Immigrant rights

  • For two weeks in the fall of 2003, activists from across the country boarded buses in a demonstration for immigrant workers' rights. January 27, 2012

  • Tucson schools are shutting down Mexican-American Studies classes after threats from state officials--but students are stepping up their protests. January 26, 2012

  • A Bangladeshi immigrant is finally out of a New Jersey detention center and back with his family, thanks to an activist campaign. January 19, 2012

  • In a case that highlights the twisted mentality of U.S. immigration policy, a Dallas teen was mistakenly deported to Colombia. January 17, 2012

  • A pesar de los devastadores efectos de la racista ley anti-inmigrante de Alabama, los activistas muestran su determinación de organizar y resistir. December 14, 2011

  • Despite the devastating effects of Alabama's racist anti-immigrant law, activists are showing their determination to organize and fight back. November 29, 2011

  • I decided to emigrate to America out of fear for my own safety and not wanting to leave my daughter fatherless. November 17, 2011

  • San Diego activists gathered on November 14 to protest that the threatened deportation of Omar Aguilar be halted. November 16, 2011

  • Facing the threat of deportation, Ahmed Hossain found allies who rallied to his side--including Occupy Wall Street. November 15, 2011

  • Ahmed Hossain is facing deportation because of a clerical error--but New Yorkers are rallying to stop this injustice. October 31, 2011

  • The same day a judge upheld most of a vicious anti-immigrant law in Alabama, the state was praised for its teaching of civil rights history. October 11, 2011

  • Nineteen-year-old Nadia Habib and her mother Nazmin won a reprieve from deportation after New York City immigrant rights activists fought back. October 5, 2011

  • A federal judge has upheld some of the harshest provisions of Alabama's anti-immigrant law HB 56, sparking fear in immigrant communities. October 4, 2011

  • Immigrant students in Georgia organized a "Graduation of Resistance" to protest the state's ban on the undocumented attending top state universities. August 31, 2011

  • Hundreds of exploited foreign student workers walked off their jobs and began picketing a Hershey's packing plant. August 30, 2011

  • Six undocumented youth were arrested for a sit-down protest in Chicago as part of a campaign against Barack Obama’s immigration policies. August 24, 2011

  • In August 2006, three Socialist Worker contributors traveled the border from San Diego/Tijuana to El Paso/Ciudad Juarez and wrote about the trip. August 5, 2011

  • In August 2006, three Socialist Worker contributors traveled the border from San Diego/Tijuana to El Paso/Ciudad Juarez and wrote about the trip. July 29, 2011

  • In August 2006, three Socialist Worker contributors traveled the border from San Diego/Tijuana to El Paso/Ciudad Juarez and wrote about the trip. July 22, 2011

  • Adrian Gonzalez's decision to play in the 2011 All-Star Game in Arizona is bad news for immigrant rights activists. June 27, 2011

  • As a result of Georgia's anti-immigrant HB 87, agricultural workers are leaving the state and crops are rotting in the fields. June 23, 2011

  • Major League Baseball's annual Civil Rights Game was poised to be an exercise in Orwellian irony--until Carlos Santana spoke. May 19, 2011

  • Legislation in Arizona that targeted teachers with "accented speech" is only one part of a long history of language-based discrimination. May 19, 2011

  • May Day celebrations around the country marked the 125th anniversary of the fight for the eight-hour day--and the continuation of struggles today. May 9, 2011

  • The state of Georgia has stepped back in time, officially sanctioning racial profiling of immigrants with the passage of HB 87. April 21, 2011