The Latest Buzz on our New Immigration Detention Report
Here’s what the papers are saying about the report we released today, Jailed Without Justice: Immigration Detention in the USA. USA Today: “Opposing view: We’re seeing progress” By Dora Schriro,...
View ArticleThe Nightmarish Detention of U.S. Immigrants
(Originally posted in the Bell Gardens Sun) Coming to the United States was a “dream come true” for Deda Makaj. Now 42, Deda fled Albania 20 years ago after enduring five years in a hard labor camp,...
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Stuck Between a Rock and U.S. Immigration Policy
Sarnata Reynolds, AIUSA’s policy and campaign director for refugee and migrant rights, spoke at a press teleconference on Thursday July 30th, 2009, set to discuss the bills presented by Senators...
View ArticleDetention Reform: Jailed and Forgotten?
A new report released by New York’s City Bar Justice Center opens a window not only to the problems of immigrants being held in the Varick Federal Detention Center, but also profiles the problems...
View ArticleWhen did the "land of the free" become "the land preventing freedom"?
The Restore Fairness Campaign recently posted a video describing the horrific plight of Esmeralda. Esmeralda: A Transgender Detainee Speaks Out from Breakthrough on Vimeo. Esmeralda, a transgender...
View ArticleQing Hong Wu Pardoned!
Qing Hong Wu, the individual spotlighted in my previous blog entry has been pardoned by Governor David Paterson of New York. It is hoped by Mr. Wu’s family and friends that the pardon will stop...
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SB1070: What Starts in Arizona, Stops in Arizona
On April 23, 2010 Governor Jan Brewer signed SB1070 – Arizona’s discriminatory and unfair bill that essentially makes racial profiling legal – into law. At its core, SB1070 requires any person about...
View ArticleAn (Im)perfect DREAM
12/09/10 UPDATE: HOUSE PASSES THE DREAM ACT All of your calls, visits and support have worked! Thank you so much for all your hard work over the past few weeks. We are almost there- We now need to...
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Hacking Away at Threats
Developing an App to securely capture and transmit photo and video In a little over a week, I’ll make my way to San Francisco to participate in an innovation event that represents the cutting edge of...
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Five Reasons to Be Excited About Passage of the Violence Against Women Act
(Photo Credit: Sarah K. Eddy) We did it! The groundbreaking Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) was just passed by the House of Representatives and will now be sent to President Obama for his signature!...
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“We Are All Immigrants”– Students Create Mural for Immigrant Rights in Queens
By Michaela Miragliotta and Marissa Gutiérrez-Vicario A flock of birds is silhouetted against a geometric jigsaw sky of triangles in varying shades of turquoise in the mural now welcoming students,...
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Reaping the Harvest of Fear: The Obama Administration Deports Asylum Seekers
Central American migrants walk over the tracks to catch the train north, Tierra Blanca, Veracruz, Mexico, 28 June 2009. By Esmeralda López and Adotei Akwei Urias (a 32-year-old mother from Usulután...
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