So I’m trying to convince my wife that we should raise chickens in our back yard—it’s a suburban Green Acres thing, you might not understand. She has been, shall we say, cool to the idea, despite my promises of fresh eggs, cute chicks, and benefits to the environment. more »
thehill.com — For well over a century, children born on American soil have been American citizens. Changing that guarantee is not a new idea, but Arizona Senator Jon Kyl’s proposed hearings on the subject have given it new life. A close look at the history and purpose of the citizenship provision makes clear why changing it would harm us all.
Last Sunday, as the health care bill was being debated, 200,000 Americans gathered on the National Mall to urge action on another national priority: fixing our broken immigration system.
Speakers included civil rights leaders like Ben Jealous of the NAACP, faith leaders like Cardinal Roger Mahoney of Los Angeles, and labor leaders like Andy Stern of SEIU. more »
During the first nine months of fiscal year 2009 the U.S. government reported 67,994 new immigration prosecutions, continuing and accelerating the surge from the Bush years. At this pace, the annual total of prosecutions will be 90,659 for this fiscal year, up 14.1 percent from last year.
Washington D.C. - As the current debate on health care rages in town halls across the nation, immigration is being used as a way to jam a stick into the wheels of impending reform. Some are scapegoating immigrants as a way to thwart progress on the issue and are arguing that even legal immigrants be restricted from our health system. more »
Gabe Gonzalez of the Center for Community Change leads a panel discussion on how progressives can forge common ground on an immigration reform strategy. The panel includes Angelica Salas of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles, Ali Noorani of the National Immigration Forum, former Labor secretary Ray Marshall and Eliseo Medina of the Service Employees International Union.
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prospect.org — The Obama administration has responded to criticism of the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement program under the Bush administration by touting Secure Communities, a new initiative that supporters say will be more focused in its pursuit of undocumented immigrants with felony records. However, there is growing concern among immigrants' rights activists that this new program has begun to veer off course as well.
inthesetimes.com — Tolerance sounds swell so long as the Dow cries kowabunga. But when fat cats go belly up and “real Americans” fill unemployment lines, fear takes over. Vicente Serrano’s documentary, "A Forgotten Injustice," chronicles our ability to turn against our brothers and sisters during times of social panic.
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