Tag: immigration
Border deaths called 'humanitarian crisis'
Published October 1, 2009 by the San Antonio Express-News.
By Lynn Brezosky / Express-News
BROWNSVILLE — The 15-year death toll of unauthorized immigrants trying to enter the United States has topped 5,600 and should be recognized as “an international humanitarian crisis,” U.S. and Mexican civil rights groups said in a report Wednesday.
Border Deaths Are Increasing
Published September 30, 2009 by the Washington Post.
Rise Is Despite Fewer Crossers, U.S. and Mexican Groups Say
By Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post
President Obama's usage of the term "illegal immigrants" is more than just semantics
Published September 11, 2009 by Latina Lista.
By Marisa Treviño / Latina Lista
No matter how many times we were taught to let insults "roll off our backs" the truth of the matter is words do hurt, and what we've learned in our current polarizing political climate, is that they can carry a bigger punch than any physical fist-clenched hit.
U.S. to Overhaul Detention Policy for Immigrants
Published August 6, 2009 by the New York Times.
By Nina Bernstein / The New York Times
The Obama administration intends to announce an ambitious plan on Thursday to overhaul the much-criticized way the nation detains immigration violators, trying to transform it from a patchwork of jail and prison cells to what its new chief called a “truly civil detention system.”
Experts: Immigration Enforcement is Aggressive, Inefficient
This originally appeared on The Rag Blog. Reposted here with permission. - Ed.
By Greg Moses / The Rag Blog
Two research projects released last week confirm what we already knew about the aggressive arrest and deportation practices of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE).