Join the virtual immigration Reform march

United Farm Workers

Tomorrow, thousands across the country will march to demand that Congress do the right thing on immigration reform.

This issue is vital to the UFW and to the farm workers we represent. Farm workers do the hardest, most difficult jobs that others won't do. They help feed this nation. Yet, they are faced with fear and intimidation because many employers use the threat of deportation to keep on exploiting them.

Please join us in fighting for immigration reform by participating in a virtual May Day march that we are doing along with other immigration groups. Help us show Congress that there is a growing movement that stands with the President to pass real immigration reform this year.

It’s time to end this cycle of fear and abuse and achieve real change for working families. To do so, we need your help to move the campaign forward. Please take action today and join the virtual march.

Arizona Public Defender Blasts Militarization of Immigration Enforcement, Criminalization of Undocumented Workers

Democracy Now!
April 27, 2009

We speak with Isabel Garcia, co-chair of the Coalición de Derechos Humanos, a grassroots organization in Tucson that fights the militarization of the Southwestern border region and discrimination and human rights abuses by federal, state and local law enforcement officials affecting US and non-US citizens alike. She is also the legal defender of Pima County, Arizona, and won the Lannan Foundation Cultural Freedom Award in 2008 and the 2006 National Human Rights Award from Mexico’s National Commission for Human Rights.

Immigrants Hope Their 'American Dream' Isn't Fading

National Public Radio
Tell Me More, April 8, 2009 · Thousands of immigrants flock to the U.S. every year in pursuit of big dreams. But the current economic crisis causes fear that some dreams might not be so attainable, after all. Three such immigrants share feelings of hope, doubt and frustration as they reflect on having left their native land, only to face tougher hardship in the U.S.

Kenya illegally deporting Somali asylum-seekers -UN

April 3, 2009
By Laura MacInnis

GENEVA, April 3 (Reuters) - Kenyan authorities are deporting asylum-seekers to Somalia, a violation of international law, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees said on Friday.

UNHCR spokesman Ron Redmond said that the police and military, acting on orders from provincial authorities, have been rounding up and forcibly returning Somalis trying to reach Dadaab, the world's largest refugee settlement.

35 illegal migrants found dead in Pakistan

Guardian (AP)
April 4, 2009

More than 100 people were inside the metal container when police opened it on a tip-off, Bakhsh said. Some were taken to the hospital unconscious and the death toll could rise, he said.

The stench from the container suggested some might have been dead for days, he said...

Support the DREAM Act!

The Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act is bipartisan legislation that addresses the situation faced by young people who were brought to the United States years ago as undocumented immigrant children, and who have since grown up here, stayed in school, and kept out of trouble.

If passed, the DREAM Act would facilitate access to college for immigrant students in the U.S. by restoring states’ rights to offer in-state tuition to immigrant students residing in their state. The “DREAM Act” would also provide a path to citizenship for hardworking immigrant youth who were brought to the U.S. as young children and to pursue higher education or military service, enabling them to contribute fully to our society.