Por fin la cuestión de los retenes ha salido a la luz, debido a una investigación llevado a cabo en la Universidad de California y publicado a través del New York Times y PBS, entre otros.
At last, the issue of the checkpoints has come to light, thanks to an investigation done aat UC Berkeley and published in the New York Times and PBS, among others.
La investigación analiza las cifras producidas por distintas agencias de autoridad pública y concluye que el retén es más eficaz para aplicar leyes antimigrantes, como la discriminación que prohibe licensias a conductores indocumentados, que para contrarrestar los conductores ebrios. Además, recalca que las encautaciones de autos resulta con grandes ganancias para municipalidades.
If we want to end arbitrary detention and improve conditions of immigration detention as part of the comprehensive immigration reform expected in 2010, then we have to start building support in Congress now. Tell your Senator to co-sponsor two new bills in Congress aimed at protecting the human rights of immigrants and U.S. citizens locked up in jails across the U.S.
Throughout the summer, Amnesty researchers have continued to collect new evidence that exposes the shameful immigration system in America. We've seen U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, asylum seekers, undocumented immigrants, and even survivors of human trafficking and torture paying the price for a broken system.
The documentary is about an experience where the connections between two worlds become stronger and solidarity tears down walls. "The Little Trip of a Dream" portrays lives of undocumented people living in Richmond, Va., the lives they left behind in Mexico and the reality of crossing the U.S./Mexico border. Q & A with filmmaker Jen Lawhorne afterwards.
THE LITTLE TRIP OF A DREAM Firehouse Bicycles (50th and Baltimore Ave) Thursday August 27, 2009 8:00pm Q & A with filmmaker Jen Lawhorne afterwards.
The documentary is about an experience where the connections between two worlds become stronger and solidarity tears down walls. "The Little Trip of a Dream" portrays lives of undocumented people living in Richmond, Va., the lives they left behind in Mexico and the reality of crossing the U.S./Mexico border.
The documentary is about an experience where the connections between two worlds become stronger and solidarity tears down walls. "The Little Trip of a Dream" portrays lives of undocumented people living in Richmond, Va., the lives they left behind in Mexico and the reality of crossing the U.S./Mexico border.
On Wednesday, Latino leaders decried the sentences of two teens acquitted in the beating death of Luis Eduardo Ramírez, for related charges to the July 2008 fatal incident in Shenandoah, Pa. "There was no Justice done for Luis Ramirez, and we should not and will not rest until all four perpetrators of such a hideous crime are duly prosecuted under federal hate crime statues and found guilty of murder," said Reverend Miguel Rivera, chairman for the National Coalition Of Latino Clergy and Christian Leaders (CONLAMIC). Read more at Media Mobilizing Project
Brandon Piekarsky, 17, was sentenced to spend between 6 to 23 months in jail for simple assault, while Derrick Donchak was sentenced to 7 to 23 months for corruption of minors. After a Schuylkill County jury acquitted both teens of the most serious charges—which included ethnic intimidation, third degree homicide and aggravated assault—Latino organizations manifested their outrage and call on federal authorities to take action in this case.
location: Calvary Church, 801 S. 48 St, Philadelphia, PA 19143
Five young men, Muslim and immigrants, could face life in prison without parole for the charge of conspiring to attack the military base at Fort Dix, NJ in 2007. Were their convictions on Dec. 22, 2008 based on the truth, or were they entrapped by FBI informants, judged guilty by unfounded and sensational headlines, and convicted simply because of their backgrounds?
The Democrats in power are making careful preparations to ensure that industries dependent on immigrant labor will continue to have access to workers with the least amount of rights—almost a necessity to turn a profit in this recession.
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First Person Festival of Memoir and Documentary Arts | 11.11.2008
In the over heated debate about immigration voices of the immigrants
themselves are seldom heard. Underground America changes that with a
dramatic reading of oral histories by undocumented immigrants that reveals
the harrowing ordeals and heart-rending choices they must make everyday.
A discussion follows with a panel of experts who will address the legal,
economic, and humanitarian issues surrounding the immigration debate.
Underground America
Location: Painted Bride, 230 Vine St, Old City Philadelphia, 19106
Cost: 15$
Time: 8:30 PM- 10:30 PM
Date: November 12th
In the over heated debate about immigration voices of the immigrants
themselves are seldom heard. Underground America changes that with a
dramatic reading of oral histories by undocumented immigrants that reveals
the harrowing ordeals and heart-rending choices they must make everyday.
A discussion follows with a panel of experts who will address the legal,
economic, and humanitarian issues surrounding the immigration debate.
Panelist:
Peter Orner is the editor of the book Underground America: Narratives of
Undocumented Lives. As a fiction writer, he ahs been a finalist for the
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