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Prisons : Why Texas Still Holds ‘Em
Forget oil and gold. In the Lone Star state, the boomtown business is locking up immigrants.By Stephanie Mencimer This article appears in the July/August issue of Mother Jones. In 1997, with the private prison business booming, the Corrections Corporation of … Continue reading
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Tagged Detention, Hutto Prison, Immigration, Incarceration, Prisons, Private Prisons, Texas
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Oaxaca : Indigenous People Saying ‘NO’ to Migration
The FIOB is a political organization of indigenous communities and migrants, with chapters in Mexico and the U.S. It advocates for the rights of migrants, and for the right not to migrate — for economic development which would enable people … Continue reading
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Tagged Human Rights, Immigration, Indigenous People, Mexico, Migration, Poverty
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Against the (Border) Wall!
Not even federal law can keep Bush’s fence from ripping through natural areas along the Rio Grande.By Melissa del Bosque / June 27, 2008 The following article appears in the current issue of the Texas Observer [Vol. 100, No. 13, … Continue reading
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Tagged Border Wall, Ecology, Environment, EPA, Immigration, Nature, Texas
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Sex Slavery Crackdown in Houston
Jose Benitez, a Houston labor organizer, talks with two women who were victims of sex trafficking outside El Corralon del Chele Paco, a Houston bar targeted in the past for such trafficking. Photo by Sharon Steinmann / Houston Chronicle.120 women … Continue reading
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Tagged Houston, Immigration, Prostitution, Sex Slavery, Sexual Abuse, Texas
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Houston Immigration Raid Draws Protest : Employer Arrests May Follow
Dozens protest immigration raid in Houston. HOUSTON — Dozens protested against an immigration raid on an east Houston exporting company where 160 people were arrested, KPRC Local 2 reported Thursday. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said the raid at Action … Continue reading
Elvira Arellano on Truth and Hope
Elvira Arellano. Photo by Steve Liss/ Medill. Elvira Arellano is the immigrant who took sanctuary at the church of Rev. Walter ‘Slim’ Coleman in Chicago, before she was arrested and returned to Mexico. She remains active and a spokesperson for … Continue reading
The War on Terror Meets the War on Immigrants
From the H-Blocks to a Texas Jailby Sandy Boyer and Shaun Harkin / May 24, 2008 Twenty-six years ago, Pol Brennan was an Irish Republican Army (IRA) prisoner in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh, watching his friends die on hunger … Continue reading
"No Borders!" : May Day in Austin
MDS/Austin and the Rhizome Collective (with papier mache figures) were among dozens of groups participating in Austin May Day activities. Photo by Alice Embree / The Rag Blog.Hundreds march in Austin for Immigrants’ RightsBy Thorne Dreyer / The Rag Blog … Continue reading
May Day Rally in Austin
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Activism in April
Progressive activists on the march, in April.By Thomas Good / April 2, 2008March was a very busy month for activists around the country, and April appears to be continuing this trend. Here is a preview of some upcoming events. PROVIDENCE, … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Immigration, Iraq, MDS, Military, Peace Movement, SDS, The Left
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Border Fence Will Skirt Environmental Laws
A zigzagging second fence runs along side the original border fence, far right, along the U.S.-Mexico border in San Diego. Photo by Denis Poroy / AP.Homeland Security announces that it will waive regulations in order to complete the fence by … Continue reading
Beyond Cruel and Unusual Punishment
Judge calls immigration officials’ decision ‘beyond cruel’By Henry Weinstein, Los Angeles Times Staff WriterMarch 13, 2008 In a stinging ruling, a Los Angeles federal judge said immigration officials’ alleged decision to withhold a critical medical test and other treatment from … Continue reading
