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Prison Lobby's Ties to Arizona Anti-Immigration Law
The [undocumented] person, without right to residence and without the right to work, had of course constantly to transgress the law. He was liable to jail sentences without ever committing a crime …...
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Amnesty International & Gael García Bernal Release Immigration Films
Today Amnesty International released The Invisibles, a series of four short documentaries about the wretched journey thousands of Central Americans make traveling across Mexico in an attempt to reach...
View ArticleNew Immigration Legislation Would Divide and Devastate Families
In 1996, Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) introduced the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIRA), a draconian piece of legislation that stripped immigration judges of the ability to...
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Congress: Stop Locking Up Immigrants and Throwing Away the Key
Update 6/3: The Judiciary Committee did not get to HR2932 bill today, but it’s still scheduled to come up as early as 10 days from now. Keep calling! Texas Detention Facility, ©Amnesty International...
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Immigration Detention: The Golden Goose for Private Prisons
An immigrant stands in a holding cell at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Florence, Arizona. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images For many months now, states all over the...
View ArticleGovernment Workers Get Wrist Slap for Illegally Exposing Information of 1300...
Many people remember last summer when a list including the names of over 1300 supposedly undocumented immigrants was anonymously sent to addresses around Utah, including Immigration and Customs...
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On 60th Anniversary of Refugee Convention States Failing Refugees
”They stripped me naked and assaulted me. I begged them to kill me. Instead, they cut off my hands with machetes.” - Amnesty International Interview, Sierra Leone, 1996 The Dhehiba camp in Tunisia © AI...
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Immigrant Rape Survivors: The Target of Contempt
© Jose Cabezas/AFP/Getty Images As unemployment continues to worry Americans, and immigrants remain an easy scapegoat of frustration, we have heard some pretty outrageous and contemptible comments...
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Comprehensive Immigration Reform Introduced: Just in Time?
A boys shows a US flag as President Barack Obama speaks on immigration at the Chamizal National Memorial on May 10, 2011 in El Paso, Texas. (JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images) Yesterday, without any...
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Migrants in Mexico at Risk of Mass Kidnapping, Torture, Abuse
“To put this in perspective, more people are dying in Mexico than Afghanistan.” –General Barry McCaffrey Pictures of migrants whose relatives have no news of since they left for the US © Ronaldo...
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