Tougher rules on policing illegal immigrants Local agencies helping with...
www.latimes.com By Anna Gorman - October 14, 2009 - Luz Maria Diaz knew what happened to illegal immigrants at the WakeCounty jail. But her teenage daughters didn't.read more
View ArticleSecure Communities: Turning a Blind Eye
On Nov. 2, Acting Executive Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcementâs (ICE) Secure Communities Program, Marc Rapp, alleged in a letter to the New York Times that the program âdoesnât...
View ArticleDonât Quota Me
Sarnata Reynolds, March 30, 2010 -- On February 22, James Chaparroâs sixth day on the job as the head of Immigration and Customs Enforcementâs (ICE) behemoth detention and removal operation, he...
View ArticleNew Reports Document Discriminatory Government Treatment of Muslims in America
Image: From guest blogger Amna Akbar There are visible and less visible ways the government has targeted Muslims, Arabs, and South Asians since September 11, 2001. With the death of Osama bin Laden,...
View ArticleThe Policy Impact Ten Years Since 9/11: Border Security
Image: After 9/11, the authority and discretion of border patrol has expanded. Post-9/11 resources toward border security have increased, making border patrol now able to maximize their authority to...
View ArticleA Decade of Detention: The Post-9/11 Immigrant Dragnet
Image: "Today, more immigrants are being detained and deported than ever before, and it’s just getting worse."By Silky Shah. This piece was originally published in the South Asian Magazine for Action...
View ArticleYouth March Against Racial Profiling in Rhode Island
Image: Over 100 people marched in a youth-organized march in Providence, RI urging state legislators to pass the Comprehensive Racial Profiling Prevention Act. The organizers of the May 23rd march feel...
View ArticleSupreme Court Allows Racial Profiling Section of SB1070, Leaves Open...
Image: Today, the U.S. Supreme Court correctly decided that some provisions of the law were unconstitutional but the Court allowed the racial profiling provision to go into effect. SB1070, passed in...
View ArticleMPI Report Highlights Dramatic Rise in Immigration Enforcement Funding
Image: A new report released this month deals a significant blow to conservative voices in Congress that are calling for toughened border security and stepped up enforcement as as the Obama...
View ArticleRWG Releases New Report: "The Minority Reports"
Image: Earlier today, Rights Working Group (RWG) and the California Immigrant Policy Center (CIPC) released a new report, The Minority Reports: How the Intersection of Criminal Justice, Immigration and...
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