Immigrant Rights
Chicago police arrest 150 at immigration protest
November 8, 2013Leaders of faith, trade union, immigrant and community groups and elected officials were arrested this week for blocking a street, demanding an end to deportations and calling upon Republican leadership to quit blocking a vote on...
Read morePolice arrest 15 at immigration reform action in Florida
November 1, 2013ORLANDO, Fla.--Immigrants, their brothers and sisters in labor and other progressive forces converged here on Oct. 29 for a protest demanding a path to citizenship for America's 11 million undocumented immigrants and an end to the...
Read moreMore than 100 women arrested protesting inaction on immigration
September 13, 2013WASHINGTON-More than 100 women were arrested this week after blockading the intersection outside the House of Representatives to protest the House's inaction on comprehensive immigration reform.
Read moreDream 9 recasts immigration fight with bold border action
September 6, 2013When Lulu Martinez and eight other undocumented youth who had grown up in the United States approached the U.S. port of entry in Nogales, Mexico to return home, they set in motion a whole new fight...
Read moreTaking the long view on fight for freedom
September 4, 2013As one of 250,000 who attended the 1963 "March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom," I had to come to Washington, Aug. 24, to be a part of the 50th anniversary march.
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