Building and organizing a strong local base and developing the leadership skills of community members and advocates are critical to advancing the day laborer cause and building momentum that produces lasting change. At NDLON, clinic we foster the evolution of day laborer organizing models and cultivate the next generation of movement leaders. Leveraging proven methodologies…
DetailsA 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, stuff it is an involuntary code of silence that now threatens to hamper the investigation into this scandal going forward. This is based on the fear that
DetailsOn 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 for carrying out most federal processes related to i
DetailsThey 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 breath. At 6:30 a.m., only a handful of men stand in a cluster. Two…
DetailsIn enforcing our immigration laws, health 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 otherwise threaten national security. NY Daily News 02.14.2012
Details“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 Se Communities program, check ” said Julianne Hing, for Colorlines.com’s immigration reporter. “The two local enforcement programs have identical goals but a slightly different design. Where 287(g) allows local law enforcement to enforce immigration policy and initiate a person’s deportation proceedings, S-Comm instead allows the federal government to check out the arrest databases of local police and request that people be detained remotely.” S-Comm is cheaper, Hing said, and deserves a great deal of credit for helping the Obama administration reach its record-breaking deportation records. COLORLINES 02.14.2012
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