Below are some of articles that have a common theme of exposing the roots of the migration of children and families from Central America. A phone number can be used to call Obama
at 866-473-5915 “to expedite humanitarian relief for immigrants, to protect the children by ensuring their human rights, and to support their rights as ensured by the 2008 Victims Reauthorization Act. ” Continue reading
Contact Numbers for humanitarian help to Central American Children and Families:
For those of you that wish to do more on an individual level, here are the contact numbers that Emilio distributed in the meeting. Continue reading
En Murrieta en apoyo de Los derechos para familias INMIGRANTES. Paren las deportaciones! Continue reading
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
“United Nations officials are pushing for many of the Central Americans fleeing to the U.S. to be treated as refugees displaced by armed conflict, a designation meant to increase pressure on the United States to accept tens of thousands of people currently ineligible for asylum.”
See Article: UN pushes for migrants to be called refugees
In a spirit of peace, we invite you to join us in a National Day of Action to call for peace, respect, and compassion for unaccompanied minors. Our Inland Empire action will be a vigil held in Murrieta. Continue reading
The children and families who are coming here from Central America are coming as a result of long-standing structural and historical inequalities and violence. At the minimum, they deserve refugee status. Continue reading
The reality is, as we know, that the Supreme Court judges that are appointed — are not neutral — and that they are appointed by larger ideological and capital interests. The larger interests now are turning back the many changes that came out of the labor, civil and human rights movements. The recent decision by the Supreme Court, in a 5 -4 decision, ruled that public-sector unions in Illinois cannot collect dues from health care workers who do not want to be part of a union (although they may benefit from the collective bargaining gains that the unions may win for all workers). This decision is part of an ongoing attack to destroy the bargaining power and membership of unions. It has the capacity to advance similar policies that will affect all unions in the future. Only our collective organizing efforts, alongside labor, can ensure that this does not happen.
Please RSVP to the Latin@ RoundTable Social by July 4th to Amy at: (626) 347-7121
(Organized by Organizational Development Committee of the Latino and Latina Roundtable) Continue reading