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Arizona experiences âLargest immigrant smuggling raid in U.S. historyâ
Submitted by Restore Fairness on Fri, 2010-04-16 17:42While Arizona’s harsh anti-immigrant bill SB 1070 awaits its fate in the hands of Governor Brewer who will decide to sign it into law on Monday, the immigration enforcement spotlight turns once again to Arizona.
History comes alive with Immigrant Heritage Week
Submitted by Restore Fairness on Thu, 2010-04-15 16:52Arizonaâs harsh anti-immigrant bill gives racial profiling the green light
Submitted by Restore Fairness on Wed, 2010-04-14 17:42The passage of SB 1070 by the House of Representatives in Arizona will have chilling repercussions if signed into law by Governor Brewer. The bill dramatically expands police powers to stop, question and detain individuals for not having proper identification, a move that will instigate racial profiling and fear and driving a wedge between groups.
Is the person next to you being racially profiled?
Submitted by Restore Fairness on Tue, 2010-04-13 17:37Roxana Orellana Santos was sitting by a pond and enjoying her lunch when two officers walked over to her and asked her for identification. They immediately took her into custody, detained her, and very soon she was handed over to government agents for possible deportation. For the month and a half that Roxana then spent federal custody, she was separated from her son, who was a 1 years old. She was released after 46 days.
How many more hate crimes against immigrants will it take?
Submitted by Restore Fairness on Mon, 2010-04-12 17:41Nationwide vigils tell immigration agencies that they are âcompletely out of controlâ
Submitted by Restore Fairness on Fri, 2010-04-09 15:38Between the discovery of Haitian earthquake survivors in immigration detention (later released), an
â(Pre)Viewing the Right-Wing Playbook on Immigrationâ
Submitted by Restore Fairness on Thu, 2010-04-08 16:47A story a day should keep enforcement at bay
Submitted by Restore Fairness on Wed, 2010-04-07 17:53
Never underestimate the power of storytelling. No matter what the cause, it’s always the individual stories that resonate deeply changing our most deeply held notions. And it’s these personal stories that shed light on how broken the immigration system really is, giving us deep insights into the immigrant experience.
Hadnât we decided on equal education for all?
Submitted by Restore Fairness on Tue, 2010-04-06 17:17It was like discovering gold.
When she was in college, Sandra Mendez discovered something about her past that changed the way she looked at her parents forever. An American of Mexican-Puerto Rican descent, Sandra grew up unaware that her brave immigrant parents had been responsible for paving the path to racial desegregation in schools.
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