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Photos: Anti-immigrant rally and little hope in the 2nd Congressional District
Virginia Attorney General wants immigration checks
(excerpt from) Politico Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli wants immigration checks …In a legal opinion issued by his office Friday, Cuccinelli wrote, “It is my opinion that Virginia law enforcement officers, including conservation officers may, like Arizona police officers, inquire into the immigration status of persons stopped or arrested.”…
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Newsday’s mediocre coverage of anti-SB1070 immigration rally
Kimberly writes: Since Newsday represents the status quo, corporate media, I suppose one must be grateful that they covered a progressive rally at all. Still, the inaccuracies matter, and flavor the discourse a certain way. Newsday was correct that there were about 50 people at the Port Jefferson vigil/rally against SB1070. Though, it was a […]
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Repeal SB 1070 Rally 7/31/10
News 12 coverage of the event: here. More photos at our Flickr page
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Immigration Story: Fashionable, Irish immigrant vs. Guatemalan cook
KW: This story seems so unreal. It is like a comedy of manners to expose the classism and racism that underlies the immigration debate in the United States. Pay attention to the rich people’s privilege and indifference. See if you can notice the two Hispanic people treated unfairly in this story (maybe you will notice, […]
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Guv cand Hawkins (G-NY) Supports Immigrant Rights, Joins Protests Against Arizona Anti-Immigrant Law
The only way that the Green Party can regain ballot status in NY is to get 50,000 votes for their Governor candidate in 2010. This opportunity comes only once every four years, and it only applies to the Governor’s race. Gaining ballot status will enable the Green Party to run more peace candidates, more single-payer […]
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Port Jefferson Vigil in Opposition to Arizona’s SB 1070 7/31/10
Photos of rally: here To show opposition to Arizona’s harsh immigration law, SB 1070, Long Island residents will gather for an interfaith vigil in front of the Port Jefferson town hall. Come to the rally and let the public know how laws like this undermine our basic American values. WHAT: Long Island Faith Community Solidarity […]
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In NY State (including a dozen in Suffolk): Schools put up illegal barriers to educate immigrant students
See video below about where parents can go for help asserting rights at school. NYCLU Analysis: 1 in 5 New York State School Districts Puts Up Illegal Barriers for Immigrant Children July 23, 2010 — The New York Civil Liberties Union today released findings that the school registration requirements in at least 20 percent of […]
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“My mom doesn’t have papers…”: A daily drama on Long Island?
Update: July 2010: An excellent report by the NYCLU, with link to a list of some of the offending school districts. If your school district is one of them, think about speaking out to your school board. Be kind to the disadvantaged young people in your community. Kimberly writes: You may have heard the story […]
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Reflections on Marcelo Lucero and Jeffrey Conroy
A poem reflecting on the lives of the two men whose lives have been tied together by crime: Marcelo Lucero, an Ecuadorean immigrant, and Jeffrey Conroy, one of the young men recently sentenced in Marcelo Lucero’s murder. This is a poem by Maxwell Wheat, 2007-2009 Nassau County Poet Laureate.
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Pablo Alvarado comments on: Obama, immigration, and Arizona 1070
A statement by Pablo Alvarado, Director of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, in reaction to reports of the President’s plan to send National Guard troops to the Arizona border. Alvarado asks President Obama to use his authority to immediately block the implementation of 1070.
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National Day of Action in Arizona: Saturday, May 29th
MAPA and other groups promoting tolerance and human rights for immigrants and hispanic people will converge and march on the capitol of Arizona in Phoenix on May 29th to demand the repeal of SB1070, the recently passed, anti-immigration bill in Arizona.
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Court Bars Enforcement of Oyster Bay Standing While Latino Law
A federal judge today issued an extraordinary order barring enforcement of an Oyster Bay ordinance that violates day laborers’ core constitutional right to free speech. As a result of the order, day laborers whose livelihoods were threatened because of the ordinance can exercise their First Amendment rights and go back to work immediately without being […]
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Day Laborer Organizations Challenge Unconstitutional Anti-Immigrant Ordinance in Oyster Bay, NY
Law Restricts Free Speech Rights of Day Laborers Two Long Island organizations that protect the rights of Latino day laborers filed a lawsuit today challenging an Oyster Bay town ordinance that violates core constitutional rights of free speech and equal protection under the law, and is intended to drive Latino immigrants from the community. On […]
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