For a second time in as many months, immigration detainees staged an uprising at the privately-operated Reeves County Detention Center in Pecos, TX, over complaints of poor medical treatment.
In the inevitable Lincoln-Obama analogy, it is largely forgotten that Lincoln was only pushed to emancipation by the Civil War. Will Obama similarly be radicalized in office by historical circumstance?
Elvira Arellano, a deported Mexican woman who took sanctuary in a Chicago church to highlight immigrants’ rights, is asking President Barack Obama to call a halt to immigration raids.
In an opinion released late on Jan. 7, Attorney General Michael Mukasey wrote that “neither the Constitution nor any statutory or regulatory provision entitles an alien to a do-over if his initial removal proceeding is prejudiced by the mistakes of… Read moreAttorney General limits immigration appeals
Immigrant communities in South Florida held protests following abusive pre-Christmas raids on “fugitives” by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Meanwhile, ICE carried out more raids in Texas.
Corrections Corporation of America officials placed Arizona’s Eloy Detention Center on lockdown following an uprising by immigration detainees over the New Year holiday.
Oakland, Calif., exploded into violent protests Jan. 7 over the police slaying of 22-year-old African American father of one Oscar Grant. Following a memorial service for Grant at Palma Ceia Baptist Church, it was announced that officer Johannes Mehserle had… Read moreRiots rock Oakland after police slay youth
In a victory for constitutional rights, two Transportation Security Authority (TSA) officials and JetBlue Airways have paid Raed Jarrar $240,000 to settle charges that they illegally discriminated against the US resident based on his ethnicity and the Arabic writing on… Read moreHomeland Secuity to pay in airport discrimination case
On Dec. 12, some 1,300 federal prisoners staged an uprising at the privately run Reeves County Detention Center in Pecos, Texas, to demand better medical treatment after a detainee died at the facility, allegedly of natural causes. The Reeves County… Read moreTexas: immigration detainees protest death, seize hostages
On Dec. 10, ICE agents arrested 15 immigrants who were employed as contract janitorial workers at the BP oil refinery in the town of Whiting in northern Indiana. ICE said the arrests stemmed from “a two-year critical infrastructure worksite enforcement… Read moreICE raids Indiana oil refinery
On Dec. 4, ICE agents raided Idaho Truss & Component Co., a wood framing company in Nampa, Idaho, just west of Boise, arresting 16 of the 22 workers present. The workers, all Mexican men, were expected to be placed into… Read moreIdaho ICE raid protested
Lipan Apache Women Defense announced Dec. 23 delivery of a letter to President-elect Barack Obama urging him to halt construction of the border wall, stop the illegal seizures of border communities’ properties, and to uphold and respect the rights of… Read moreLipan Apache to Obama: stop border wall construction
