Category Archives: Immigrant Rights

Call Congressional Representatives to Protect Rights of Children Refugees

The Latino and Latina Roundtable urges you to call your Congressional Representatives in this area:  Grace Napolitano, Judy Chu, Gloria Negrete-McCloud, and Xavier Becerra today  and assure that there is no weakening of protections for children refugees who are fleeing violence and persecution. The phone numbers to call are below: Continue reading

Article: The Process Congress Wants to Use for Child Migrants is a Disaster

From Article:  The process Congress wants to use for child migrants is a disaster

http://www.vox.com/2014/7/15/5898349/border-children-mexican-central-american-deport-quickly-2008-law

On Monday, the White House said it was “likely” that migrant children facing the “credible threat” of death in their home countries would be allowed to stay in the United States, as the administration sought balance on the issue. Continue reading

Private prison companies

At a recent URBAN-L. A. forum it was pointed out that deportations and detention have fueled the growth of the massive prison industrial complex, and a huge waste of economic resources. Mass detention has generated a billion-dollar industry for private prison companies, including the Corrections Corporation of America and GEO Group. Immigration and Customs Continue reading

New York City Becomes First Jurisdiction in Nation to Provide Universal Representation to Detained Immigrants Facing Deportation

Little by Little — if the federal government won’t act — it is up to cities and states to act in defending the rights of immigrants and stopping deportations!
New York City Becomes First Jurisdiction in Nation to Provide Universal Representation to Detained Immigrants Facing Deportation  — Jose —

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