On Aug. 24, 140 people rallied outside the immigration court in Hartford, Connecticut to demand the release of Said Zaim-Sassi, a Moroccan-born resident of Wallingford, Connecticut. Marchers wore T-shirts that said “Keep Families Together” and held up signs that called… Read moreICE arrest protested in Hartford
According to information confirmed by Raha Jorjani of the School of Law Clinical Programs at University of California, Davis, at least 30 immigration detainees have been refusing some or all meals at Pinal County Jail in Florence, Arizona. The hunger… Read moreArizona: ICE detainees on hunger strike
From the sarcastically-named RNC Welcoming Committee, Sept. 3: We Will Not Be Intimidated On Friday, August 31, nineteen people were arrested after police brutally attacked cyclists with Tasers, pepper spray, and excessive physical force. The cyclists were part of the… Read moreMinneapolis Critical Mass attacked
On Aug. 27, the ACLU announced a settlement with ICE that improves conditions for immigrant children and their families inside the T. Don Hutto detention center in Taylor, Texas, a former medium security prison managed for ICE by the for-profit… Read moreSuit settled over ICE detention of children
On Aug. 31, Judge Maxine M. Chesney of the US District Court for the Northern District of California in San Francisco issued a temporary restraining order preventing the Social Security Administration (SSA) from sending “no-match” letters to companies whose employees’… Read moreJudge halts Social Security “no match” letters
As Reports Reveal Free Trade’s Empty Promise from Weekly News Update on the Americas Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Mexican President Felipe Calderon Hinojosa and US President George W. Bush met Aug. 20-21 in Montebello, in the west of the… Read moreQUEBEC: PROTESTS ROCK NAFTA SECURITY SUMMIT
Continue ReadingQUEBEC: PROTESTS ROCK NAFTA SECURITY SUMMITWe got sick just reading about it. Good news the New Zealand cops turned it down. Bad news that it exists. From NZ’s The Press, Aug. 15: Police pass on acquiring ‘vomit torch’ It is enough to make you sick… Read moreSecurity industry unveils “vomit torch”
From Fox News, Aug. 28: Washington Post, Other Newspapers Won’t Run ‘Opus’ Cartoon Mocking Radical Islam A popular comic strip that poked fun at the Rev. Jerry Falwell without incident one week ago was deemed too controversial to run over… Read moreCartoon wars back on?
On Aug. 9, 98 detainees at the federal immigration detention center in San Pedro, California refused to return to Pod 5 in an act of peaceful protest for health and dignity in their living conditions. Over 100 police, immigration and… Read moreICE detainees protest as deaths mount
On the afternoon of Aug. 19, ICE agents arrested activist Elvira Arellano on a city street in downtown Los Angeles and deported her to Tijuana, Mexico within hours. Arellano became an activist shortly after she was arrested in 2002 during… Read moreICE deports sanctuary activist
On Aug. 16, a Miami federal jury convicted Jose Padilla on charges of aiding terrorist operations abroad, together with co-defendants Adham Amin Hassoun and Kifah Wael Jayyousi. “We are so pleased with the verdict,” said acting Deputy Attorney General Craig… Read morePadilla convicted —Bush justice system indicted
Early on July 15, a man waved down agents from the Border Patrol’s Tucson sector patrolling near Arizona highway 289 and told them his brother was sick and convulsing. Agents found the man nearby, unresponsive; they called paramedics, but the… Read moreMore border deaths in Arizona
