Topic: Immigration

  • Confronting the anti-immigrant backlash

    Activists are organizing to defend day laborers in New Jersey from harassment by anti-immigrant groups.

  • Legalizing exploitation

    The president of Day Laborers United explains why he's fed up with the politicians' promises of "immigration reform."

  • Austin rallies for immigrants

    Some 350 people marched in the Texas capital of Austin to demand immigrants rights, including an end to deportations.

  • A May Day call for our rights

    Immigrants right supporters joined labor activists in cities across the country to celebrate the working-class holiday.

  • Solidaridad sin fronteras

    El capitalismo es favorecido por la migración transfronteriza, pero también por las restricciones migratorias para dividir a la clase obrera.

  • Solidarity has no borders

    Capitalists are dependent on migration across borders--but they also rely on restrictions on immigration as one means to divide and conquer.

  • Why does the border come before justice?

    Washington's bipartisan plan for "immigration reform" will be more of the same--enforcement first, before a restrictive "path to citizenship."

  • Will the media delete bigotry?

    After years of criticism, the Associated Press is removing the term "illegal immigrant" from its influential AP Stylebook.

  • The shadows to the streets

    More than 500 people rallied in Chicago to demand that the Obama administration stop mass deportation of the undocumented.

  • Obstacle course to citizenship

    Barack Obama presents himself as a friend of immigrants, but the path to citizenship he touts would make a drill sergeant envious.

  • Reforma migratoria y justicia

    Al parecer, el Congreso aprobará una reforma migratoria, pero somos escépticos de que su propósito sea satisfacer las necesidades de los inmigrantes.

  • A law to silence dangerous ideas

    An Arizona teacher involved in the struggle against the state ban on ethnic studies in public schools spoke in Massachusetts.

  • Washington plays politics on immigration

    The conventional wisdom is that "immigration reform" will pass Congress. But we should be skeptical about whether it will meet immigrants' needs.

  • Enforcement still comes first

    The proposals this week for immigration "reform" put border security ahead of even a restricted "path to citizenship."

  • Where are we with the DREAM?

    Two undocumented youth talk about the struggle to win passage of the DREAM Act and want comes next for the struggle.

  • The rebellion of the drywallers

    A dramatic 1992 strike by mostly Chicano drywallers in Southern California foreshadowed the mobilization of immigrant workers over a decade later.

  • ¿Un sueño hecho realidad?

    Tarde, y limitadamente, el anuncio de Obama pondría fin a la amenaza de deportación cernida sobre los jóvenes indocumentados.

  • Detroit DREAMers sit in

    A sit-in led by undocumented immigrants shut down the Detroit headquarters of Barack Obama's re-election campaign.

  • Has the DREAM come true?

    Barack Obama says he's ending the deportation threat facing undocumented youth--but his announcement comes too late, and with too many limits.

  • When cops become immigration enforcers

    New York police can now target immigrants under the federal government's Secure Communities program.

  • Walking for a DREAM

    Young activists calling themselves the DREAM Walkers are on a cross-country march to protest anti-immigrant policies.

  • Lessons of Chicago's May Day

    The May 1 march in Chicago showed the potential of our movements--but it also raised challenges that we must face.

  • 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.