Archive for the ‘Immigration’ Category

Mexico’s southern border is “The Beast”

Phoenix, Arizona - In the United Stated many people refer to them derogatively as “illegals”. In the heart of Central America, these human beings represent some of the most disposed, desperate yet tenacious men and women leaving their impoverished countries in hopes to make it to the United States. Unable...

March 24th, 2011 | Featured, Immigration | Read More

From Somalia to Denver, the long way

Inside a classroom at the Emily Griffith school in downtown Denver, Twenty-Seven year old Daoud Ali Muhammad is trying to improve his English. The class gives Daoud a chance to talk about the challenges he is facing in the US: “Daoud Is your apartment hot or cold?” asks the ESL instructor. ...

January 6th, 2011 | African, Featured, Immigration, Racial Equity | Read More

Alessandra Soler-Meetze and Immigration in Arizona

Pictured in her office, Alessandra Soler-Meetze, Director of ACLU of Arizona, is proud of the work her organization has done in the community, and for the fact she is the first Latina to head the ACLU The director of the ACLU of Arizona shares her personal satisfactions and the difficult work of advocating...

December 3rd, 2010 | Immigration, Latinos, Politics, Women | Read More

Family values and journalism shaped ACLU of Arizona director’s life, leadership

Alessandra Soler-Meetze, director of the ACLU of Arizona, talks about her beginnings in journalism, her family influences, and her transition from a reporter’s job with a major daily to becoming the leader of an strategic affiliate of the national civil liberties organization. Phoenix, Arizona...

October 25th, 2010 | Featured, Immigration, Latinos, Organizing Latino Immigrants for Social Justice, US | Read More

One nation under a groove

I attended Saturday’s One Nation Working Together rally. Truth be told, there were too many speakers droning on about a mash-up of progressive causes from green jobs to green cards for illegal immigrants. The rally was scheduled to end at 4:00 p.m., but folks were leaving by the thousands around...

October 6th, 2010 | African Americans, Economics, Employment, Glenn Beck, Immigration, Politics, Racial Equity, Talk About Race | Read More

Race, nativism, and anti-trafficking efforts: A dangerous and divisive game

Race has always played a role in labeling some people as worthy and others as undeserving of legal protections and access to justice. This has been the case whether the person in question is an alleged perpetrator of harm or an alleged victim. Collective thinking of this kind ultimately confers or takes...

October 6th, 2010 | Immigration | Read More

One for the DREAMers

WE RETURN with a call for action! The DREAM Act is up for a vote. Despite the fact that as usual, politicians play cynical games of expediency with people’s lives, there is cause for enthusiasm and happiness. So get on that phone! Also featuring the vaunted political Beer Test. News With Nezua...

September 22nd, 2010 | Education, Featured, Immigration, Latinos | Read More

Anti-anti immigration: Principles to make migration work

By Marcelo M. Suarez-Orozco and Carola Suarez-Orozco, Originally posted on Huffington Post The most comprehensive overview of illegal immigration in the United States since the economic crisis began its downward spiral concludes that the flow of unauthorized immigrants into the country has significantly...

September 8th, 2010 | Featured, Immigration, Latinos | Read More