Immigrants and Immigration
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Suspend Immigration Enforcement During the Census!
The National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights is organizing groups to request a suspension of immigration enforcement activities in order to maximize immigrant community participation in the upcoming Census. They are asking for organizational endorsements at this time, which should be sent by the end of the day on Friday, March 5.
Date of first Azine posting:03/03/2010 -
Asian American Undocumented Falls to 1 Million: DHS Estimate
Department of Homeland Security estimates of the number of undocumented immigrants fell 20% from 1.2 million in 2008 to 1 million in 2009. Estimates of the total undocumented immigrant population also fell from 11.6 million to 10.8 million over the same period.
Date of first Azine posting:03/02/2010 -
National Week of AAPI Action around Immigration Reform
Asian Americans groups are in the midst of a National AAPI Week of Action for comprehensive immigration reform that runs until Jan. 20. Part of a revitalized effort to create movement around the issue of comprehensive immigration reform, new efforts have catalyzed around a bill filed by Rep. Luis Guttirrez of Illinois called CIR ASAP.
Date of first Azine posting:01/17/2010 -
STIRR Immigrant Rights Materials
Please find below materials for STIRR Immigrant and Refugee Rights work.
CIR ASAP Letter is a letter expressing support for CIR ASAP that we're asking organizations to sign onto.
Suppport_letter_ask is a letter asking organizations to sign onto the letter above
CIR-ASAP-Summary-Long is a ten page summary of CIR ASAP
CIR-ASAP-Summary-Short is a three page summary of CIR ASAP
petition_cir_asap is a petition that we're asking individuals to sign
Date of first Azine posting:01/06/2010 -
Mothers Day Protest Against Detention
Seventy people marched outside the South Bay Corrections and Detention Center on Mothers Day to support women who are imprisoned and detained across the USA. Everyday in Massachusetts, approximately 800 immigrants and asylum-seekers are in detention in county jails around the state waiting to be deported or fighting a legal battle o stay in the country. None of those persons are serving sentences for having committed a crime, nor have they been judged by a jury or their peers.
As the marchers circled the prison, prisoners inside held up signs with their names and complaints.
Date of first Azine posting:05/12/2009 -
Deported Indian immigrant sues Edison, NJ police and ICE for brutality and violation of constitutional rights
Edison, NJ Police beat the crap out of Rajnikant Parikh last July, 2006, punching and beating him even as he was handcuffed on the ground in front of his apartment. After being bailed out, he had to get medical attention for back pain and bruises to his face and head. He also filed a complaint against the arresting offices.
Date of first Azine posting:07/07/2008 -
Congressional Testimomy Puts Vietnamese Family in Stateless Limbo
In May, Tam Tran, a 24-year-old UCLA graduate spoke before Congress to advocate for the DREAM Act, which would allow undocumented college students who have lived in the U.S. for five years to get legal status. She herself was undocumented.
Date of first Azine posting:10/19/2007 -
ICE-Abused Immigrant, Jiang Zhen Xing, Wins Asylum
by Mike Liu
A Philadelphia mother, who miscarried twins when Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents rushed to deport her from ICE offices to a New York airport. Has won U.S. asylum. Immigration Court Judge Barbara A. Nelson granted her request for political asylum based on China's one-child policy. The same judge had previously denied Ms. Jiang's other asylum appeals.
Date of first Azine posting:09/08/2007 -
ICE-Abused Immigrant, Jiang Zhen Xing, Wins Asylum
by Mike Liu
A Philadelphia mother, who miscarried twins when Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents rushed to deport her from ICE offices to a New York airport. Has won U.S. asylum. Immigration Court Judge Barbara A. Nelson granted her request for political asylum based on China's one-child policy. The same judge had previously denied Ms. Jiang's other asylum appeals.
Date of first Azine posting:09/08/2007
