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Immigration
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The Price of Immigration Reform Is Steep
The Senate's proposed bill further transforms our immigration policy into a corporate labor supply system.
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Yes, We Can: Immigration Bill’s Rightward Drift Highlights Need for Radical Social Movements
Senate Bill 744 is under the sway of Republicans and employers. Policy will only be forced to honor human rights if our social movements make radical demands.
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Unlikely Coalition on Immigration Reform Rose Rapidly
Whatever one thinks of the current immigration bill, the strange bedfellows coalition that gives it momentum provides a stunning example of grassroots organizing for change.
Spotlight on Hidden Immigrant Struggles
In a storytelling performance, youth described a different path to the United States and in doing so reflected a sense of justice that defies borders.
Coalition of Immokalee Workers Targets Wendy’s in Fair Food Campaign to Improve Wages, Conditions
Hundreds of farm workers and their supporters are in New York City ahead of Wendyu2019s shareholder meeting to demand improved working conditions for those who pick its tomatoes.
As Migrant Toll Mounts, Mexicans Urge Obama to Put Human Rights at Center of Immigration Reform
President Obama has traveled to Mexico for a two-day visit to meet with Mexican President Nieto. Part of their talks are focused on U.S. immigration reform.
In Mexico City, Protesters Denounce Obama Deportations
ANDALUSIA KNOLL, PRODUCER, TRNN: On his first visit to Latin America since he started his second term, President Obama met with new Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto to discuss …
With Obama Visit, Mexicans Scrutinize US Immigration Bill
Mexico's reception of President Barack Obama last weekend and of his immigration reform bill is decidedly mixed. The bill's emphasis on border security and its downgrading of family reunification …
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Immigrant Rights Groups, Labor and Occupy Plan May Day Protests
Nationally, May Day protests have already attracted the attention of authorities.
Thom Hartmann on the News: Criminalizing Immigration, Florida Rejects Medicaid Funding, and More
Thom Hartmann on the News