Tag Archive for "Immigration"

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By Jess Fournier • 6 years ago

Torn Apart: Mapping the Geography of U.S. Immigration Policy

“You think it’s new but it isn’t.” – Dr. Nicole M. Guidotti-Hernández for Torn Apart

By Sejal Singh • 6 years ago

Is Your Congress Member Taking Money From Companies Profiting Off Family Detention?

Defense contractors and for-profit immigrant detention facilities are cashing in on the Trump Administration’s child internment camps.

By Jess Fournier • 6 years ago

Mourning the immigrant victims of state violence

This past Sunday, June 2nd, immigrant justice activists Movimiento Cosecha organized a National Day of Mourning to honor the victims of the U.S. immigration system.

By Jess Fournier • 6 years ago

New Policy Separating Immigrant Children from Parents is Reproductive Violence

This week’s immigration news has highlighted, once again, that the United States will go to great lengths to torture immigrant communities.

By Barbara Sostaita • 6 years ago

Alejandra Pablos’ Detention Reminds Us Immigration is a Reproductive Justice Issue

Two weeks ago, reproductive justice and migrant rights activist, Alejandro Pablos, was detained during a routine check-in with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Tucson.

By Barbara Sostaita • 6 years ago

This bill would take citizenship away from immigrants who aren’t “moral” enough

The ‘‘Protecting Our Communities from Gang Violence Act of 2018’’ Act, introduced in the House of Representatives last month by Republican Lee Zeldin of New York, would allow the U.S. government to revoke the citizenship status of naturalized immigrants who have been or are affiliated or associated with a criminal gang.

By Barbara Sostaita • 6 years ago

Oscar nominee ‘Coco’ is a love letter to immigrants

The Oscars are coming up this Sunday and if there’s one movie I’m rooting for, it’s the contender for best animated feature film, Coco.

By Jess Fournier • 6 years ago

For Immigrant Trans Women, “Safe” Detention Doesn’t Exist

Last week, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) admitted to Vice that they had scrapped plans for a dedicated transgender unit in a Texas private detention center that opened shortly after Trump’s inauguration. ICE’s announcement forces activists into an impossible bind: choose between the fight for safer detention conditions for trans women now or fight against the inhumane system of detention altogether.

Last week, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) admitted to Vice that they had scrapped plans for a dedicated transgender unit in a Texas private detention ...