Immigrants and Immigration
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Family Unity Campaign to Stop Cambodian American Deportations
From Deported Diaspora
ICE has been conducting targeted raids across the US over the past few weeks. They started to hit Massachusetts last week. We are in touch with four of the families picked up here in MA and two others picked up in Maine. ICE is targeting Cambodian Nationals with prior "orders of removal." All of the detainees are fathers and husbands to US-citizen children and spouses and have been the main income provider for their families including their elderly parents.
Date of first Azine posting:08/24/2010 -
Undocumented Workers Stories
From Chinese Progression Association Boston Newsletter Summer 2010
Interview with Mr.H
Q: Why and how did you come to the US?
Date of first Azine posting:08/12/2010 -
ICE announces launch of Online Detainee Locator System
thanks to Jenny Lau
On July 23, 2010, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced the launch of its Online Detainee Locator System (ODLS), a public, Internet-based tool designed to assist family members, attorneys and other interested parties in locating detained aliens in ICE custody.
Date of first Azine posting:08/03/2010 -
Coalition Denounces AZ Chinese American Candidate Proposing "Cut off Utilities to Immigrants"
Joint Letter from Asian American Groups
Asian Americans Denounce Anti-Immigrant Proposals
Recently, Barry Wong, a Chinese American candidate for the Arizona Corporation Commission, told reporters that, if elected, he would require regulated utilities to check the immigration status of customers. The Corporation Commission regulates utility companies providing electricity, gas, water, and telephone services in the state.
Date of first Azine posting:07/30/2010 -
CA Asians Divided but Favor AZ Law in Poll
A poll taken this month In CA showed that majorities of white, African-American and Asian-American voters all approve of the Arizona anti-immigrant law, SB1070. Latinos oppose it. Fifty-eight percent of white voters, 53 percent of African-Americans, and 50 percent of Asian-Americans back the law. 43 percent of Asian Americans oppose the law, while 71 percent of Latino voters oppose it and 24 percent support it.
The poll was multi-lingual with four Asian languages/dialects - Mandarin, Cantonese, Vietnamese and Korean - alongside English and Spanish.
Date of first Azine posting:07/30/2010 -
New Report Highlights Human Rights Impact of Immigration Laws on Cambodian Americans
Thanks to Dimple Rana
This is a press release from the organizations described below
Leitner Center Releases Removing Refugees: U.S. Deportation Policy and the Cambodian-American Community
Date of first Azine posting:07/14/2010 -
Protest Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer at the National Governors Association Meeting in Boston
If you're in the Boston area, please come to a protest Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer at the National Governors Association annual meeting and protect immigrant rights. The anti-immigrant epidemic is spreading across the US. We need to stand up for immigrant rights. We need everyone to get out there and support immigrant rights.
Please read on about the event coming up this Saturday ...
Date of first Azine posting:07/08/2010 -
Immigrant Notes: "Take Our Jobs" and New Mainstream Pro-Immigrant Coalition
The United Farm Workers have initiated a "Take Our Jobs" campaign, promising to train unemployed Americans to take agricultural field jobs. There's an on-line application. Stephen Colbert is piling on by featuring it on his July 8th show. California's agriculture industry launched a similar campaign in 1998 and three people showed up.
Date of first Azine posting:06/25/2010 -
Student Vigil Forces Retraction of Anti-Immigrant Provisions
A two week long 24-hour immigrant student vigil led Massachusetts state legislative bodies to moderate anti-immigrant amendments attached to a State budget draft. The legislature's conference committee removed measures to create a hotline reporting on undocumented immigrants and the denial of in-state tuition rates at public colleges and universities to undocumented sutdents. The state Senate had attached the measures.
Date of first Azine posting:06/24/2010 -
APIs Gather to Caravan for National Action in AZ for Immigrant Rights
API Bay Area API's are preparing to caravan to Arizona. This responds to a national call to action to mobilize people locally and to Arizona to oppose SB1070 on Saturday, May 29th, 2010. One of the main demands is that President Obama take immediate and concrete action to stop SB1070.
Date of first Azine posting:05/25/2010
