Immigration
July 24, 2006 -
A key piece often missing from the immigration debate -- re
May 24, 2006 -
In the wake of the immigrant rights protests that convulsed the nation -- and the South -- over the last two months, the U.S. Senate is now taking up the issue. The Center for Community Change in D.C. offers an overview of what's at stake:
May 8, 2006 -
The latest Texas Observer offers an excellent look at how the booming private prison industry is seeking to cash in on the immigration debate: by building for-profit "superjails" to incarcerate the undocumented:
May 1, 2006 -
Dave Zirin points to one devastating outcome if today's boycott had been honored across the board:
May 1, 2006 -
One part of the story of today's historic May Day boycott will be the big rallies in cities like Los Angeles, Chicago and Orlando -- the third wave of major demonstrations in the last two months for the growing immigrant rights movement.
May 1, 2006 -
Roberto Lovato, a journalist with New America Media, has a compelling piece about today's May Day immigrant boycott.
April 18, 2006 -
Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue signed Georgia's tough new immigration legislation into law yesterday: