immigrant rights
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Racist U.S. immigration policy breaks up families
As of July, the U.S. government had already deported roughly 90,000 Mexican children and 300,000 adults in 2008, according to…
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U.S. strike kills 90 Afghan civilians
During the night of Aug. 22, the U.S. military attacked and bombed a village in the western province of Herat,…
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Racist ICE raid in Laurel, Miss., largest in history
Nearly 600 immigrant workers were swept up in a massive Aug. 25 raid on a factory in Laurel, Miss. It…
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Pro-Palestine activists reach Gaza by boat
As a challenge to the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip, 46 pro-Palestinian activists from 17 countries sailed out of…
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Immigration raid turns Iowa town into prison camp
In the aftermath of one of the largest immigration raids in U.S. history, the town of Postville, Iowa, has been…
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Racist ICE raids sweep Massachusetts immigrant communities
More than 100 people withstood a torrential rainstorm on Aug. 8 to stand in solidarity against the mass anti-immigrant raids…
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Airlines rob immigrant workers of wages, overtime pay
On July 17, undocumented immigrant workers from the Chicago area filed a lawsuit in Cook County for back payment of…
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San Francisco immigrant rights supporters confront racist Minutemen
On less then a day’s notice, over 300 supporters of immigrant rights in the Bay Area came out on July…
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Racist Minutemen target day laborers in Aurora, Colo.
On June 27, approximately 20 Minutemen converged for a day-long "protest" in front of a local day-laborer gathering-site in Aurora,…
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Indian workers’ struggle shines light on human trafficking, slave labor
The plight of immigrant Indian workers who were deceived into virtual slavery has brought attention to the vile practice of…
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