Change Immigrants and Labor Can Believe In
David Bacon
The Obama administration should embrace progressive tactics to protect human and workplace rights.
2008
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Border Death Backstory
Debbie Nathan : Lawsuits
The trial for the murder of undocumented immigrant Francisco Javier Domínguez stripped him of his humanity. The retrial must not make the same mistake.
2007
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Divided States
Peter Schrag : Immigration to the US
A patchwork of local laws reflects the complicated, contradictory national debate over immigration policy.
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Immigrant Drivers License Plan Unravels
Andrea Batista Schlesinger & Amy Traub
New York State Governor Eliot Spitzer had a good idea about how to issue driver's licenses to undocumented workers. Too bad he caved.
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Bush's Immigration Clampdown Crimped
David Bacon : Immigration to the US
A federal judge in San Francisco has put on hold new Homeland Security regulations designed to crack down on illegal immigrants in the workplace.
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High-Tech Hysteria
Elizabeth Schuster & Michelle Chandra
Alarmist predictions of a talent shortage of high-tech workers are driving the race to the bottom.
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In Praise of Immigrant Students
Ellen Chesler : Higher Education
The educational odysseys of Hunter College's foreign-born graduates disprove the lies spread by anti-immigrant politicians.
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Coming to America
The US guest-worker program has locked thousands in a modern-day form of indentured servitude.
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The Fight of Our Lives
Deepak Bhargava & Angelica Salas
Passing progressive immigration legislation this year is a moral imperative. History is in our hands.
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Pro-Immigrant Populism
Immigration reform should be shaped by progressive values that prize the dignity of all workers.
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Lockdown in Greeley
Marc Cooper : Immigration to the US
A recent police raid on a small-city factory showcases the Bush Administration's frightening war on illegal immigration.
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Workers, Not Guests
David Bacon : Immigration to the US
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is using immigration control measures to retaliate against undocumented workers who stand up for their rights.
2006
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Latinos Lean Left: Bringing Down the GOP's Big Tent
Latino voters walked away from the GOP in the midterm elections, a payback for the party's ruthlessly anti-immigrant stance.
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Immigrants Regroup
Roberto Lovato : Immigration to the US
This year will be remembered both for massive immigrants rights marches and for the Al Qaedization of immigrants.
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The New Nativism
The nation must address the working-class anxieties underlying the anti-Hispanic sentiments now rising in Middle America--and Congress must pass an enlightened immigration bill that is both sensible and humane.
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What They're Marching For
Saurav Sarkar : Immigration to the US
With or without a comprehensive immigration bill, a working-class immigrant Latino movement is emerging--allied with progressive groups--that could reverse a tide of xenophobia and make significant gains.
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A Shared Vision
Salim Muwakkil : Immigration to the US
The vitality of the new Latino-led immigration movement could provide the spark to jolt the civil rights movement out of its complacency and create a shared notion of an imagined future.
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A Bronx Tale
Michelle García : Immigration to the US
Grassroots activists tap into the momentum of the immigrant rights movement to bring blacks and Latinos together on shared concerns.
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Voices of a New Movimiento
Roberto Lovato : Immigration to the US
As they push for immigrants rights legislation--and brace for the inevitable backlash--a diverse array of emerging leaders have their eyes on a larger prize.
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May Day, May Day
Saurav Sarkar : Migration & Immigration
Despite the loud and determined voice of immigrant communities for fair and just immigration reform, we have yet to see an acceptable proposal from Congress.
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My Mother, the Illegal Alien
Robert Scheer : Migration & Immigration
As the May Day protests, they evoked memories of an earlier generation of immigrants who lived with the fear of deportation.
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The Media Is the Mensaje
Outspoken DJs on Spanish-speaking radio are giving immigrant activists a loud, clear voice.
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'We Will Not Be Thrown Away!'
Young rebels in France are fighting not for change but for the same rights their parents tried to secure during the 1968 student revolution.
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Moment of Truth
There is no immigration crisis in the US. But it is time America acknowledged that we need the immigrant workers as much as they need us--and treat them accordingly.
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Strangers in the Land
Corey Robin : Cultural Criticism & Analysis
Human Cargo and The Rights of Others chronicle the plight of refugees and migrants, revealing how seemingly simple moral positions can assume toxic political form.
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