Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and undocumented immigrant Jose Antonio Vargas was detained at a Texas airport, a spokesman says.
Source: www.cnn.com
(im)migration
Inside the Immigration ‘Icebox’ – COLORLINES
An unaccompanied child migrant from Honduras speaks out about ‘freezing’ in a holding cell.
Source: colorlines.com
Jose Antonio Vargas Detained by Border Patrol – COLORLINES
Vargas has been taken into custody at the McAllen Border Patrol Station.
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Source: colorlines.com
I wonder if the Border Patrol knows who they are messing with?
Teen describes brutal journey into U.S. – CNN.com Video
A 17-year-old Honduran girl migrates to U.S. alone, facing threats from deadly gangs. CNN’s Alina Machado reports.
Source: www.cnn.com
UN Pushes For Fleeing Central Americans To Be Treated As Refugees | VIDEO
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — United Nations officials are pushing for many of the Central Americans fleeing to the U.S. to be treated as refugees displaced by armed conflict, a designation meant to increase pressure on the United States and Mexico…
The easiest way to have good records of who is entering and exiting the United States is to have easy ways of legal immigration. – Chris Wilson, Mexico Institute of the Woodrow Wilson International Center @Chris_E_Wilson
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Source: www.huffingtonpost.com
The ‘i-word’ is un-American
Sally Kohn says the intensity of the anti-immigrant rhetoric is stunning. It’s time to stop using ‘illegal’ as an epithet
Source: www.cnn.com
No human is illegal. Drop the i-word.
Border Angels – The Power of One
Since 1994, 10,000 people have died trying to cross the border between the United States and Mexico, according to Enrique Morones founder of Border Angels. Among those who attempted the journey are men, women and young children. Due to harsh weather conditions, tough terrain and often the expensive price migrants must pay to smugglers, however, many do not make it across.
Founded by Morones in 1986, Border Angels is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing humanitarian assistance to undocumented immigrants. After bringing food and water to migrants who were living in the canyons of North County San Diego, Morones and the Border Angels expanded their operation by going out to the desert to place water near the recently constructed wall dividing the United States and Mexico, also known as Operation Gatekeeper.
“Before Operation Gatekeeper, one or two people died every month,” said Morones.
“After Operation Gatekeeper, one or two people die every day.”
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Showdown: California town turns away buses of detained immigrants
National controversy over a surge of Central American immigrants illegally crossing the U.S. border establishes a new battleground in Murrieta, California.
Source: www.cnn.com
People don’t even have sympathy for child refugees.
U.S. xenophobia is out of control.
The city of Murrieta has an animal shelter near by – but children in need – the community has no tolerance for children.
And it’s usually the offspring of immigrants themselves who want to block access to those in need.
Obama to take executive action on immigration
President Barack Obama plans to take executive actions on immigration reform.
Source: www.cnn.com
Woot! That’s my president!
Children from Central America – Origins of Crisis
Over the last year, an unprecedented number of unaccompanied immigrant children, mostly from Central America, have attempted to cross the border into the United States. Antonio Gonzalez, president of the William C. Velasquez Institute,explains the roots of the migration surge and the politics behind it.
Source: www.tavissmileyradio.com
An in depth explanation of the origins of the crisis that has lead children to flee to the U.S.
Eleven minutes of audio.
One point Gonzalez had wrong is that the crisis started back in 2009, years longer than the one year that he suggested.