Topic: Immigration

  • A freedom ride for immigrant rights

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

  • Closing the classroom door in Tucson

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

  • Facing a nightmare every day

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

  • A child in a foreign land

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

  • Resistiendo Juan Crow en Alabama

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

  • Resisting Juan Crow in Alabama

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

  • An appeal for political asylum

    I decided to emigrate to America out of fear for my own safety and not wanting to leave my daughter fatherless.

  • Justice for Omar Aguilar

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

  • Our fight for Ahmed Hossain

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

  • Stand up for Ahmed Hossain

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

  • A lesson not quite learned

    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.

  • Stopping a "DREAM Act" deportation in NYC

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

  • Racial profiling in Alabama

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

  • We want the right to learn

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

  • Slave labor and the chocolate factory

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

  • Taking on Secure Communities

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

  • Days 7 to 8: Back to San Diego

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

  • Days 4 to 6: Nogales to El Paso

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

  • Days 1 to 3: San Diego to Nogales

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

  • An All-Star disappointment

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

  • A crisis caused by bigotry

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

  • The racism of "English only"

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

  • Santana puts Selig to shame

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

  • Workers' pride on May Day

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

  • Georgia's copycat attack on immigrants

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