Tag Archive for "Immigration detention"

Posts Tagged Immigration detention

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 My Khanh Ngo • 7 years ago

Feminist Fuck Yeah: First of Its Kind Bail Fund Helps Indigent Immigrants Post Bond

The Trump Administration’s persecution of immigrants has become daily news. But a first of its kind effort in Connecticut is giving me hope.

By Alexandra Brodsky • 8 years ago

Daily Feminist Cheat Sheet

John Oliver gives the John Oliver treatment to abortion restrictions.

The most powerful voter this year in the U.S. is the single woman.

John Oliver gives the John Oliver treatment to abortion restrictions.

The most powerful voter this year in the U.S. is the single woman.

By Feministing • 9 years ago

Court cites UN torture convention to protect transgender immigrants in US

Ed note: This article is by Larry Buhl and was originally published by Free Speech Radio News.

Carey Avendaño-Hernandez unlawfully entered the U.S. in 2000 and settled in Fresno, California.

Ed note: This article is by Larry Buhl and was originally published by Free Speech Radio News.

Carey Avendaño-Hernandez unlawfully entered the U.S. in 2000 and settled in Fresno, California.

By Katherine Cross • 9 years ago

In this together: Pay attention to Europe’s refugee crisis

For weeks now the so-called “Migrants Crisis” has dominated headlines in Europe. While I traveled across the continent a few weeks ago it was a top story again and again in the UK, Sweden, and Denmark, with headlines blaring out from airport and railway newsagents’ in a dozen languages.

By Juliana Britto Schwartz • 9 years ago

Daily Feminist Cheat Sheet

Today Amnesty International voted to support decriminalization. This is a big win for sex worker organizers in the face of well-funded opposition, including from rich and powerful celebrities.