement against illegal immigrants while reducing the number in detention. The president’s budget would ramp up funding for two immigration verification programs: E-Verify, which helps employers determine whether potential employees are legally able to work in... Read more
DHS budget proposes discontinuing 287(g) in some jurisdictions
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 13, 2012
A fiscal year 2013 budget brief released by Homeland Security today has some details on the Obama administration’s immigration enforcement priorities, and one of the losers is the federal-local partnership known as 287(g). The administration is proposing a budget reduction of... Read more
City Limits Cooperation With Federal Immigration Officials at Rikers
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 13, 2012
Mayor Michael Bloomberg signed a new bill into law Tuesday that limits the city’s cooperation with federal immigration authorities on Rikers Island. The law will prevent the Department of Corrections from turning over immigrants with no criminal convictions upon their... Read more
Cook County Defies Government On Immigration Detainers
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 13, 2012
"What we are doing is righting a wrong against people who are on the soil of Cook County under the protection of the U.S. Constitution," said Commissioner Larry Suffredin, a Democrat who supported the measure. Why, asked Jesus Garcia, the... Read more
Santa Clara County Ends Collaboration with ICE - New America Media
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 13, 2012
In what has been heralded as the most progressive policy in the nation, Santa Clara County today voted in a new set of guidelines for civil immigration detainers, which in effect ends the county’s collaboration with Immigration and Custom Enforcement... Read more
SF supervisors urge city to defy federal immigration holds
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 13, 2012
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors yesterday (Tues/13) approved a resolution calling for the city to adopt stronger policies for resisting federal efforts to deport undocumented immigrants who live here. It is the latest move to support the city's Sanctuary... Read more
‘TRUST Act 2.0′ would limit local cops’ cooperation with Secure Communities
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 13, 2012
In August, after the federal government rescinded state contracts related to the Secure Communities immigration enforcement program, those states that at the time were trying to opt out of the controversial fingerprint-sharing program seemed to have little choice but to... Read more
AFL-CIO Partners with National Day Laborer Organizing Network
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 12, 2012
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The Case Against Sheriff Arpaio - NY Times
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 12, 2012
Mr. Arpaio hasn’t just been a favorite of the Republicans. The Department of Homeland Security has long been an ally and enabler of Mr. Arpaio through its local-policing programs: 287(g) and Secure Communities. On Thursday, hours after the Perez letter... Read more
Groundbreaking at Seattle's Casa Latina
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 11, 2012
It’s common to see day laborers waiting for jobs outside the big home improvement store. But for many in Seattle, a new community gathering space will ensure a safe haven and access to education while Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn grabbed a... Read more
Miramonte Parents Scared L.A. Sheriff Will Deport Them
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 10, 2012
No matter the hot L.A. news item, it always seems to turn into an immigration debate.And that should come as no surprise: Rough estimates have placed close to 1 million illegal immigrants in Los Angeles County. And whenever law enforcement... Read more
Video: Soon California May Limit S-Comm
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 10, 2012
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Cook County Leaders Blast Federal Immigration Agency
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 10, 2012
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Cook County Leaders Blast Federal Immigration Agency
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 10, 2012
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Is California the Next Secure Communities Battleground?
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 9, 2012
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A Guide to Passing Day Laborer Legislation
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 4, 2012
While the majority of state and federal employment and labor laws apply to day laborers, the short term nature of the job and the multiple entities involved in the employment relationship call for legislative reforms addressing the specific needs of... Read more
Arpaio Interrupts Arizona's 'Breathing Room' - Huffington Post
Posted by NDLON Staff / Enero 26, 2012
When the omnibus package of anti-immigration bills proposed by Senate President Russell Pearce failed to pass, commentators suggested that Arizona was ready to take a breath on the immigration debate. Any breathing room that existed however quickly filled with the hot... Read more
White House Immigration Meeting : A PR Stunt with Little Substance?
Posted by NDLON Staff / Enero 26, 2012
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State Laws on Day Labor
Posted by NDLON Staff / Enero 20, 2012
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Federal immigration official warns Preckwinkle about policy
Posted by NDLON Staff / Enero 13, 2012
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Arizona Democrats Plan to Repeal Immigration Law
Posted by NDLON Staff / Enero 13, 2012
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La Asociacion de Jornaleros - Wage Theft Workshop
Posted by NDLON Staff / Enero 12, 2012
La Asociacion de Jornaleros/San Diego Day Laborers Association www.myasjd.org | Source: Foundation4change.org Organizer, Mark Day re-caps the wage theft workshop: Our wage theft workshop on Oct. 29 in Oceanside was a huge success thanks to the teamwork of college students, organizers, guest speakers, jornaleros, and... Read more
FAIR: Recent Demographic Change in Arizona: Anatomy of Effective Immigration Reform Legislation (2012)
Posted by NDLON Staff / Enero 11, 2012
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Polémica por una ordenanza que protege a inmigrantes
Posted by NDLON Staff / Enero 10, 2012
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The two faces of Obama on immigration
Posted by / Enero 5, 2012
He stays some deportations even as he extends the draconian 'secure communities'. Will the real president please stand up? How can President Obama continue to portray himself as the champion of immigration reform to Latino voters, while at the same time... Read more
Burglars hit Hayward nonprofit agency over holiday weekend
Posted by NDLON Staff / Enero 5, 2012
By Chris De Benedetti | Source: Hayward Daily Review/MercuryNews.com | January 4, 2012 HAYWARD — The Hayward Day Labor Center, a nonprofit agency hit by burglars over the New Year’s holiday weekend, is asking for help replace some ... Read more
Immigration Is Not a Back Stop for the Courts
Posted by NDLON Staff / Enero 4, 2012
The family of William “Denny” McCann is justifiably horrified that the suspected drunken driver who killed McCann has disappeared. “They f----- up,” the victim’s brother told the Sun-Times. “He [allegedly killed] my brother, and they let him out of jail.” But blaming... Read more
Rights center may be moving
Posted by NDLON Staff / Enero 4, 2012
BY TAMMY GRUBB, Esta dirección de correo electrónico está siendo protegida contra los robots de spam. Necesita tener JavaScript habilitado para poder verlo. | Source: ChapelHillNews.com CARRBORO - The Chapel Hill and Carrboro Human Rights Center may have found a new home around the corner from its old neighborhood.The center put a three-bedroom, brick ranch house at 107... Read more
Farmworkers in El Paso Glum About 2012
Posted by NDLON Staff / Enero 3, 2012
January 1, 2012 | Source: Fox News Latino Close to 70 agricultural day laborers arrive every day at the Centro de los Trabajadores Agricolas Fronterizos (Border Farmworker Center) in El Paso in hopes of being hired to harvest nuts... Read more
Immigrant laborers inspire painting, donation from Morristown artist Ron Ritzie to Neighborhood House
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 22, 2011
Posted by Kevin Coughlin on December 22, 2011 | Source: MorristownGreen.com They sit with shovels and rakes and spades, waiting. The faceless day laborers in Ron Ritzie’s painting, Waiting Game, are a face of Morristown that he cannot ignore. “You see their images... Read more
Where Did Los Angeles’ Day Laborers Come From?
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 22, 2011
Paresh Dave | December 21, 2011 | Editor-In-Chief | Source: NeonTommy.com Reuniting With Friend, Losing All Income Fifty-year-old Michael Kembe, a professional cook and dishwasher, knows he’s in the middle of a simple problem. “Everybody wants to work,” he says in his accent,... Read more
Illusions Of The American Dream Remain For Day Laborers
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 22, 2011
Dan Watson | December 21, 2011 | Editor-In-Chief | Source: NeonTommy.com “A day laborer’s life is a very sad one. A very hard one. They have this idea that when they come to the U.S. their problems are solved.... Read more
Black Leaders Get Closeup View of Alabama’s New Jim Crow - COLORLINES
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 19, 2011
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Arizona governor defends day-labor restrictions in state’s immigration enforcement law
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 15, 2011
Source: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, December 15, 2011 PHOENIX — Gov. Jan Brewer has asked a judge to dismiss a request by opponents of Arizona’s immigration law to block enforcement of the law’s ban on people blocking traffic when they seek or... Read more
Day laborers keep up hopes on Guadalupe Day
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 14, 2011
By: Ed Langlois, Staff Writer | 12/13/2011 | Source: CatholicSentinel.org Catholic Sentinel photos by Ed Langlois. During Guadalupe procession by day laborers, Jesus Sanchez carries statue while Paul Riek, Matt Cato and Francisco Aguirre sing. In the corner of a former Northeast... Read more
Bad economy and San Jose’s budget crisis puts Silicon Valley’s first day worker hiring center on the chopping block
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 12, 2011
By Joe Rodriguez | Esta dirección de correo electrónico está siendo protegida contra los robots de spam. Necesita tener JavaScript habilitado para poder verlo. | Posted: 12/11/2011 | Source: MercuryNews.com Silicon Valley’s first hiring center for day workers might be forced to downsize or close at the end of the year, another victim of hard times that stretch from the... Read more
Latinos Get Little Thanks For Rebuilding New Orleans
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 10, 2011
by Richard Gonzales | December 10, 2011 | Source: NPR.org Part of a monthlong series Day laborer Yohanni Castillo from Honduras waits for work outside a Lowes home improvement store in New Orleans. Jobs are drying up, he says, and he hasn't... Read more
Centreville Day Laborer Hiring Site Opens | WAMU 88.5 - American University Radio
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 7, 2011
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Center for Day Laborers Opens in Centreville Shopping Plaza
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 5, 2011
Facility is culmination of four years of community organizing. By Frank Klimko | Source: Centreville.Patch.com Pedro DeLeon, 50, one of the workers, said he was glad the center was opening. Credit: Anita Klimko Organizers on Saturday opened the Centreville Labor Resource Center, ... Read more
Helping the 99 percent — with less | La Raza Centro Legal
Posted by NDLON Staff / Noviembre 28, 2011
La Raza Centro Legal fights to address the issues raised by Occupy, and it needs support 11.08.11 | Guest Opinion | Source: SFBG.com OPINION - La Raza Centro Legal, an organization central to the empowerment of San Francisco’s low-wage immigrant ... Read more
Carrboro aldermen repeal anti-loitering rule Critics said rule hurt laborers
Posted by NDLON Staff / Noviembre 28, 2011
BY TAMMY GRUBB, Correspondent | Source: ChapelHills.com Steve Dear, left, and minister Robert Campbell lead a gathering at Jones Ferry and Davie roads in Carrboro in late October to protest the town's anti-loitering ordinance. CARRBORO - The Board of Aldermen’s unanimous... Read more
Entrevista a Yoshua Okón - “Pulpo”
Posted by NDLON Staff / Noviembre 25, 2011
por Mabel Téllez | Source: Codigo06140.com Click here to view the embedded video. El proyecto Pulpo, de Yoshua Okón, uno de los artistas mexicanos con mayor proyección internacional, se exhibe actualmente en el Hammer Museum. Fue este el motivo, aunado a la importancia... Read more
A place where Guatemalan day laborers are survivors of war
Posted by NDLON Staff / Noviembre 25, 2011
November 24, 2011 | 1:30 pm | Source: LATimesBlog.LATimes.com REPORTING FROM MEXICO CITY — A day laborer outside a Home Depot hardware store in northeast Los Angeles is riding in a bright orange shopping cart in the store’s parking lot, peering through... Read more
Labor Resource Center To Open Dec. 5
Posted by NDLON Staff / Noviembre 17, 2011
By Bonnie Hobbs | Wednesday, November 16, 2011 | Source: ConnectionNewspapers.com For a long time, members of the Centreville Immigration Forum have worked to provide a safe place where the community’s day laborers could connect with employers to find jobs.... Read more
Jornaleros hispanos dan vida al ‘Café Chicago’
Posted by NDLON Staff / Noviembre 15, 2011
Se trata de una cooperativa que importa café orgánico de Nicaragua. Por Agencia EFE | 2011-11-01 | Source: La Raza Café. Foto: Archivo archivo Chicago (EFE) - Un grupo de jornaleros latinos ha creado Café Chicago, una cooperativa que importa café orgánico... Read more
Barrio Defense: On the Rise in Alabama - NY Times.
Posted by NDLON Staff / Noviembre 14, 2011
Alabama’s ruling class has dug in against the storm it caused with the nation’s most oppressive immigration law. Some of the law’s provisions have been blocked in federal court; others won’t take effect until next year. But many Alabamans aren’t... Read more
Flashpoints: Alabama Barrio Defense
Posted by NDLON Staff / Noviembre 14, 2011
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Chicago Day Laborers Form Coop to Sell Organic Coffee
Posted by NDLON Staff / Noviembre 2, 2011
Source: Latin American Herald Tribune (LAHT.com) CHICAGO – A group of Latino day laborers have founded Cafe Chicago, a cooperative that imports organic coffee from Nicaragua, processes it and sells it creatively – and successfully – to improve their labor,... Read more
New Unity Unions Self-Organize to Confront Workplace Abuses
Posted by NDLON Staff / Noviembre 1, 2011
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Arizona Immigration Law Faces Lawsuit On Day-Laborer Statute
Posted by NDLON Staff / Noviembre 1, 2011
By JACQUES BILLEAUD 10/31/11 05:18 PM ET | Source: HuffingtonPost.com PHOENIX — Groups opposing Arizona’s immigration enforcement law have asked a federal judge to put a stop to a section of the statute that bans the blocking of traffic... Read more
Carrboro upholds anti-lingering law, for now
Posted by NDLON Staff / Octubre 28, 2011
By Susan Dickson Staff Writer, October 27, 2011 | Posted in: CarrboroCitizen.com CARRBORO – Following a Tuesday morning press conference at which concerned citizens called for the repeal of Carrboro’s anti-lingering ordinance, a motion to rescind the ordinance by Carrboro... Read more
(Video) Pasando La Voz de Abuso Contra Inmigrantes
Posted by NDLON Staff / Octubre 27, 2011
Source: Aquí y Ahora/Unvision.com Un grupo de inmigrantes aprovecha la tecnología de celulares para grabar los maltratos y servir de ‘Voces Móviles’. Para mas información acerca del proyecto, visita la pagina http://vozmob.net/ Read more
Group calls for end to Carrboro’s anti-lingering ordinance
Posted by NDLON Staff / Octubre 26, 2011
Posted by Joe Schwartz on Tue, Oct 25, 2011, 2:27 PM | Source: Indyweek.com Day laborer Angel Martinez addresses the crowd of supporters who are pushing to rescind Carrboro's anti-lingering ordinance. Photo by Joe Schwartz Three dozen Carrboro community members, including... Read more
Report: Wage Theft Reaches Deep into the Low-Wage Economy
Posted by NDLON Staff / Octubre 21, 2011
by Adele Stan, Oct 21, 2011 | Source: AFL-CIO Now Blog News A new report shows how wage theft reaches deep into the low-wage economy. “The Movement to End Wage Theft” illustrates the problem with the stories of workers employed by a grocery chain,... Read more
Day laborers protest ICE raid
Posted by NDLON Staff / Octubre 21, 2011
by Richard A. Webster, Staff Writer | October 21, 2011 | Source: NewOrleansCityBusiness.com Day laborers marched on the offices of Daniel Sutterfield, director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in New Orleans, on Thursday to protest an August raid that... Read more
New Unity Unions Self-Organize to Confront Workplace Abuses | Truthout
Posted by NDLON Staff / Octubre 20, 2011
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New “Unity Unions” Self-Organize to Confront Workplace Abuses
Posted by NDLON Staff / Octubre 20, 2011
by: Amy Dean, Truthout, Thursday 20 October 2011 | Source: Truth-out.org (Image: JR / t r u t h o u t) The last five years have been grim and isolating ones for immigrants and working people, right? Overall, this... Read more
Marketing Lessons For Day Laborers
Posted by NDLON Staff / Octubre 17, 2011
Plans progress for opening of worker center. By Bonnie Hobbs, Saturday, October 15, 201 | Source: Centre View (ConnectionNewspapers.com) Sarahi Uribe advises CIF members and day laborers how best to market the Centreville Labor Resource Center. When the Centreville Labor Resource... Read more
Redondo Beach to ask U.S. Supreme Court to uphold day laborer law
Posted by NDLON Staff / Octubre 10, 2011
By Matt Stevens | October 6, 2011 | 2:27pm | Source: L.A. Now Blog (LATimes) Photo: Day laborers and supporters march on Redondo Beach City Hall. Credit: Brian van der Brug. In what’s likely to be a final effort to salvage its controversial day... Read more
Day laborer center to host fundraiser
Posted by NDLON Staff / Octubre 10, 2011
By Scott Brinton, Esta dirección de correo electrónico está siendo protegida contra los robots de spam. Necesita tener JavaScript habilitado para poder verlo. Coloki, Inc., a nonprofit group set up by Merokean Liz O’Shaughnessy to run the Freeport Work Hiring Trailer that aids impoverished day laborers, will host a benefit fundraiser at Mulcahy’s Pub and Concert ... Read more
Update from NDLON member organization VOZ Workers Rights and Education Project in Fight against E-Verify: Representative Blumenauer Declares Opposition to…
Posted by NDLON Staff / Octubre 4, 2011
Representative Blumenauer Declares Opposition to E-Verify Bill Portland, OR: In recent days, our fight to build the opposition against HR 2885, the E-Verify bill, has gained momentum! In a letter to the VOZ team, US Representative Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) expressed his... Read more
Rights of Curbside Jobseekers Upheld
Posted by NDLON Staff / Septiembre 28, 2011
By Robert Longley, Source: About.com Guide September 28, 2011 Apparently implementing its own plan to create new jobs, the San Francisco-based U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled 9-2 that your right to stand by roads holding signs asking for jobs... Read more
Case Study: Day Laborers and the Right to Roadside Job Hunting
Posted by NDLON Staff / Septiembre 27, 2011
By Adam Cohen Monday, Sept. 26, 2011 | Source: Time.com Day laborers, like these in Van Nuys, Calif., are facing crackdowns in several U.S. cities. Armando Arorizo / Bloomberg News Do day laborers have a right to stand along the highway to... Read more
Court overturns day laborer ruling
Posted by NDLON Staff / Septiembre 27, 2011
Source: EasyReaderNews.com | September 22nd, 2011 by Mark McDermott filed in Redondo Beach A six year legal battle that began with the arrests of day laborers along Artesia and Manhattan Beach boulevards added another chapter as the Ninth Circuit "en banc"... Read more
Day laborer ban struck down
Posted by NDLON Staff / Septiembre 27, 2011
September 21, 2011 | Source: Associated Press A divided federal appeals court Friday struck down Redondo Beach’s ban on day laborers who stand on public sidewalks soliciting work from motorists. Judge Milan D. Smith Jr., writing for the nine-judge majority of the... Read more
Task force looks to help day laborers
Posted by NDLON Staff / Septiembre 2, 2011
By Corinne White | Source: The Daily Tar Heel Susano Soto, left, and Lee Johnson, right, work for Raleigh’s Blalock Paving company, which hires many of the day laborers who gather in the area. Day laborers in the area stand on the... Read more
Laborers hold out hope: Jobs aren’t guaranteed at the MLK site, but workers keep coming
Posted by NDLON Staff / Septiembre 1, 2011
By Jennifer Anderson |Source: The Portland Tribune | Sep 1, 2011 CHRISTOPHER ONSTOTT / TRIBUNE PHOTO Labor center site Director Ignacio Paramo has helped create a community offering English classes and soccer tournaments. While many laborers find work at the... Read more
Streetcorner Advocate for Women on the Day Labor Treadmill
Posted by NDLON Staff / Agosto 29, 2011
Mon, Aug 29, 2011 | By Hoda Emam | Source: TheBrooklynInk.com English classes are held every Wednesday on a street corner in Williamsburg (Photo: Hoda Emam/ The Brooklyn Ink) As early as sunrise, Latino women trickle onto the corner of Division ... Read more
Centers Help Day Laborers Get a Hand and Get Paid
Posted by NDLON Staff / Agosto 25, 2011
By KARI LYDERSEN and BRIDGET O’SHEA | Aug 24, 2011 | Source: ChicagoNewsCoop.org Day laborers talk with a potential employer at a gas station at Belmont and Milwaukee avenues at 8 a.m., July 25, 2011. Image Credit: Paul Beaty Every morning, rain... Read more
Workin’ at the car wash
Posted by NDLON Staff / Agosto 24, 2011
08.23.11 | Rebecca Bowe | Source: SFBG.com Worker advocates with La Raza Centro Legal and the San Francisco Day Labor Program are partnering with city officials for a creative approach to addressing the pervasive issue of wage theft: A worker-owned... Read more
LAWRENCE: Learn to serve others, and enrichment will follow
Posted by NDLON Staff / Agosto 22, 2011
By The Rev. Robert P. Lawrence | Source: The Herald News | Aug 19, 2011 “Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.” — Philippians 2:4 Several years ago, the executive of a... Read more
Hispanic Center Helps Workers Get Paid
Posted by NDLON Staff / Agosto 19, 2011
There are many reasons employers don’t pay up, and people who don’t get paid can get help. By Christine Rose | Source: Danbury.patch.com Executive Director Ingrid Alvarez-Dimarzo Credit Christine Rose The current economic climate is hot for workers who aren’t getting ... Read more
Closing of Palm Beach County day-labor center leaves workers back on the streets
Posted by NDLON Staff / Agosto 17, 2011
Day laborers gather outside Caribbean Plants on Okeechobee Boulevard and F Road Wednesday morning. Buena Fe, one of only two day-labor centers in Palm Beach County, closed last month. Mitra Malek, Palm Beach Post Staff Writer | Source: PalmBeachPost.com LOXAHATCHEE GROVES... Read more
Day Laborers Line Up Overnight For Jobs
Posted by NDLON Staff / Agosto 5, 2011
By Kelly Bartnick | Published: August 5, 2011 | Source: Keloland.com The walk to work begins well before sunrise for some Sioux Falls laborers. They line up four hours early just to get a chance at a 12-hour shift. SIOUX FALLS,... Read more
Home Health Workers Are Sick of Being Shut Out of Labor Law
Posted by NDLON Staff / Agosto 4, 2011
By Michelle Chen, Colorlines and In These Times | August 3, 2011 | Source: Huffington Post As walking canes replace running shoes, and the parents who raised us start needing to be cared for themselves, the first dawn of America’s... Read more
Daily News Editorial: Budget bust — The price of neglecting pension reform can be seen in cuts to our schools,…
Posted by NDLON Staff / Agosto 1, 2011
Source: DailyNews.com | July 31, 2011 Day laborers crowding the entrance to Home Depot. Seniors dumped out of day care programs. Students shut out of public higher education because of cost. This is what ignoring pension reform looks... Read more
Local day laborers: Older, undocumented, undereducated
Posted by NDLON Staff / Julio 29, 2011
July 28, 2011 | 11:53am | Source: L.A. Now, LATimesBlogs.LATimes.com The average day laborer in Harbor City and Wilmington is 44 years old and has lived in the United States for nearly 17 years, according to survey results out of Harbor-UCLA... Read more
Wilmington Health Summit: Day laborers suffer poor health, work conditions
Posted by NDLON Staff / Julio 27, 2011
By Melissa Evans, Staff Writer | Posted: 07/26/2011 06:11:34 PM PDT | Source: DailyBreeze.com They may have come to America for a better life, but many of the migrant day laborers in the Wilmington area suffer poor health and work... Read more
League City slapped with day labor lawsuit
Posted by NDLON Staff / Julio 25, 2011
By Erik Barajas | Source: ABC/KTRK TV - Houston, TX | Friday, July 22, 2011 HOUSTON (KTRK) — A fight in League City over day labor. Workers have filed a lawsuit, claiming police are harassing them, preventing them from... Read more
LA day laborers double as actors to teach, empower
Posted by NDLON Staff / Julio 25, 2011
AMY TAXIN, Associated Press | Updated 12:35 a.m., Sunday, July 24, 2011| Source: MySanAntonio.com In this photo taken July 11, 2011, day laborer Xico Paredes, left, dressed as a Sheriff, performs during a play at the Carecen job center in Los Angeles.... Read more
Closure of Glendale center hurts day laborers
Posted by NDLON Staff / Julio 25, 2011
By Susan Abram, Staff Writer | Posted: 07/22/2011 09:20:50 PM PDT | Source: DailyNews.com Day laborers hang out on Harvard Street west of San Fernando Road outside the Home Depot in Glendale on July 20, 2011. A day-labor center at the... Read more
S-Comm Immigration Initiative Is Bad for Our Health
Posted by NDLON Staff / Julio 22, 2011
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Wage theft prevention ordinance moves forward
Posted by NDLON Staff / Julio 21, 2011
07.20.11 - 2:11 pm | By Rebecca Bowe | Source: San Francisco Bay Guardian Online Members of the Progressive Workers Alliance celebrate after committee members voice support for stronger worker protections. Photo by Rebecca Bowe Supervisors expressed strong support July 20 for... Read more
Stakeholders look toward day-laborer center
Posted by NDLON Staff / Julio 21, 2011
By Susan Dickson, Staff Writer | July 21, 2011 | Source: CarrboroCitizen.com As one group of residents fights Carrboro’s anti-lingering ordinance, another is looking toward a solution that could resolve the issues surrounding the law – a day-laborer center. Though... Read more
The day laborers next door (Video)
Posted by NDLON Staff / Julio 19, 2011
July 18, 2011 | 6:00 PM | By Leslie Berestein Rojas | Source: Multi-American SCPR What are the stories of the people who line up seeking work outside home improvement stores, storage facilities, the local U-Haul truck rental center? KPCC... Read more
Wage theft a scourge for low-income workers
Posted by NDLON Staff / Julio 18, 2011
John Coté, Chronicle Staff Writer | Source: San Francisco Chronicle | Monday, July 18, 2011 Li Shuang Li (left), a victim of wage theft, and Shaw San Liu are working to stop the practice. Photo: Stephen Lam / Special to The... Read more
Budget deficit forces day labor center to shut down
Posted by NDLON Staff / Julio 18, 2011
Move drives workers to Home Depot’s curbs and parking lot. By Veronica Rocha and Melanie Hicken; Esta dirección de correo electrónico está siendo protegida contra los robots de spam. Necesita tener JavaScript habilitado para poder verlo. , Esta dirección de correo electrónico está siendo protegida contra los robots de spam. Necesita tener JavaScript habilitado para poder verlo. July 15, 2011 | 6:09 p.m. | Source: BurbankLeader.com Day laborers crowd around a person, second from right, who was looking for two workers... Read more
SB 1070 Has Been Bad for Arizona and Worse for Mexicans, But It Inspired a Year's Worth of Great Art…
Posted by NDLON Staff / Julio 16, 2011
Read more http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2011-04-21/news/sb-1070-has-been-bad-for-arizona-and-worse-for-mexicans-but-it-inspired-a-year-s-worth-of-great-art/ Read more
Local health personnel to offer annual clinic for low-income residents
Posted by NDLON Staff / Julio 15, 2011
By Melissa Evans, Staff Writer | Posted: 07/14/2011 05:42:10 PM PDT | Source: DailyBreeze.com Health fair When: 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 23 Where: Harbor City Day Laborer site, 1301 N. Figueroa Place, Wilmington Information: 310-534-6221 — Local medical students, researchers and high school students... Read more
Worker Center Opening Planned for September
Posted by NDLON Staff / Julio 15, 2011
By Bonnie Hobbs | Thursday, July 14, 2011 | Source: ConnectionNewspapers.com The Centreville Immigration Forum (CIF) was initially begun as a way to connect people and organizations that worked with Centreville’s immigrant population. It provided ESOL classes to teach English... Read more
Griego: Cultures melt into a stronger community
Posted by NDLON Staff / Julio 14, 2011
By Tina Griego | Denver Post Columnist | Source: DenverPost.com The Aurora Human Rights Center occupies a small, two-story brick building on the corner of Dayton Street and 14th Avenue in what’s called Original Aurora, which is in north Aurora.... Read more
Meeting focuses on day laborers
Posted by NDLON Staff / Julio 11, 2011
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Wage Theft: Business Interests Try To Scuttle New Worker Laws
Posted by NDLON Staff / Julio 8, 2011
By Davie Jamieson | HuffingtonPost.com Late last year, advocates for low-wage workers in Florida’s Palm Beach County made what they thought was a modest request of their county commissioners: pass a wage-theft ordinance that would make it easier for... Read more
Women Day Laborers Create Connect Democratic Workplaces
Posted by NDLON Staff / Julio 8, 2011
Press Release - For Immediate Release Contact: Ligia M. Guallpa, 646.479.4769 Building a Green and Grassroots Economy Brooklyn, NY - Today, July 8, women day laborers and founding members of Apple Eco-Friendly Cleaning Cooperative will be joining for first time the 2011... Read more
Dante’s Slope
Posted by NDLON Staff / Julio 8, 2011
By David Glenn Cox | Originally posted in: OpEdNews.com David Glenn Cox I have been at loose ends now for two, could it be going on three years? Without a phone or an address to call my own, I have access to... Read more
New immigration center opens on West Side
Posted by NDLON Staff / Julio 6, 2011
Kate King, Staff Writer | Source: StamfordAdvocate.com | Tuesday, July 5, 2011 Jean Daniels teaches a English class on Monday June 27, 2011 at Neighbors Link Stamford, a new non-profit organization that provides a comprehensive resource center for recent immigrants in... Read more
Carrboro to revisit anti-lingering
Posted by NDLON Staff / Junio 30, 2011
By Susan Dickson, Staff Writer | Source: CarrboroCitizen.com CARRBORO – Following claims that the town’s anti-lingering ordinance is unconstitutional, the Carrboro Board of Aldermen voted unanimously on Tuesday to take another look at it. The board approved an anti-lingering ordinance for the intersection... Read more
Carrboro day laborers may get center
Posted by NDLON Staff / Junio 29, 2011
By Sarah Glen | Source: The Daily Tar Heel Updated: 6 hours ago Randee Haven-O’Donnell remembers advocating for the worker movement in college as one of her most rewarding endeavors. “You knew that you were supporting emerging populations that would make... Read more
Lakewood reflects emerging Hispanic presence
Posted by NDLON Staff / Junio 27, 2011
1:50 PM, Jun. 26, 201 | Written by Margaret F. Bonafide | Source: Asbury Park Press Lakewood's day-laborer "muster zone" between First and Second streets and Route 9 and Clifton Avenue where primarily Hispanic men go to find work. The... Read more
Laborers seek permanent site
Posted by NDLON Staff / Junio 27, 2011
BY MARK SCHULTZ, Staff Writer | Source: ChapelHillNews.com CARRBORO - National day laborers organizers planned to meet with local workers this weekend to discuss establishing a permanent space where they can wait for work.Chris Newman and Francisco Pacheco of... Read more
Unfair working conditions: Blame greed, not the economy
Posted by NDLON Staff / Junio 27, 2011
June 24, 2011 | 12:51pm | Posted in the LA Times In Friday’s pages, Harold Meyerson sheds light on the inhumane working conditions many undocumented immigrant workers face. Take day laborer Josue Melquisedec Diaz, for instance: Diaz was put to work in... Read more
Man suing government over raid at 7-Eleven fled to U.S. because of death threat
Posted by NDLON Staff / Junio 27, 2011
Immigration officials say lawsuit should be thrown out and man deported By Nick Madigan, Originally posted in: The Baltimore Sun | 5:28 p.m. EDT, June 25, 2011 Sitting on a bus in Honduras in 2002, Denis Alvarez Alvarado says he overheard two... Read more
Protecting undocumented workers
Posted by NDLON Staff / Junio 24, 2011
Legislation would expand the protection of ‘U visas’ to those who come forward to report workplace violations. Op-Ed By Harold Meyerson | June 24, 2011 | Source: LA Times.com Farm workers load a truck with cucumbers on a farm in Leslie, Ga.... Read more
Stiffing Working Stiffs
Posted by NDLON Staff / Junio 22, 2011
June 22nd, 2011 | NATHAN GILLES | Source: Wweek.com Lawmakers could have acted to shield day laborers from bosses who cheat them out of wages. Instead they turned their backs. JOB SEEKERS: The day laborers’ lot at the Voz Workers’ Rights Project... Read more
The need for an immigration system worthy of America
Posted by NDLON Staff / Junio 21, 2011
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La peligrosa ofensiva contra los indocumentados en EE.UU.
Posted by NDLON Staff / Junio 21, 2011
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News From the Front: The POWER Act
Posted by NDLON Staff / Junio 21, 2011
By Sarita Gupta & Saket Sohni | Originally posted in HuffingtonPost.com Posted: 06/20/11 01:33 PM ET In the fight for workers’ right to organize in America, a 19-year-old migrant construction worker is on the front lines. Josue Diaz is a member of... Read more
Listen to Hispanic voters on reforms to immigration law
Posted by NDLON Staff / Junio 15, 2011
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Migration and labor centers
Posted by NDLON Staff / Junio 10, 2011
By DONNA SHEARER | Originally Posted in PressDemocrat.com Published: Thursday, June 9, 2011 at 3:00 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, June 9, 2011 at 11:58 p.m. Donna Shearer (credit: Press Democrat website) Of all the ideas swirling around the public conversation about a potential... Read more
Latino Union’s Elisa Ringholm interviewed on WBEZ 91.5 FM’s Worldview segment: “Chicago as a fair trade city”
Posted by NDLON Staff / Junio 9, 2011
Written by Worldview May, 05, 2011 | WBEZ.org Listen to the Story here. Fair Trade Day in Chicago is on May 6. Chicago has officially become a fair trade city and there’s even a website to track its progress. But what does... Read more
Connecticut Becomes The First State To Require Paid Sick Leave For Service Workers
Posted by NDLON Staff / Junio 7, 2011
June 6, 2011 | Originally posted in CityTownInfo.com State legislators approved a bill on Saturday that makes Connecticut the first state in the nation to require employers to offer paid sick leave to their workers. According to The New York Times, the... Read more
Federal labor officials host summit on Latino, immigrant worker safety
Posted by NDLON Staff / Junio 6, 2011
Source: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | First Posted: June 05, 2011 - 4:07 pm BRIDGETON, N.J. — Federal labor officials say Latino workers suffer workplace injuries and deaths on the job at a higher rate than all other workers combined. Experts say in... Read more
Day laborers face hardships
Posted by NDLON Staff / Junio 3, 2011
By Philip Riley & Chris Samson ARGUS-COURIER STAFF | Posted in the PressDemocrat.com Published: Thursday, June 2, 2011 at 3:00 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, June 1, 2011 at 3:26 p.m. (Editor’s note: This is one in a series of stories about Latinos in Petaluma.... Read more
New Latino Group Aiming for Day Labor Center in Petaluma
Posted by NDLON Staff / Junio 3, 2011
Center would offer English classes, trades workshops and serve as a community hub for Latino workers By Karina Ioffee | May 23, 2011 | Posted in Petaluma.Patch.com Day laborers wait at the Shell gas station at Bodega and Howard Street on a... Read more
Community members honor fallen laborer, create awareness about immigration reform
Posted by NDLON Staff / Junio 3, 2011
By ALEJANDRO CANO Published: Saturday, May 21, 2011 4:49 PM CDT (Posted in Fontana Herald News) Marina Wood speaks out for social justice at the ceremony which honored Fernando Pedraza, a day laborer who died four years ago. (Herald News photo by Alejandro... Read more
Opponents, supporters of Georgia's immigration law sound off over Arizona court decision
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 26, 2011
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Working for a better life. Day Worker Center benefits laborer and homeowner alike.
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 19, 2011
by Nick Veronin | Posted in: Mountain View Voice With a 1,500 square-foot backyard, including a small orchard of apricot, nectarine and apple trees, a large vegetable patch, a greenhouse, and a wide variety of flowers, Harold Black has his... Read more
Employee of Year humbled by honor, attention
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 12, 2011
By DAN EAKIN, Esta dirección de correo electrónico está siendo protegida contra los robots de spam. Necesita tener JavaScript habilitado para poder verlo. | Posted in Courier-Gazette.com | Published: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 11:52 AM CDT Submitted Photo - Adrian Magallanes, left, 2011 City of Plano Employee of the Year, is introduced by Plano City Manager Bruce Glasscock. When Adrian... Read more
EDITORIAL: Businesses can't be the immigration police for Colorado
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 6, 2011
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Why doesn’t Napa have a day laborer center?
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 4, 2011
REBECCA HUVAL | Posted in Napa Valley Register | Posted: Tuesday, May 3, 2011 9:30 pm Juan Carlos, a day laborer who looks for work next to Home Depot regularly, said a day laborer center would help keep the exchange of... Read more
Laborers march in Woodside
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 3, 2011
Demonstrators chanting slogans demand rights for day workers By Rich Bockmann | Posted on YourNabe.com | Monday, May 2, 2011 6:48 PM EDT Activist Nicholas Chango (c.), originally from Ecuador, leads a chant along Roosevelt Avenue. Photo by Christina Santucci Supporters of workers’... Read more
For Workers Who Get Stiffed, Immigration Status is Irrelevant
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 28, 2011
By Ashley Tarr | Email the author | Posted in: South-East Brewster Patch | April 27, 2011 Day laborers wait for work on Main Street in the Village of Brewster earlier this month. Credit Ashley Tarr One attorney says that... Read more
Federal judges block NY town’s day laborer law
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 28, 2011
APRIL 26, 2011, 3:46 P.M. ET Associated Press GARDEN CITY, N.Y. — A new court ruling upholds a preliminary injunction barring a Long Island town from enforcing its day laborer ordinance. The U.S. Court of Appeals decision, released Tuesday, supports a temporary restraining... Read more
Dealing with cancer: Family deals with radiation effects
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 20, 2011
Wednesday, April 20, 2011 By Clint Confehr, Senior Staff Writer | Marshall Tribune PALMETTO — George Mitchell is “tired,” and willing to leave this world. He won’t force it, but he’s signed documents so physicians can refrain from providing treatment... Read more
Immigration law uncertainty hangs over Hispanic neighborhoods
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 18, 2011
Source: East Valley Tribune updated 4/18/2011 12:46:11 PM ET Adan Gallegos stands with a crowd of day laborers waiting on job offers in front of the Circle K convenience store in Chandler’s “Little Sonora” neighborhood. On this day, there... Read more
Call For Raises For Dallas Minimum Wage Sanitation Workers
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 13, 2011
BJ Austin, KERA News (2011-04-05) | Source: KERA Listen Now DALLAS, TX (KERA) - Dallas civil rights and union activists marked the anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King yesterday evening with a rally for Dallas... Read more
Iowa should crack down on wage thieves
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 13, 2011
4:16 PM, Apr. 1, 2011 | Source: DesMoinesRegister.com Few crimes are more contemptible than wage theft. When an employer stiffs a worker of promised wages, the employer is not just stealing money from the worker. The employer has stolen hours... Read more
Birmingham’s Hispanic day laborers find work scarce in tough economy
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 13, 2011
Published: Sunday, April 03, 2011, 7:15 AM By Val Walton–The Birmingham News | Source: Blog.Al.Com Benjamin Parra is grateful for his maintenance job at a fast-food restaurant in Hoover. He knows he’s lucky, he said, because many other Hispanic immigrants... Read more
54 years ago…
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 13, 2011
LARRY KASSOUF | Esta dirección de correo electrónico está siendo protegida contra los robots de spam. Necesita tener JavaScript habilitado para poder verlo. | Source: Longboat Key News Pipecrafters yard at 7:20 a.m. Broadway Avenue and Miles Park Avenue Cleveland, Ohio Summer 1957 My father would check for any last-minute changes in scheduling before he dropped me off for work... Read more
Graton Day Labor Center Celebrates 10 Years
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 13, 2011
By LAURIE WEED | SEBASTOPOL CORRESPONDENT | Thursday, March 31st, 2011 | Source: Sebastopol.Towns.PressDemocract.com Yadira Flores, left, is taught English by Sebastopol volunteer Liz Finn at the Graton Day Labor Center, Tuesday March 29, 2011. (Kent Porter / Press Democrat) 2011 As... Read more
Immigration Reform, Georgia Style
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 11, 2011
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When War is Peace and 'Secure Communities' Means 'Deportation': Orwell as Advisor to the President - Huffington Post
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 31, 2011
When President Obama visited my native country of El Salvador he spoke of legalization while back in the US Salvadorans like Maria Bolaños face deportation. Read more
10 Years Working for Social Change | Centro Campesino
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 30, 2011
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Legislation targets employers who shortchange undocumented immigrants
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 29, 2011
5:38 PM, Mar. 27, 2011 | Written by ABBOTT KOLOFF - STAFF WRITER Alejandro Flores, 22, of Morristown (left) came to the U.S. from Mexico when he was 16. He said an Italian restaurant owes him $1,350 in wages. / STAFF... Read more
Unsafe rides are just part of the job for flier distributors
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 29, 2011
Posted Saturday, Mar. 26, 2011 | By Barry Shlachter - Esta dirección de correo electrónico está siendo protegida contra los robots de spam. Necesita tener JavaScript habilitado para poder verlo. "Walkers," who hang advertising fliers on homes' doorknobs, get ready to leave in the back of a pickup at a south Fort Worth convenience store Wednesday. - Star-Telegram/Rodger Mallison It’s 5:15... Read more
N. Carolina day laborers receive help from Hispanic “angels”
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 29, 2011
Published March 28, 2011 | EFE Charlotte – Members of an Hispanic group have made themselves into “angels” by offering a plate of free food to day laborers suffering the consequences of being unemployed and dealing with tightening... Read more
D Magazine Puts “Hire A Day Laborer” On Its “Must Do In Dallas” List
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 25, 2011
By Cindy Casares | 24 Mar 2011 | 20:51 D Magazine in Dallas just printed a must-do list featuring “52 Things Every Dallasite Must Do” to be “a true local.” On it, between the local restaurant recommendations and the... Read more
Federal appeals court hears arguments on Redondo Beach day laborers
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 24, 2011
By Eric Bradley Staff Writer Posted: 03/21/2011 06:16:16 PM PDT Updated: 03/23/2011 10:50:41 AM PDT NOV. 17, 2004 FILE PHOTO: Day laborers Marco Bastlucio, center, and Victor Gonzalez, right, voice their opinions at a protest rally in front of the Redondo Beach City Hall. The... Read more
Hidden cameras test public’s prejudice toward immigration
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 17, 2011
Posted on 16 March 2011 By David Bauder The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Public attitudes toward immigration are put to the test on the latest episode of a news–reality hybrid television show that uses hidden cameras to record the reactions ... Read more
LA Police Commission supports officer shooting of Guatemalan day laborer
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 16, 2011
5:55 a.m. | Frank Stoltze | KPCC KPCC Audio Broadcast Victor Lopez is a Guatemalan community activist who says police have done a better job reaching out to his community in the wake of the shooting of a Guatemalan day laborer. The... Read more
LA becomes 7th city to alter impound practices
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 16, 2011
March 16, 2011 | Ryan Gabrielson At a sobriety checkpoint in December 2009, the Los Angeles Police Department impounded 64 cars from unlicensed drivers while making just four drunken driving arrests. That disparity has been common for years at such... Read more
Ruling due Tuesday in LAPD shooting that sparked protests, clashes
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 15, 2011
March 15, 2011 | 7:16am Photo: Passers-by check out a makeshift memorial at West 6th Street and South Union Avenue, where a 37-year-old Guatemalan day laborer was shot and killed by an LAPD officer last year. Credit: Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times The... Read more
Connecticut City Settles Suit in Arrests of Day Laborers
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 10, 2011
By SAM DOLNICK | Published: March 9, 2011 The City of Danbury, Conn., has agreed to pay $400,000 to settle a federal lawsuit brought by eight day laborers who complained that their 2006 arrest in a local police sting operation ... Read more
Day laborers' center planned in Plainfield
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 9, 2011
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Crowd Rallies This Weekend for Domestic Workers Bill of Rights
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 9, 2011
By: Molly Rosenthal | March 7, 2011 – 12:23 pm Domestic workers, employers and their families gathered at the Women’s Building this Sunday in support of a new Domestic Workers Bill of Rights. Introduced by California assembly member Tom Ammiano last... Read more
Wal-Mart Warehouse Workers File Class Action Wage Theft Lawsuit
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 1, 2011
By Kari Lydersen | In These Times | Monday, Feb 28, 2011, 2:57 pm Deathrice Jimerson and Demetrie Collins allege they were cheated out of hundreds of dollars in wages at a Wal-Mart warehouse. (Photo by Kari Lydersen) CHICAGO—After... Read more
Georgia Lawmaker Seeks to Outlaw Day Laborers
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 23, 2011
By: GEORGE FRANCO/myfoxatlanta ATLANTA - Day laborers are used all over Metro Atlanta for cash paying jobs. However, those days are numbered if a Georgia legislator has his way. State Senator Jeff Mullis has introduced a bill to ban the hiring of... Read more
Arizona immigration battle turns bitter | World news | The Guardian
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 21, 2011
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Undocumented worker who became quadriplegic is moved to Mexico against his will
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 17, 2011
Hospital’s decision to send quadriplegic man back to Mexico angers those in Chicago who cared for him By Judith Graham, Becky Schlikerman and Abel Uribe, Tribune reporters, 6:05 p.m. CST, February 6, 2011 Quelino Ojeda Jimenez, 20, is cared for by an... Read more
Study: Day laborers vulnerable to variety of employer abuses
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 17, 2011
5:13 PM, Feb. 12, 2011 | Kim Predham Lueddeke: (732) 308-7752; Esta dirección de correo electrónico está siendo protegida contra los robots de spam. Necesita tener JavaScript habilitado para poder verlo. Contributing: Staff Writer Vanessa Vera Roman. LAKEWOOD — Jesus Garcia was easy prey. During a meeting Wednesday evening at the New Labor office in Lakewood, Samuel Alonso speaks about how day... Read more
A Minor Setback for Arizona's Residents
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 15, 2011
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Federal judge orders release of document metadata
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 10, 2011
by Christine Beckett | Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press For the first time, a federal court has ruled that metadata — information related to the history, tracking or management of an electronic document — must be released... Read more
Council Votes to Revise Street Solicitation Ordinance
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 9, 2011
The revised version of the ordinance means solicitation of goods, services, handbills, etc. cannot occur in the vehicular roadway, median and gutter area. By Leslie Perales | 6:00am Credit: Leslie Perales The Herndon Town Council voted 4-3 to pass a... Read more
Day Laborers will picket exploitive employer
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 8, 2011
–via Renee Saucedo Monday Feb 7th, 2011 1:24 PM On Tuesday, February 8, at 9 am, at 2619 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, in Oakland, dozens of day laborers , domestic workers, and their supporters will picket the private home... Read more
Police Chief Will Review Custody Holds Of Undocumented Migrants
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 1, 2011
Eileen Fleming (2011-02-01 | Listen Now NEW ORLEANS, LA. (WWNO) - Superintendent Serpas says the police department is reaching out to the Vietnamese and Spanish-speaking communities. Representatives of the Congress of Day Laborers told Serpas at a community meeting that people... Read more
News from from the New Orleans Workers’ Center for Racial Justice: VICTORY FOR ORGANIZED DAY LABORERS AS LOUISIANA OPENS FIRST…
Posted by NDLON Staff / Enero 31, 2011
Dear Friends, RUSTY COSTANZA / THE TIMES-PICAYUNE Officials with the City of Gretna, day laborers, the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and Congress of Day Laborers gather for a ribbon cutting for a tented area under the West Bank Expressway for day... Read more
Workplace Project fights for Latino immigrants on Long Island
Posted by NDLON Staff / Enero 24, 2011
By Samantha Eng (Posted in Long Island News Report) January 24, 2011 Through several important initiatives including training programs for immigrants, language education and workers’ rights courses, The Workplace Project works to end the exploitation of Latino immigrant workers. Founded... Read more
Herndon City Council Revisits Discriminatory Day Laborer Restrictions
Posted by NDLON Staff / Enero 24, 2011
by Prerna Lal (Posted in Change.org) January 24, 2011 | 6:00 AM (PT) Once upon a time, Herndon, a small town in Virginia, could no longer tolerate the sight of Latino men soliciting jobs in public places. It made an... Read more
Day Laborer Center Gives Back to Community
Posted by NDLON Staff / Enero 18, 2011
Day Worker Center of Mountain View spent MLK Jr. day out on the streets picking up litter. January 18, 2011 By Nicole Baldocchi | Mountain View Patch On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, instead of taking the day off, the Day Worker Center... Read more
Arizona's Toughest Sheriff and the Human Rights Crisis he Created
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 1, 2010
"They call me KKK, I consider it an honor. It means we're doing something," are the startling words of Sheriff Arpaio, the top law enforcer of Maricopa County, Arizona. Unlike radio hosts or other public officials who lose their posts instantly... Read more
Is Obama an Accomplice in Arizona's Human Rights Crisis?
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 1, 2010
On one hand, President Obama took the politically courageous (if not constitutionally obligatory) step to file suit in Arizona against SB 1070. On other hand, he has massively ramped up the very policies which created the political conditions for 1070's passage... Read more
NDLON Press Release: On Eve of SB1070 in Arizona: 22 Jurisdictions Join Failed Police and ICE Program
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 20, 2010
For Immediate Release / Excuse Cross Postings / Please Distribute Date: April 20, 2010 Contact: Marco Loera, 602-373-3859 and Esta dirección de correo electrónico está siendo protegida contra los robots de spam. Necesita tener JavaScript habilitado para poder verlo. On Eve of SB1070 in Arizona: 22 Jurisdictions Join Failed Police and ICE Program Today the Department of Homeland Security announced 22 jurisdictions... Read more
Immigration Bill To Affect Day Laborers: Employers At Risk If Worker Is Not Legal Resident
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 20, 2010
Peter Busch, Reporter, KPHO.com PHOENIX — The controversial immigration bill that passed through the Arizona state legislature Monday could make you a criminal if your landscaper or maid is in the country illegally. A section in the bill makes it a crime... Read more
Urgent Message from Pablo Alvarado, Director of NDLON, regarding SB 1070
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 16, 2010
An urgent plea for help in Arizona: Stop Criminalization of Our Communities! Dear Friends, We write with an urgent plea for your assistance. This week, the Arizona legislature passed the most anti-immigrant legislation the United States has seen in a... Read more
NDLON launches website: ¡Alto Arizona! — A response and ACTION against Arizona Senate Bill 1070.
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 16, 2010
We are calling on arizona governor jan brewer to veto SB 1070. Arizona is on the verge of enacting the most anti-immigrant legislation the country has seen in a generation. This is a bill which apparently... Read more
House OKs Sweeping Immigration Bill
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 15, 2010
PHOENIX - Lawmakers Tuesday debated a bill that would make Arizona one of the toughest states for immigration enforcement. Outside, ranchers rallied for more border control but were drowned out by protesters voicing opposition to the tough new bill. The Arizona... Read more
Lawmakers channel ‘Lord of the Flies’
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 15, 2010
by E. J. Montini - Apr. 15, 2010 12:00 AM The Arizona Republic Mom and dad (the federal government) left the kids (Arizona legislators) alone in the House (and Senate) and the children have run wild. And it’s beginning to look like... Read more
Arizona Clears Strict Immigration Bill
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 14, 2010
By MIRIAM JORDAN Arizona lawmakers on Tuesday passed one of the toughest pieces of immigration-enforcement legislation in the country, which would make it a violation of state law to be in the U.S. without proper documentation. It would... Read more
Arizona goes it alone with tough immigration laws
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 14, 2010
The most harsh rules in the US target workers without papers, which, opponents say, will lead to harassment Ewen MacAskill, Washington, guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 14 April 2010 19.54 BST A border patrol agent in the Arizona desert. The state has introduced... Read more
NDLON responds to the passage of Arizona SB1070
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 13, 2010
For Immediate Release / Excuse Cross Postings / Please Distribute Contact: Marco Loera, 602-373-3859 and Esta dirección de correo electrónico está siendo protegida contra los robots de spam. Necesita tener JavaScript habilitado para poder verlo. Date: April 13, 2010 The following is a statement by Chris Newman, Legal Director of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network: “Arizona is on the verge of... Read more
Arizona passes strict illegal immigration act
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 13, 2010
By Nicholas Riccardi, 2:49 p.m. - April 13, 2010 Reporting from Denver “It’s beyond the pale,” said Chris Newman, legal director of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network. “It appears to mandate racial profiling.” Arizona lawmakers on Tuesday... Read more
El Hielo de ICE: La verdad del 287(g)
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 9, 2010
America’s Voice / Rafael Prieto | 2010-04-08 | La Opinión Las deportaciones han persistido mediante el programa 287(g), que opera con gruesas fallas./La Prensa. Para la comunidad hispana que experimenta diariamente los efectos de las acciones del Servicio de Inmigración y Aduanas... Read more
Poizner define sus posiciones
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 9, 2010
El aspirante a gobernador se aferra a su lucha contra los indocumentados Pilar Marrero/ Esta dirección de correo electrónico está siendo protegida contra los robots de spam. Necesita tener JavaScript habilitado para poder verlo. | 2010-04-08 | La Opinión ENTREVISTA Steve Poizner. Ciro Cesar/La Opinión Muchos hemos visto el comercial en la televisión. Un carro está a punto de caer por un... Read more
Alertan de fallos en los programas de bienestar para los hijos de indocumentados
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 9, 2010
7 de abril de 2010, 04:09 PM Washington, 7 abr (EFE).- Un informe publicado hoy alerta de los fallos de los programas de bienestar infantil que obvian las circunstancias de hijos de padres indocumentados arrestados o deportados, y perjudican a los... Read more
US Labor Secretary sends message to America’s under-paid and under-protected:‘We Can Help!’
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 9, 2010
News Release WHD News Release: [04/01/2010] Contact Name: Dolline Hatchett Phone Number: (202) 251-7929 cell or 202-693-4651 office Release Number: 10-0411-NAT US Labor Secretary sends message to America’s under-paid and under-protected:‘We Can Help!’ Solis announces national campaign and commits to bringing justice... Read more
Leonia church helps day laborers
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 9, 2010
Friday, April 9, 2010 LEONIA LIFE Palisades Park — Holy Spirit Lutheran Church of Leonia (ELCA) recently received a $2,000 grant from Lutheran Social Ministries of New Jersey to help fund a lunch program for day laborers in Palisades Park. The program... Read more
Jornaleros arrestados se defienden
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 9, 2010
CRISTINA LOBO GUERRERO/EDLP | 2010-04-08 | La Raza Aparecen dos de los ocho jornaleros que comparecieron en la corte de Elizabeth. cristina loboguerrero/edlp ELIZABETH, Nueva Jersey — Ocho de los 12 jornaleros arrestados el mes pasado por la policía de Elizabeth y... Read more
Labor Department Launches ‘We Can Help’ Campaign for Workers
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 8, 2010
by KYW’s Brad Segall The U.S. Labor Department has kicked off a nationwide campaign designed to let workers know they have a place to go if they feel they are being treated unfairly at work. The “We Can Help” campaign is a... Read more
Arizona Set to Pass Anti-Immigrant Legislation
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 7, 2010
by CARA on 4.6.2010 In Arizona, the legislature looks set to pass a truly terrifying anti-immigration bill that would, among other thing, allow police to arrest undocumented immigrants on the charge of trespassing simply for being in the state: The Arizona Legislature... Read more
Activists on DHS’s 287g Program: “End It, Don’t Mend It”
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 7, 2010
Source: Uprising Radio, Host: Sonali Kolhatkar (KPFK 90.7 FM) Listen to this segment | the entire program On Friday, the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security released an extensive internal report on its 287 (g) immigration agreements. The agreement... Read more
Anti-illegal immigration group wants census used to find illegal immigrants
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 7, 2010
Originally published April 07, 2010 By Abby Sewell Medill News Service WASHINGTON — An anti-illegal immigration group has launched a push for U.S. census data to be used to enforce immigration law. The North Carolina-based group Americans for Legal Immigration Political Action Committee called... Read more
Jupiter’s El Sol Center launches ‘Hire A Worker’ campaign
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 6, 2010
MIKE RICHMOND JUPITER — Homeowners, businesses and others needing help with work are invited to “spring forward and hire a worker” from Jupiter’s El Sol Neighborhood Resource Center to help with all those spring cleaning jobs that seem... Read more
Arizona: A State With Hate
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 6, 2010
John Carlos Frey, Director Posted: April 6, 2010 06:41 PM Arizona state legislators are once again positioning themselves to be the most hate-based state in the union. Arizona State Senator Russell K. Pearce (R) is a perfect example of... Read more
New poll shows ’sea change’ in Californians’ attitudes toward illegal immigration
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 6, 2010
Ken McLaughlin Esta dirección de correo electrónico está siendo protegida contra los robots de spam. Necesita tener JavaScript habilitado para poder verlo. Rally attendees hold a San Jose based rally in support of a massive pro-immigration rally in Washington D.C. at Plaza de Cesar Chavez Park in San Jose, Calif. on Sunday, March 21, 2010. (Josie Lepe/Mercury News) (Josie Lepe) In a... Read more
DHS Report Criticizes 287(g) Immigration Program/Informe del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional critica programa de inmigración 287(g)
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 6, 2010
Democracy Now! | Headlines for April 05, 2010 (English followed by Spanish Text) A new federal report has criticized the Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s 287(g) program, which gives state and local law enforcement agencies authority to enforce immigration laws. The Department... Read more
Outreach volunteers help region’s day laborers every week
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 6, 2010
Written by WGNO ABC26 News | Friday, 02 April 2010 12:45 ABC26 News New Orleans’ growing Hispanic population includes day laborers who came post-Katrina to help the region its reconstruction. Some outreach groups are trying to help them with crime prevention... Read more
Historia de una mujer jornalera
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 5, 2010
JESÚS RODRÍGUEZ MONTES ... Read more
Federal government to day laborers: We’re here to help
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 1, 2010
By Matt O’Brien Contra Costa Times Posted: 04/01/2010 02:13:52 PM PDT Updated: 04/01/2010 02:13:54 PM PDT CONCORD — A crew of federal officials wandering into a day labor hiring zone used to mean one thing: It’s time to leave. This wasn’t the case... Read more
El pueblo se desborda - March for legalization
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 1, 2010
Click here to view the embedded video. NDLON Presenta: El pueblo se desborda, Washington, DC. 21 de Marzo, 2010. Read more
No Free Speech for Cops
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 1, 2010
By ADAM KLASFELD, Thursday, April 1, 2010 WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (CN) - A police lieutenant claims Suffolk County forced him to retire early after 27 years on the force because he told Newsday about a racist policy in which unlicensed drivers... Read more
Jornaleros presentes en la marcha
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 1, 2010
Click here to view the embedded video. José Ronstadt (Telemundo 52) tuvo la oportunidad de entrevistar al grupo de jornaleros que participó en la marcha en Washington. Read more
Tom Saenz (MALDEF) in support of the DREAM ACT
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 30, 2010
Click here to view the embedded video. Remarks of Tom Saenz, President and General Counsel of MALDEF at AFL-CIO Headquarters during United States Student Association’s March 22, 2010 press conference in support of the DREAM ACT. Read more
Church garden offers a hand to day laborers
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 29, 2010
By MARTIN ESPINOZA THE PRESS DEMOCRAT Pastor John Schmidt knew “cielo azul” meant blue sky, but it was welcome news to him that cielo also meant heaven. “That’s very fitting,” he said as he walked toward a 1½-acre plot on the west side of... Read more
The Struggle of the Global Placeless
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 26, 2010
By ANAND GIRIDHARADAS, Published: March 26, 2010 CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS — On a deck in Boston, seven friends recently gathered for dinner. At the table was a white American man; his wife, an Italian woman he met in Switzerland; a Swiss citizen... Read more
It’s Moving Forward: Arizona’s Tough Illegal Immigrant Bill
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 25, 2010
By CHRISTY ORGETA, Updated 9:16 AM PDT, Wed, Mar 24, 2010 Local police in Arizona may soon have the ability to arrest illegal immigrants on trespassing charges for simply being in the state. The new provision, called a first in the nation by both opponents and proponents, was... Read more
Tough Bill Advances in Arizona on Illegal Immigrants
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 25, 2010
By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD Published: March 23, 2010 LOS ANGELES — The Arizona Legislature gave preliminary approval Tuesday to a proposal that would allow the police to arrest illegal immigrants on trespassing charges simply for being in the state. The provision, which opponents and... Read more
Immigrants vulnerable to being shortchanged
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 25, 2010
By N.C. AIZENMAN Washington Post (posted in Houston Chronicle), March 17, 2010, 10:27PM WASHINGTON — On a recent Saturday morning, a group of Latino men wearing paint-spattered jeans and grim expressions strode through a Washington neighborhood in search of the contractor... Read more
Costa Mesa stops enforcement of anti-solicitation law banning day laborers
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 25, 2010
March 2, 2010 | Susan Valot | KPCC (89.3 KPCC/Southern California Public Radio) (Image Credit: Susan Valot/KPCC) Day laborers and supporters hold signs while they chant and sing outside Costa Mesa City Hall. Civil rights groups have filed a lawsuit on their behalf... Read more
Federal judge rules Danbury 11’s immigration status irrelevant
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 25, 2010
Dirk Perrefort, Staff Writer (www.newstimes.com) Published: 09:47 a.m., Thursday, March 25, 2010 DANBURY — A federal judge has ruled that the men known as the Danbury 11 not be required to divulge their immigration status as part of their civil rights lawsuit against... Read more
Immigrants Demand Reform, Now
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 25, 2010
by GAIUTRA BAHADUR March 24, 2010 (www.thenation.com), Washington, DC To rally with immigrant advocates on the National Mall on Sunday, El Salvadoran factory worker Saul Linares said, he walked more than 250 miles–a greater distance than he had to walk to enter... Read more
Jornaleros Win Census Soccer Tourney
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 25, 2010
By Eloisa España, EGP Staff Writer The Day Laborers of the Inland Empire took the “Yo Si Cuento” (I Do Count) trophy home on Sunday — and will keep it for the next 10 years. Census workers gave all they could but... Read more
Shoveling for Immigration Reform
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 25, 2010
El Tiempo Latino, Milagros Meléndez-Vela, Posted: Feb 22, 2010 Day-laborers in Culmore helped to shovel snow after two severe storms in the Washington, D.C., area as part of a national campaign to bring awareness to the contribution of migrant workers in... Read more
Day Worker Center crew makes clean sweep
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 25, 2010
Written by Town Crier Report Tuesday, 23 March 2010 Photo Courtesy Day Worker Center Mountain View dayworkers spruce up the streets in Mountain View and Los Altos Feb. 17 The streets of Mountain View and Los Altos are cleaner, thanks to 35... Read more
The new faces of day labor
Posted by NDLON Staff / Noviembre 2, 2009
U.S. citizens are joining immigrants in store parking lots Las Vegas Sun By Timothy Pratt Mon, Nov 2, 2009 (2 a.m.) It sounds like a George Lopez joke. “Times are so bad that I saw an Anglo day laborer standing outside Home Depot the other day.” Except it’s... Read more
Forgotten Corners of the Economy
Posted by NDLON Staff / Octubre 28, 2009
As unemployment rises, the illegal treatment of day laborers only worsens. Where’s the government? STEPHEN FRANKLIN | October 21, 2009 Another dead day on the street corner and Gonzalo Mejia is wondering how he will get by. He’s been finding work... Read more
Labor advocates push for law making wage theft a criminal offense in L.A.
Posted by NDLON Staff / Octubre 26, 2009
LA Times October 26, 2009 | 12:43 pm Advocates for day laborers and other low-wage workers are pushing for a new city law that would target unscrupulous employers by making wage theft a crime in the city of Los Angeles. They have found an ally... Read more
Attorney General Milgram warns N.J. law enforcement about role in immigration program
Posted by NDLON Staff / Septiembre 4, 2009
by Tanya Drobness/The Star-Ledger Wednesday September 02, 2009, 7:47 PM MORRISTOWN — The state’s attorney general is warning local law enforcement agencies seeking to deputize officers as immigration agents not to ethnically or racially profile people, but one mayor has fired back with an... Read more
Local immigration advocates feel ‘Sense of betrayal’ over President Obama’s policies
Posted by NDLON Staff / Julio 30, 2009
Ny Daily News by Albor Ruiz When President Obama’s enemies protest his policies, it is not a surprise. However, when his friends publicly show their disagreement - and their disappointment - it is time for serious reflection on the administration’s part. Scores of local... Read more
Immigration and Obama: Change We Can Believe in or More of the Same?
Posted by NDLON Staff / Julio 29, 2009
By Roberto Lovato, AlterNet. Posted July 29, 2009 http://www.alternet.org/immigration/141624/immigration_and_ obama%3A_change_we_can_believe_in_or_more_of_the_same/?page=2 Rights groups say that the Obama administration’s continuing the racial profiling begun by his predecessor. Can a president who is, by any measure, far more forthright and lyrical than his predecessors about the pernicious effects of... Read more
Slow economy spells little work for day laborers
Posted by NDLON Staff / Julio 26, 2009
by Elisabeth Arriero - Jul. 27, 2009 12:00 AM The Arizona Republic Once at the center of controversy, day laborers have become increasingly scarce as residents make fewer complaints about them and their numbers dwindle. Experts, leaders and laborers credit the changes to the slow... Read more
Sandy Springs targets day laborer traffic
Posted by NDLON Staff / Julio 26, 2009
Drivers hiring workers must pull off road; limits also placed on locations By APRIL HUNT The Atlanta Journal-Constitution andy Springs can’t do anything about the day laborers lingering at major Roswell Road intersections, hoping that a passing car will bring work. That’s because anyone can... Read more
*****ACTION ALERT Ask DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano “Why are YOU proliferating racial profiling?”
Posted by NDLON Staff / Julio 24, 2009
*****ACTION ALERT Ask DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano “Why are YOU proliferating racial profiling?” Janet Napolitano is a guest on the Bill Maher show today. Please email the producer and share the devastating impact of ICE ACESS and 287(g) programs in your community.... Read more
Rally at Bill Maher Taping: Ask Napolitano about DHS Racial Profiling!! // For Immediate Release
Posted by NDLON Staff / Julio 23, 2009
For Immediate Release // Excuse Cross Postings // Please Forward Contact (Engish y Español): Loyda Alvarado (323) 434- 8115 What: Press Conference, Rally, and Demonstration Why: To Urge Bill Maher to Ask Secretary Napolitano about DHS Racial Profiling Practices, 287(g),... Read more
New Orleans day laborers want wage theft criminalized
Posted by NDLON Staff / Julio 21, 2009
Facing South Magazine: Post-Katrina New Orleans has become the center of a national effort to protect migrant day laborers from wage theft. As Facing South has covered, following the 2005 hurricane season, the Gulf Coast region saw an explosion in its Hispanic population,... Read more
Money woes may force day-labor center to close
Posted by NDLON Staff / Julio 21, 2009
by Connie Cone Sexton - Jul. 21, 2009 10:16 AM The Arizona Republic The land in and around the Macehualli Work Center in northeast Phoenix has been a field of dreams for many years for Salvador Reza, who runs the day-labor center. He worked to... Read more
Immigrant actors tell their story
Posted by NDLON Staff / Julio 21, 2009
Day laborers in Los Angeles offer impromptu street theater between jobs. By Jennifer Bleyer | Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor LOS ANGELES - Until recently, Gildardo Maldonado’s experience as an actor did not extend far beyond the small role he once had in... Read more
Day Laborers Await Court Date for ‘Peddling’ Tickets
Posted by NDLON Staff / Julio 21, 2009
Written by Alex Garcia, Sun Contributing Writer San Fernando Sun “For now, we feel good because we’re not going to pay anything [right now].” Those were the words of Oscar Velasquez, a Guatemalan day laborer who showed up last week at the branch... Read more
Day labor site growing despite new laws
Posted by NDLON Staff / Julio 21, 2009
Sandra Emerson, Staff Writer Inland Valley Daily Bulletin UPLAND - The group of day laborers who once stood in the Home Depot parking lot to wait for work have moved their location to the sidewalk along Mountain Avenue. The Upland City Council approved... Read more
Promised Land
Posted by NDLON Staff / Julio 21, 2009
The stigma of ‘illegal aliens’ makes migrant workers targeted prey New Orleans City Business July 20, 2009 by Richard A. Webster Hours after Councilman Arnie Fielkow proposed an ordinance that would protect Hispanic day laborers by criminalizing wage theft, WRNO 99.5 FM talk radio... Read more
Day Laborers on Long Island, Left at the Curb
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 11, 2009
NYTimes By LAWRENCE DOWNES Published: May 10, 2009 Just south of the commuter train tracks in Huntington Station, Long Island, a weary pileup of streets forms a little district of desperation. Down along New York Avenue, Fairground Avenue and Depot Road, men in... Read more
Hate brews in Maricopa ~ Dime con quién andas, y te diré quién eres
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 11, 2009
Huffington Post May 11, 2009 By Valeria Fernández - Phoenix, Arizona Disturbing video of armed neo-Nazi supporters of Sheriff Joe Arpaio trying to incite violence during a peaceful protest against alleged brutality in Maricopa County jails has human and civil-rights groups worried. Click here... Read more
NDLON Statement on Exchange Between Arpaio and Neo-Nazi Supporters and Planned Expansion of “Posse” Program
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 7, 2009
(Phoenix, Arizona) On Saturday, an estimated 4,000 people marched peacefully for six miles from the Maricopa County Sheriff Office to its “tent city” jail to draw attention to an emerging civil rights crisis in the nation’s fifth largest city. The march was... Read more
THE 2ND ANNIVERSARY MEMORIAL COMMUNITY CELEBRATION TO HONOR THE LIFE OF DAY LABORER LEADER FERNANDO PEDRAZA
Posted by NDLON Staff / Mayo 4, 2009
STUDENTS, DAY LABORERS AND COMMUNITY ALLIES HOLD THE 2NDANNIVERSARY MEMORIAL COMMUNITY CELEBRATION TO HONOR THE LIFE OF DAY LABORER LEADER FERNANDO PEDRAZA Contact Eddie Gonzalez (PEOC): (323) 422-8107 Suzanne Foster (PEOC): (310) 486-8499 Event Info Date: Tuesday, May 5, 2009 Time: 10:00 AM Press... Read more
Lou Dobbs Battles Al Sharpton and ACORN’s Bertha Lewis, Gets His Lunch Eaten
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 9, 2009
By Stephen Lemon Phoenix New Times Wednesday, Apr. 8 2009 Click here to view the embedded video. I don’t know what CNN’s resident nativist Lou Dobbs thought he was doing when he invited the Rev. Al Sharpton and ACORN’s Bertha Lewis on his program... Read more
Arpaio and Civil Rights Abuses Hearing//TUNE IN TOMORROW
Posted by NDLON Staff / Abril 1, 2009
April 1st, 2009 National Day Laborer Organizing Network The momentum against Sheriff Arpaio and the entire 287(g) program keeps building. Only a few weeks after announcing joint hearings in the Judiciary Committee to investigate Arpaio and other civil rights abuses under... Read more
The People’s Sheriff
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 30, 2009
PBS NOW March 27 2009 Is a hard-line sheriff crossing the line when it comes to immigration enforcement? One of the most controversial figures in the illegal immigration debate is Joe Arpaio, the longtime sheriff of Arizona’s Maricopa County, whose aggressive hard... Read more
Notes From the Immigration Battlefield
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 18, 2009
By LAWRENCE DOWNES NY Times Published: March 18, 2009 Here’s a thought. What if illegal immigrants really aren’t America’s worst nightmare? A lot of energy has been spent insisting that they are, but are they really as dangerous as, say, zombie banks? Or... Read more
Sheriff Arpaio deputies break women’s arm news coverage.
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 16, 2009
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The Ballad of Joe Arpaio
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 16, 2009
NYTimes By LAWRENCE DOWNES Published: March 15, 2009 Saul Linares, a factory worker from Hempstead, N.Y., sat down at dinner on Feb. 7 with pen, paper and a story to tell. Then he did what similarly equipped Mexicans have done since the 1800’s.... Read more
Joe Arpaio’s Guards Break Woman’s Arm (Allegedly), ICE Releases Her on Own Recognizance
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 12, 2009
Stephen Lemons, Phoenix New Times Immigration and Customs Enforcement released a suspected illegal immigrant Thursday night after it was determined that her arm had been broken while she was in MCSO custody. Maria del Carmen Garcia Martinez was released on her own recognizance,... Read more
38,000 + signatures against Arizona Sheriff brought to DC
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 11, 2009
Video of Press Conference University of New Mexico/Talk Radio News Service by Christina Lovato, University of New Mexico-Talk Radio News Service “All I want to do is except these petitions, welcome you, advise you that the Department of Justice has an investigation going... Read more
Arpaio target of Justice Department probe
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 11, 2009
By East Valley Tribune East Valley Tribune updated 1:47 a.m. PT, Wed., March. 11, 2009 Mesa, Arizona - The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Department over allegations of discriminatory practices and unconstitutional searches and seizures. House panel wants Arpaios policies examined In... Read more
Arpaio to be investigated over alleged civil-rights violations
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 10, 2009
by Daniel González - Mar. 11, 2009 12:00 AM The Arizona Republic The U.S. Justice Department has launched a civil-rights investigation of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office after months of mounting complaints that deputies are discriminating in their enforcement of federal immigration laws. Officials from the Justice Department’s... Read more
DOJ Launches Investigation of Sheriff Joe Arpaio: Advocates Call for Immediate Termination of 287g Contract with DHS
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 10, 2009
Press Conference on Capitol Hill, 1 pm, March 11. Contact: Chris Newman, 323-717-5310, Esta dirección de correo electrónico está siendo protegida contra los robots de spam. Necesita tener JavaScript habilitado para poder verlo. Date: March 10, 2009 On March 10, Acting Assistant Attorney General Loretta King sent a letter to Sheriff Joe Arpaio announcing a Department of Justice investigation of alleged “discriminatory... Read more
Revisions could prompt Arpaio’s ICE-program exit
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 6, 2009
by Daniel González - Mar. 6, 2009 12:00 AM The Arizona Republic Homeland Security officials will make it clear in newly written guidelines that a federal program that lets local police enforce federal immigration laws is primarily for going after immigrants who commit serious crimes. But Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio said Thursday that... Read more
De La Rocha Rages Against Arpaio
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 4, 2009
Rage Against The Machine and One Day As A Lion frontman Zack De La Rocha was one of the leaders of a Phoenix, Ariz. protest against Maricopa County Sheriff (and DMX nemesis) Joe Arpaio and his enforcement of federal immigration laws against Latinos on Saturday.... Read more
Who’s Running Immigration?
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 4, 2009
NY Times Published: March 3, 2009 Immigration enforcement ran off the rails in the Bush era, when federal agents stormed factories to shackle workers and local authorities staged their own crackdowns with little or no oversight from Washington. It was a war... Read more
Thousands march against Arpaio in Phoenix
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 4, 2009
The Arizona Republic Thousands of opponents of Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s illegal-immigration policies held their “March to Stop the Hate” in downtown Phoenix on Saturday.. As of 1:30 p.m., the speeches were still being made at the march’s destination, the federal building. According... Read more
Protesters Take On America’s Toughest Sheriff
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 4, 2009
Huffington Post On Saturday, thousands of protesters walked the streets of Phoenix to air their displeasure with America’s toughest sheriff, whose crackdown on the city’s immigrant population has won him consistently high approval ratings from his constituents in Maricopa County. The anger... Read more
Report Questions Immigration Program
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 4, 2009
NY TIMES By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD Published: March 3, 2009 PHOENIX — A government report questions the effectiveness of a federal program, long criticized by immigrant advocacy groups, that deputizes police officers as immigration agents. The report, prepared by theGovernment Accountability Office, the investigative arm of Congress,... Read more
Federal government takes a hard look at local police enforcement of immigration law
Posted by NDLON Staff / Marzo 4, 2009
SF Gate.com A federal program that deputized dozens of state and local police agencies to enforce immigration law is coming under new scrutiny in Washington, where government investigators say the Department of Homeland Security has failed to properly supervise its local... Read more
Zack de la Rocha of Rage Against the Machine Calls on Fans to Turn the Tide Against Hate, Join him…
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 22, 2009
Press Release from The National Day Laborer Organizing Network Famous Lead Singer to Join National Organizations to Denounce Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s Out of Control Intimidation and Humiliation Press Conference Who: National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON), Puente Arizona, and Somos America What: Press Conference to Announce... Read more
The Unconscionable Idiot of the Week Award Goes To…
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 22, 2009
Saly Kohn Huffington Post Feb 5 2009 Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Arizona! Congratulations! This week, having already done everything imaginable to turn himself into a national right-wing celebrity by terrorizing undocumented immigrants, Sheriff Joe turned to the unimaginable. For a pre-arranged media... Read more
Arpaio’s America
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 22, 2009
The New York Times Feb. 5 2009 It has come to this: In Phoenix on Wednesday, more than 200 men in shackles and prison stripes were marched under armed guard past agantlet of TV cameras to a tent prison encircled by an electric... Read more
County to probe segregation in jails
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 22, 2009
by Yvonne Wingett and Michael Kiefer - Feb. 7, 2009 12:00 AM The Arizona Republic The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors will hold a public meeting at 2 p.m. Monday to talk about the possible legal and financial fallout of segregation in the... Read more
Mexico protests Tent City separation of illegals
Posted by NDLON Staff / Febrero 22, 2009
The Associated Press Published: February 11, 2009 MEXICO CITY: Mexico on Tuesday criticized an Arizona sheriff’s decision to keep illegal immigrants separate from other inmates at tents in Phoenix that house prisoners. Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio accompanied the immigrant inmates — along with members... Read more
Day Laborers Hopeful as They React to Obama Inaugural Address
Posted by NDLON Staff / Enero 17, 2009
Day Laborers Hopeful as They React to Obama Inaugural Address Send Clear Message Throughout the County: “We will continue to organize for Change!” Contact: Chris Newman, 323-717-5310 Who: Day Laborers What: React to Obama Inaugural Address Where: Events planned throughout country When: January 20 and... Read more
Latinos Recall Pattern of Attacks Before Killing
Posted by NDLON Staff / Enero 9, 2009
Damon Winter/The New York Times Carlos Angamarca said he and a friend were attacked in Patchogue by a group of teenagers. By ANNE BARNARD NEW YORK TIMES Published: January 8, 2009 PATCHOGUE, N.Y. — Carlos Orellana, a construction worker from Ecuador, was walking home from work... Read more
NDLON Benefit Concert “Community Media” Project with OZOMATLI
Posted by NDLON Staff / Enero 9, 2009
Producciones Cimarrón presents… “COMMUNITY MEDIA” Benefit Concert Perfomances by OZOMATLI WAIT THINK FAST THE LITTLE BASTARDS Jan 16th, 2009 8pm @ The EchoPlex 1154 Glendale Blvd, L.A. $15 or $12 with non-perishable food donation (Food Donations will be distributed among Los Angeles day laborer centers. Benefit for… “Jornaleras Presente” a media research... Read more
Confronting Racism in America
Posted by NDLON Staff / Enero 7, 2009
Customers React Very Differently When Hispanics Denied Service at N.J. Deli By ERIC HANAN and YARDENA SCHWARTZ ABC NEWS Jan. 5, 2009— It was 6:30 a.m. on a Friday in downtown Linden, N.J., when two Hispanic day laborers were struggling with their English... Read more
In the Cold
Posted by NDLON Staff / Enero 5, 2009
Editorial New York Times This winter day begins a new year of the mortgage crisis. Nothing is certain about the miseries ahead except that they are growing. It is, for example, a freezing morning on Long Island — a national symbol of... Read more
Immigration Riddle
Posted by NDLON Staff / Enero 5, 2009
EDITORIAL New York Times A working-class corner of Long Island is staring at a riddle posed by hard economic times and wondering what to do. Huntington Station is a microcosm of America in the age of suburban immigration. Shops sell pizzas and pupusas... Read more
America’s Worst Sheriff (Joe Arpaio)
Posted by NDLON Staff / Enero 5, 2009
New York TimesBy THE EDITORIAL BOARD Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Ariz., which includes Phoenix and its sprawling surroundings, is an aggressive self-promoter with a new claim to fame: a reality show on Fox called “Smile … You’re Under Arrest!” It’s... Read more
Forum Advises Day Laborers
Posted by NDLON Staff / Enero 5, 2009
By Bonnie Hobbs, Centre View The first time members of the Centreville Immigration Forum invited local day laborers to a meeting, about eight showed up. But when they met again, Dec. 1, at the Centreville Regional Library, 90 Hispanic workers packed the... Read more
Workers get new Harbor City hiring site
Posted by NDLON Staff / Enero 5, 2009
By Janna Brancolini The Daily Breeze Posted: 12/19/2008 11:18:24 PM PST Day laborers have a new gathering site at Figueroa Place and Pacific Coast Highway. (Steve McCrank / Staff Photographer) After seven months of using a cluster of picnic tables as a base to solicit... Read more
Concord Day Laborers Give from their Hearts
Posted by NDLON Staff / Enero 5, 2009
By Tanya Rose Contra Costa Times Updated: 12/13/2008 06:25:25 AM PST CONCORD — Alfredo Vasquez goes to the Monument Futures casual labor center every day hoping this will be the day someone will pay him $12 an hour to build something, paint something... Read more
Day labor lawsuit resolved
Posted by NDLON Staff / Enero 5, 2009
By Barbara Diamond Coastline Pilot The city of Laguna Beach has been victorious in a long-running action brought by Eileen Garcia charging that the day labor site on Laguna Canyon Road violated federal immigration laws and was a misuse of public funds. The... Read more
Where is the help for day laborers?
Posted by NDLON Staff / Enero 5, 2009
El Diario NY The Bloomberg administration has announced—several times over the last couple of years—that a report on day laborers would be presented “soon.” Last week, it released a report from the city’s day labor commission. Then it quickly retracted it, saying... Read more
Man who picked up, beat day laborer in Marina sentenced
Posted by NDLON Staff / Enero 5, 2009
The Californian.com Glenn Blevins, a transient who frequented the Monterey Peninsula, has been sentenced to a term of four years in the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation by the Honorable Judge Timothy Roberts. The Monterey County District Attorney’s Office made the... Read more
Jornaleros Project re-opens in Spring Valley
Posted by NDLON Staff / Enero 5, 2009
BY SUZAN CLARKE • THE JOURNAL NEWS • DECEMBER 9, 2008 SPRING VALLEY - The Jornaleros Project, a humanitarian aid program for day laborers that closed earlier this year for lack of funding, has re-opened at the Mount Zion Sanctuary Church... Read more
Campbell day laborers relocate again with mixed results
Posted by NDLON Staff / Enero 5, 2009
By Chris Vongarath Campbell Reporter Posted: 12/23/2008 04:15:20 PM PST The push to drive day laborers out of Campbell has been met with mixed results, with the latest police efforts giving indication that the issue may never completely be resolved. After police pushed workers from... Read more
Day laborers tricked into handing over wallets, cell phones
Posted by NDLON Staff / Enero 5, 2009
Bay City News Service Three day laborers were picked up in Redwood City on Friday morning by two men who conned them into handing over their wallets and cell phones before dropping them off in Palo Alto, police said today. The two... Read more
Day laborers out in the cold as slump bites
Posted by NDLON Staff / Enero 5, 2009
By Tim Gaynor PHOENIX (Reuters) - Mexican builder Juan Alcaraz stands in the chill early morning air at a day labor site in the Arizona capital and waits for a “patron” or employer to roll up and hire him. He’s done... Read more
Day laborers find reprieve at soup kitchen
Posted by NDLON Staff / Enero 5, 2009
BY THERESA JUVA THE JOURNAL NEWS • DECEMBER 8, 2008 PORT CHESTER — Jose Antonio Correa folded his hands and bowed his head in prayer over a lunch tray. Correa, who is looking for carpentry work after losing his pizzeria job four months ago,... Read more
This time, Lake Worth works
Posted by NDLON Staff / Enero 5, 2009
By Dan Moffett Palm Beach Post Columnist Sunday, December 07, 2008 A strange cultural dance between snowbirds and day laborers goes on in downtown Lake Worth most weekday mornings. Dozens of retirees, in pastels and white sneakers, arm themselves with cue sticks and take to... Read more
Immigration support group in Centreville considers work center for laborers
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 25, 2008
Fairfax County By Gregg MacDonald Source: Fairfax County Times WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3 2008 While some neighboring communities focus on policing the activities of migrant workers, a Centreville group has instead committed itself to aiding them. Last month, the group, which calls itself the Centreville Immigration Forum,... Read more
Herndon starts I-9 campaign for day laborers
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 25, 2008
Fairfax County By Gregg MacDonald Source: Fairfax County Times WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3 2008 “Federal law prohibits the hiring of day workers without an employment check, or I-9 form.” –Herndon Mayor Steve DeBenedittis The Herndon Town Council has implemented a federal worker verification program that will require employers... Read more
“Alleged” No Longer: Nativist Buffalo Rick Galeener Pleads Guilty to Urinating in Public
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 25, 2008
Tue Dec 02, 2008 at 07:35:30 PM Buffalo Rick Galeener, guilty of taking an illegal al fresco whiz. Stephen Lemons Phoenix New Times In a surprising turn of events in the pending bench trial of nativist wackjob and noted Yosemite Sam-lookalike Buffalo Rick Galeener,... Read more
Who Is to Blame for Marcelo Lucero’s Murder?
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 25, 2008
By Marcelo Ballvé, New America Media. Posted December 2, 2008. Elected officials in Suffolk County have created a xenophobic climate that breeds hate crimes. SMITHTOWN, N.Y. — Why here? That’s still the question on the minds of many residents of Long Island, the archetypal New... Read more
Deputy’s murder trial delayed: Yancey charged with killing wife, day laborer in his home
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 25, 2008
By DAVID SIMPSON The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Monday, December 01, 2008 The murder trial of ex-DeKalb County sheriff’s deputy Derrick Yancey will be delayed until early 2009. Yancey earlier had invoked his right to a speedy trial on charges that he shot to death his wife and... Read more
Latino Labor; Mixed bag for N.O.’s Hispanic work force
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 25, 2008
Latino Labor Mixed bag for N.O.’s Hispanic work force neworleanscitybusiness.com by Richard A. Webster Gemder Vaz smooths the exterior of an Uptown home before applying a stucco finish. (photo by Frank Aymami) Few groups played as important a role in the recovery of New Orleans as... Read more
Bedford teen organizes holiday giveaway
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 25, 2008
Bedford teen organizes holiday giveaway BY CHRISTINE PIZZUTI • THE JOURNAL NEWS • NOVEMBER 28, 2008 MOUNT KISCO - As 13-year-old Jack Foster was driven to his Sunday bar mitzvah lessons, the Bedford teen noticed a trend of Hispanic day laborers standing... Read more
Protesters target developer’s PVE home
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 19, 2008
By Melissa Pamer, Staff Writer Article Launched: 12/19/2008 12:16:40 AM PST Protesters gather at the Palos Verdes Estates home of the owner of Niemann Properties calling for payment of wages they say the company owes workers. (Steve McCrank / Staff Photographer) PHOTOS: » Day laborers... Read more
They’re a part of the Island: Immigrants contribute to community
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 9, 2008
As Long Islanders continue to react to the stabbing death of Marcelo Lucero, it’s surely time to take a deep breath and look honestly at the issues surrounding immigration here. One thing this shocking attack makes clear... Read more
Teenagers’ Violent ‘Sport’ Led to Killing on Long Island, Officials Say
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 9, 2008
Teenagers’ Violent ‘Sport’ Led to Killing on Long Island, Officials Say By CARA BUCKLEY New York Times Published: November 20, 2008 RIVERHEAD, N.Y. — Every now and then, perhaps once a week, seven young friends got together in their hamlet of Medford, on eastern Long... Read more
Immigrant mourned by thousands
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 9, 2008
Immigrant mourned by thousands By Heather Cottin Patchogue, N.Y. Published Nov 19, 2008 6:43 PM Seven suburban youths from Patchogue-Medford High School on Long Island decided to go out in their SUV on Saturday night, Nov. 8, and “f _ _ _ up a... Read more
Casa opens new day-laborer center in Crossroads
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 9, 2008
Immigrant advocacy group says facility is largest in country at 6,000 square feet by Jeremy Arias | Staff Writer Casa of Maryland will open what the group is calling the country’s largest day-laborer center Wednesday in the Langley Park Shopping Center, drawing... Read more
Day laborers struggle in tough economy
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 9, 2008
By Crystal Walker Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at 6:46 p.m. Minutes before sunrise, people line up looking for work at Labor Ready in downtown Columbia. The business offers people a day’s work and a day’s pay, but there are no guarantees. “If they don’t have... Read more
Patchogue rebirth overshadowed by immigrant’s slaying
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 9, 2008
n a once-desolate stretch of Main Street in Patchogue, local officials just two weeks ago joined business owners to break ground on a new YMCA, a $19.2 million anchor to the downtown’s western side. County Executive Steve Levy said the project would make... Read more
ACLU ruffles some O.C. feathers
Posted by NDLON Staff / Diciembre 9, 2008
American Civil Liberties Union has settled 4 high-profile cases in past 2 months. By DEEPA BHARATH THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER Comments 60 | Recommend 6 Three years ago, the American Civil Liberties Union was a distant entity with little or no connections in Orange County. But that has changed... Read more
Day Laborers Give Back to Pomona! Clean Up of the Historic Casa Primera!
Posted by NDLON Staff / Septiembre 3, 2008
Pomona Economic Opportunity Center For Immediate Release Day Laborers Give Back to Pomona! Clean Up of the Historic Casa Primera! Contact: Suzanne Foster Who: Pomona Economic Opportunity Center (PEOC) Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA) Institute of Popular Education of Southern... Read more
Herndon’s Headache
Posted by NDLON Staff / Agosto 26, 2008
The town may take another ill-advised swipe at day laborers. Washington Post Friday, August 22, 2008; Page A16 HERNDON OFFICIALS shouldn’t be surprised that day laborers are again crowding the town’s streets. When Herndon opened a center that connected employers with day laborers... Read more
Big Boxes and Day Laborers
Posted by NDLON Staff / Agosto 14, 2008
By The Editorial Board NYTIMES The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday afternoon passed an ordinance requiring the biggest big-box home-improvement stores — Home Depot, in other words — to deal with the problems caused when groups of day laborers gather outside... Read more
Council passes day-labor center ordinance
Posted by NDLON Staff / Agosto 14, 2008
By Sid Garcia http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/los_angeles&id=6326157 LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Wednesday’s vote ends four years of laboring over how to regulate day laborers at large home improvement stores. The City Council passed an ordinance Wednesday that requires home-improvement stores such as The Home Depot, Lowe’s,... Read more
Day Laborer Ordinance Receives Approval
Posted by NDLON Staff / Agosto 14, 2008
Published on CBS2.com LOS ANGELES (AP) ― The Los Angeles City Council has approved an ordinance that could be used to require home improvement stores to provide shelter, water and bathrooms for day laborers looking for work. The ordinance, which passed unanimously,... Read more
L.A. adopts day laborer rules for home improvement stores
Posted by NDLON Staff / Agosto 14, 2008
The law could require such firms as Home Depot and Lowe’s to build day-labor centers with shelter, drinking water, bathrooms and trash cans at new stores. Each site will be evaluated independently. By Anna Gorman, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer August 14,... Read more
Ordinance Seeks To Encourage Laborer Shelters
Posted by NDLON Staff / Agosto 14, 2008
By HOWARD FINE Los Angeles Business Journal Staff Major new home improvement stores opening in the city of Los Angeles may have to build shelters for day laborers under a City Council ordinance approved Wednesday. Under the ordinance, proposed by Councilmembers Bernard Parks... Read more
A better day-labor market
Posted by NDLON Staff / Agosto 14, 2008
Councilman Parks’ ordinance would improve conditions for neighborhoods and those who seek work outside home-improvement stores. By Abel Valenzuela Jr. August 13, 2008 The Los Angeles City Council is scheduled to vote today on an ordinance that would help mitigate community concerns... Read more
Council demands big box stores build day labor shelters
Posted by NDLON Staff / Agosto 14, 2008
Contra Costa Times By Rick Orlov, Daily News Article Launched: 08/13/2008 02:05:38 PM PDT In the first step to control day laborers at large home improvement stores, the Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday approved a measure that could require big box stores... Read more
“Day Laborers and Home Depot”
Posted by NDLON Staff / Agosto 13, 2008
New York Times Editorial http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/13/opinion/13wed3.html?ref=opinion Published: August 12, 2008 It’s rare, in the parched landscape of the immigration debate, to come across policies that are simple, realistic and humane. But here is one: The Los Angeles City Council is expected to vote... Read more
NDLON Press Release
Posted by NDLON Staff / Agosto 13, 2008
For Immediate Release Los Angeles City Council to Vote on Ordinance Promoting Construction of Day Labor Centers Contact: Yadira Hernandez, 707- 318- 2771 (Los Angeles, CA) After nearly three years of debate, revision, and compromise, the Los Angeles City Council is set to... Read more
Reasonable Doubt Part III: Sweeps and saturation patrols violate federal civil rights regulations
Posted by NDLON Staff / Julio 4, 2008
Paul Giblin, Ryan Gabrielson, East Valley Tribune One Monday morning in December, the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office sent several of its most highly trained deputies to arrest day laborers. The human smuggling unit, police dogs and even the SWAT team spent hours... Read more
Chasing an American Dream, They Gather on a Corner in Brooklyn
Posted by NDLON Staff / Julio 4, 2008
NYTIMES By JAVIER C. HERNANDEZ Published: July 12, 2008 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/12/nyregion/12shapeup.html?_r=2&hp&oref=slogin&oref=slogin The sun had barely pierced the indigo morning sky when Francisco J. Perez made the call. He gripped the street pay phone and spoke of his knack for spreading concrete, his expertise in carpentry,... Read more
Day laborers find ample work in flood recovery
Posted by NDLON Staff / Julio 4, 2008
By Alicia Ebaugh The Gazette Esta dirección de correo electrónico está siendo protegida contra los robots de spam. Necesita tener JavaScript habilitado para poder verlo. CEDAR RAPIDS — Downtown, the rain hammers the dusty concrete before the sun comes up. It’s 5:15 a.m. Thursday, and day laborers are gathering, hoping for a day’s work cleaning up flood-damaged property. Hundreds of workers, if not thousands,... Read more
Hofstra housing discrimination suit can proceed, judge says
Posted by NDLON Staff / Julio 4, 2008
NEWSDAY.COM BY BART JONES July 9, 2008 A federal judge yesterday ruled Hofstra law school can move forward with a federal housing discrimination lawsuit alleging Farmingdale engaged in a campaign to drive Latinos, including day laborers, from their community. Judge Denis Hurley of the... Read more
Unpaid Day Laborers Speak Out
Posted by NDLON Staff / Julio 4, 2008
ABC 7 NEWS It’s an issue that rarely is talked about but now the problem is getting bigger. Day laborers doing weeks of work for contractors but not getting paid. Some Guatemalan day laborers say they were hired by northern Virginia contractors... Read more
Religious leaders speak out on treatment of laborers
Posted by NDLON Staff / Julio 4, 2008
by Jake Krob · July 16, 2008 Cornell College’s chaplain joined faith leaders from across the state last week to talk about what they say has been worker exploitation and a disregard for immigrant families in Iowa. In a conference call... Read more
Group rallies against day laborer ordinance-Aurora, CO, 9 News
Posted by NDLON Staff / Julio 4, 2008
AURORA CO– The Aurora City Council has voted to postpone a vote that nonprofits say would keep them from offering help to day laborers. Monday night, supporters of El Centro Humanitario, a group that promotes the rights of day laborers, came... Read more
Day labor program tries to make it work
Posted by NDLON Staff / Julio 4, 2008
By Shauntel Lowe Article Last Updated: 07/13/2008 12:01:30 AM PDT A three-block stretch of Hearst Avenue in Berkeley has become like an urban waiting room full of patients without appointments, all hoping an elusive doctor will soon return to fix their wounds. These... Read more
Social activist led fight for day laborers’ rights
Posted by NDLON Staff / Julio 1, 2008
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer The News Transcript FREEHOLD - Advocates for and members of Freehold Borough’s Latino community are mourning the loss of a person they called a leader in the fight for workers’ rights. Alejandro Abarca, 32, who lived in... Read more
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