On Dec. 19, the Senate confirmed Julie L. Myers as director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), two years after President George W. Bush used a recess appointment to assign her to the position. Myers was among more than 30… Read moreNew ICE chief confirmed —despite racism charges
On Dec. 19, about 100 immigrant rights activists marched six miles from Pruitt’s Home Furnishings in Phoenix, Arizona, to City Hall to protest Mayor Phil Gordon’s decision to end a policy that restricts Phoenix police officers from asking people about… Read morePhoenix: pro-immigrant activsts march
On Dec. 16, some 100 activists marched from downtown Taylor, Texas, to the T. Don Hutto immigrant prison at the outskirts of town, which holds families with children facing deportation. At sundown, the activists lit candles and held a vigil,… Read moreVigil at Texas immigrant detention center
On Dec. 13, over 100 people (50 according to the Village Voice) braved the freezing rain to take part in an interfaith candlelight vigil outside the Varick Street service processing center in downtown Manhattan, New York City, where ICE processes… Read moreVigil at NYC immigrant detention center
The US has issued subpoenas to three Puerto Rican activists to appear before a federal grand jury in New York on Jan. 11. The activists have been identified as graphic designer Tania Frontera, social worker Christopher Torres and filmmaker Julio… Read moreNew York: grand jury probes Puerto Rican activists
On Dec. 10, some 150 people marched to the federal building in Hartford, CT, to demand an end to immigration raids. Activists were upset about the arrest of 21 Brazilian immigrants in early November in the city’s Parkville neighborhood in… Read moreHartford: marchers protest ICE raids
A Mexican citizen who is in the US legally has filed the first lawsuit challenging the aggressive immigration-enforcement efforts of Sheriff Joe Arpaio in Arizona’s Maricopa County, charging unlawful detainment and racial profiling. The suit seeks a declaratory judgment that… Read moreArizona’s anti-immigrant Sheriff Arpaio in racial profiling suit
The Housing Authority of New Orleans (HANO) agreed Dec. 14 to postpone demolition of three public housing projects pending a hearing before City Council. Opponents of the demolition had filed a suit contending the Council’s consent was required by the… Read moreBlow against ethnic cleansing in New Orleans
For once we get some joy from being able to say “told you so.” When the Liberty Seven were first busted lasted year, we called out the case against them as bogus. It is a glimmer of hope that a… Read moreMiami: case against Liberty Seven goes down to defeat
Gee, good thing we don’t have to worry about anti-Semitism anymore. From AP via
On Nov. 27, Somali immigrant Nuradin Abdi was sentenced to 10 years in prison in US District Court in Columbus, Ohio, for his role in an alleged plot to bomb a shopping mall. Abdi, a cell phone salesperson before his… Read moreSomali immigrant gets 10 years in terror plea
In a 71-page report released on Dec. 7, Human Rights Watch urged the Department of Homeland Security to upgrade its care and treatment of immigration detainees with HIV, the virus associated with AIDS. According to the watchdog organization, the agency… Read moreReport blasts HIV care in Homeland Security detention
