Little Bee: The Story of a Refugee
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jun 30, 2010
Two women find they need each other in ways neither could have foreseen. Little Bee was short-listed for the 2008 Costa Award for best novel, and it is a New York Times bestseller.
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Intersections, Sports
Tags: Britain, citizenship, England, Immigration, Nigeria
Mexico to Offer Health Insurance to Undocumented in U.S.
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Jun 30, 2010
The Mexican government is extending health coverage services to the immigrant community in the United States starting in July.
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Intersections, Sports
Tags: coverage, health, insurance, mexican, reform, seguro popular
Supreme Court to Review Arizona Employer Sanctions Law
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 30, 2010
For the first time, the highest tribunal in the country agreed to address the constitutionality of a state bill that tackles immigration issues.
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Intersections, Sports
Tags: arizonalaw, employersanctions, sb1070, supremecourt
Visualizing Movement -- Pocho One Photography
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Video, Posted: Jun 30, 2010
Pocho 1 -- a world renowned photographer and graphic artist -- has continued the organizing and visual tradition of his elders.
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Intersections, Sports
Tags: art, chicano, movement, photography, pocho 1
The Border from Both Sides
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 30, 2010
Mary Ambrose talks to David Danelo, a former Marine who recently wrote The Border: Exploring the US-Mexico Divide.
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Intersections, Sports
Florida to Debate Anti-Immigrant Law
Univision.com, News Report, Posted: Jun 30, 2010
Various Florida Republicans are drawing up a plan to curb illegal immigration, a proposal very similar to Arizona’s controversial SB 1070 law.
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Intersections, Sports
Tags: Florida, illegal immigration, Republicans, SB 1070, similar
The Next Battle - Push to Deny Citizenship to Arizona Children
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Jun 28, 2010
Russell Pearce has another objective: taking away citizenship from the U.S.-born children of undocumented immigrants.
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Intersections, Sports
Tags: 14thamendment, arizona, arizonaimmigration, arizonalaw
Immigration in a Historical Perspective
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jun 28, 2010
America always likes to describe itself as a nation of immigrants. But throughout its history, it has also struggled to keep immigrants out through a patchwork of laws.
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Intersections, Sports
Tags: Border, History, Immigration, Mexico, SB 1070
Mexican Immigrants Victims of Fraud
La Prensa San Diego, News Report, Posted: Jun 26, 2010
Two people were arrested and face 16 charges against them, after a year-long investigation by Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, found them involved in a series of frauds against the undocumented community.
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Intersections, Sports
Tags: ICE, immigration, Latino, Mexico, undocumented
Michigan's Arizona-like Immigration Bill Debated
The Arab American News, News Report, Posted: Jun 26, 2010
A newly proposed immigration bill in Michigan modeled after Arizona's SB 1070 is causing concern and controversy.
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Intersections, Sports
Tags: immigration law, Michigan
New America Now: Immigration Special
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jun 25, 2010
A historical view of immigration, a vet's take on the border and a woman trapped in refugee limbo.
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Intersections, Sports
Tags: border, britain, immigration, mexico, nigeria, refugee, SB 1070, united states, US
Sexual Abuse of Immigration Detainees Underscores Need for Oversight
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 24, 2010
Immigrants detained by Homeland Security have been sexually abused by prison officers, raising a call for national standards.
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Intersections, Sports
Tags: immigration, sexual abuse
Changing Demographics Strain Refugee Services
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 24, 2010
A support system that was once meant for refugees from Vietnam and Soviet bloc countries is struggling to cope with refugees from all over the world.
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Intersections, Sports
Tags: asylum, illinois, immigration, refugee
Fremont, Nebraska -- The Wrong Path
La Opinión, Editorial, Posted: Jun 23, 2010
An editorial in La Opinión argues that local anti-immigrant ordinances like the one approved in Fremont, Neb. only create more resentment.
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Intersections, Sports
Tags: arizona, fremont, immigrationlaw, nebraska, sb1070
States Replicate Arizona Law
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Jun 23, 2010
Numerous "copycat" states and cities are looking to follow Arizona's lead, including Fremont, Nebraska.
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Intersections, Sports
Tags: arizona, arizonalaw, copycat, fremont, fremontnebraska, sb1070
Local Voices Seek National Platform at US Social Forum
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 23, 2010
The US Social Forum is hoping to build a momentum of hope despite the bleak economy, attacks on immigrant rights in Arizona and high unemployment.
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Intersections, Sports
Tags: Detroit, Social Forum
Schools No Longer Safe in Arizona
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 21, 2010
Teachers fear that school resource officers could enforce the state’s new immigration law SB 1070 in the public schools.
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Intersections, Sports
Tags: arizonalaw, arizonasb1070, arizonaschools, sb1070, schoolimmigration, schoolpolice
Meg Whitman Debuts Ads en Español
La Opinión, News Report, Posted: Jun 18, 2010
Republican Meg Whitman has changed her tune to appeal to Latino voters in the race for governor of California.
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Intersections, Sports
Tags: arizona, arizonasb1070, californiagovernor, jerrybrown, megwhitman, nasty, stevepoizner
Arizona Governor Clashes with Obama Administration
La Opinion, News Report, Posted: Jun 18, 2010
New friction between Arizona Governor Jan Brewer and the Obama administration surfaced after Ecuadorian media posted an interview where Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced the administration’s intention to file a lawsuit against the Arizona law, SB 1070.
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Intersections, Sports
Tags: Hillary Clinton, lawsuit, Obama administration, SB 1070
New America Now: Mehserle Trial, Gulf Spill Fallout, Sun Behind the Clouds
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jun 18, 2010
Thandisizwe Chimurenga provides an update on the Johannes Mehserle murder trial, David Hobbs shares stories of Gulf Coast families struggling due to the spill.
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Intersections, Sports
Tags: environmental contamination, freedom, gulf coast, immigration, oppression, police violence, world cup
From Manifest Destiny to Manifest Insanity
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jun 18, 2010
The critics are correct. Ethnic studies are a threat to the myth of America – in which genocide and land theft are mere footnotes.
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Intersections, Sports
Tags: America, arizona, arizonaimmigration, arizonasb1070, ethnicstudies, indigenous, manifestdestiny, razastudies, whites
Art vs. Arizona -- Dignidad Rebelde
YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia, Video, Posted: Jun 17, 2010
The protest aesthetic utilized nationwide against Arizona's recently passed anti-immigration law was largely rendered by a small artists collective.
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Intersections, Sports
Arizona Ethnic Media Jointly Condemn SB 1070
New America Media, Press Release, Posted: Jun 17, 2010
Arizona ethnic media outlets published a joint editorial condemning the new immigration law SB 1070.
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Intersections, Sports
Tags: arizonaimmigration, arizonalaw, arizonasb1070, sb1070
Visions of Peace and Justice
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jun 17, 2010
Famed muralist Juana Alicia is the vision behind a mural in West Berkeley portraying key movements in the history of social justice
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Intersections, Sports
Tags: gay rights, immigration rights, social justice, street art, women's movement
Indians Now Third-largest Immigrant Group in U.S.
India-West, News Report, Posted: Jun 16, 2010
Indians have surpassed Chinese as the third-largest immigrant group in the United States, behind Mexicans and Filipinos.
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Intersections, Sports
Tags: indians
Immigration Ground Zero At 9500 Liberty
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jun 16, 2010
Long before Arizona, Prince William County in Virginia became ground zero for the immigration movement. Filmmakers Eric Byler and Annabel Park had a front seat to the drama in their new documentary film, 9500 Liberty
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Intersections, Sports
Tags: arizona immigration, illegal immigrants, immigration rights
Drug Possession is Not Grounds for Deportation
La Opinion, News Report, Posted: Jun 16, 2010
he U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that simple possession of drugs cannot be grounds for deportation of a permanent resident or a person awaiting political asylum.
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Intersections, Sports
Tags: china sex parties, drug possession, high court, permanent resident
Filipina Nurses See Long Visa Delays Despite Nursing Shortage
New America Media/Philippine News, News Feature, Posted: Jun 15, 2010
The United States relies heavily on foreign-born eldercare workers. So why is there a virtual freeze on American visas from the Philippines?
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Intersections, Sports
Tags: elders, health care, immigration, nurses
DREAM Act Activists End Hunger Strike
El Diario La Prensa, News Report, Posted: Jun 14, 2010
Students gathered in New York to mark the end of a 10-day hunger strike protesting slow process on passing the DREAM Act.
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Intersections, Sports
Tags: AB 1070, Arizona law, DREAM Act, immigration reform, undocumented students
Arizona's Neglected Immigrants-- African Elders
New America Media/PhxSoul, News Report, Posted: Jun 14, 2010
Arizona is a hotbed for immigration issues, but concerns about aging African immigrants and refugees in Phoenix are nonexistent.
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Intersections, Sports
Tags: arizona, elders, health, immigration reform, refugees, somalia
Arizona Immigrant Women Testify in Congress Against SB 1070
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 11, 2010
Women immigrants from Arizona testified in Congress on Thursday about the impact of SB 1070 on their lives.
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Intersections, Sports
Tags: arizona, grijalva, immigrant, women's movement
New America Now: One Year After Neda, 9500 Liberty, True Colors
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jun 11, 2010
Mahnaz Afkahmi examines the status of the Iranian opposition movement, 9500 Liberty is a new documentary about ground zero for immigration reform, and Juana Alicia is the visionary behind a new mural in West Berkeley
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Intersections, Sports
Tags: arizona immigration, immigration reform, iran, protest, social justice, women's movement
Arizona Effect Felt on Primary Elections
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Jun 11, 2010
Primary elections this week saw many candidates from Nikki Haley of South Carolina to a mayoral candidate in New Jersey make illegal immigration a campaign centerpiece.
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Intersections, Sports
Tags: Arizona, immigration, Nikki Haley, primary elections
Louisiana Cops Probe Oil Spill Workers for Immigrant Gangsters
Colorlines, News Report, Posted: Jun 10, 2010
Federal immigration agents visited Louisiana oil spill command centers and checked workers’ immigration status.
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Intersections, Sports
Tags: bp, cops. ICE, immigrants, oil. clean-up, spill
Catholic Bishops Ask for Immigration Reform
El Pregonero, News Report, Posted: Jun 10, 2010
Bishops from the United States, Canada and Mexico, and Latin America advocate for comprehensive immigration reform.
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Intersections, Sports
Tags: bishops, catholic church, immigration reform, SB 1070
Arizona: Rushing Toward the Wrong Side of History
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Jun 09, 2010
Undocumented students are risking deportation to fight for immigrant rights. And they are being joined by indigenous people in Arizona.
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Intersections, Sports
Tags: Arizona, DREAM act, immigration, SB 1070
California Candidates Scapegoat Immigrants, Ignore Blacks
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Jun 07, 2010
Meg Whitman, Steve Poizner and Jerry Brown have been criticized in Spanish-language media for conducting "ugly" campaigns.
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Intersections, Sports
Tags: californiaelection, californiagovernor, californiaprimary, governorsrace, jerrybrown, megwhitman, stevepoizner
Fasting for Legalization, Immigrants Recount Arizona Border Trek
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 06, 2010
During a fast for immigration reform, immigrants share stories of bandits, coyotes and walking for days through the Arizona desert.
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Intersections, Sports
Tags: border, coyotes, fast, fasting, guerrillas, immigration, immigrationreform
SB 1070 is Driving Chinese Businesses out of Arizona
China Press, News Report, Posted: Jun 06, 2010
Arizona's SB 1070 is forcing Chinese businesses out of the state for lack of affordable hires.
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Intersections, Sports
Tags: businesses, Chinese, hurting, Vietnam
Day Laborers in Arizona Say They're Harmless
La Voz, News Report, Posted: Jun 06, 2010
A little known provision in Arizona’s new immigration law, SB 1070, would make it a state crime to look for work on the street.
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Intersections, Sports
Anniversary of Sikh Massacre Presents Challenge for Father
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jun 05, 2010
It's difficult to figure out how to tell your children about one of the most traumatic periods of recent Sikh history.
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Intersections, Sports
Tags: 1984, golden temple, india, indian parents, massacre, punjab, punjabi, sikh
Obama and Arizona Governor Meet, Fail to Find Common Ground
El Pais, News Report, Posted: Jun 04, 2010
President Obama and Arizona Governor Jan Brewer met for 30 minutes at the White House on Thursday, but the two were unable to reconcile their positions on immigration policy.
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Intersections, Sports
Tags: border fence, immigration, Obama, village voice
Hunger Strikers Pressure Bloomberg to End Deportations
El Diario, News Report, Posted: Jun 04, 2010
A group of 40 pro-immigrant, religious and political leaders have gone on a hunger strike to protest cooperation between federal immigration authorities and the state Department of Corrections in New York.
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Intersections, Sports
Tags: ICE, NYPD, protest, vietnam war
ICE Prepared to Deport Oil-Spill Cleanup Workers
El Diario, News Report, Posted: Jun 04, 2010
ICE officials in Louisiana have said that they are monitoring the cleanup effort at the BP oil-spill site to see if any of the cleanup workers are undocumented.
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Intersections, Sports
Don't Deport My Son's Violin Teacher
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jun 04, 2010
A violin teacher, and former mail order bride, faces imminent deportation to Russia with her son.
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Intersections, Sports
Tags: communist, ice, immigration, russian, vietnam, vietnamese, violin
Appreciation: Tam Tran, Advocate for the Undocumented
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jun 03, 2010
Tam Tran, a leading advocate for undocumented immigrant students, died last month at the age of 27.
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Intersections, Sports
Tags: DREAM act, students, tam tran, undocumented immigrant, vietnam, vietnamese
Obama Seeks Reversal of Another Arizona Immigration Law
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 03, 2010
The Obama administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear its challenge of Arizona's 2007 employer sanctions law.
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Intersections, Sports
Tags: arizonaimmigration, employersanctions, obamaarizona, obamasupremecourt
While Washington Stalls, Another Life Lost on Border
La Opinion, Editorial, Posted: Jun 03, 2010
The destiny of Anastasio 'Tacho' Hernandez should have been legalization, not death.
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Intersections, Sports
Tags: borderdeath, borderkilling, immigration, immigrationreform, u.s.-mexicoborder
Obama Meets With Arizona Governor
EFE, News Report, Posted: Jun 03, 2010
President Obama is receiving Arizona Governor Jan Brewer at the White House Thursday in a closed-door meeting.
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Intersections, Sports
Tags: obama brewer meeting, obamaarizona, obamabrewer, sb 1070, sb1070
Latinos Help Clean Up Oil Spill
El Diario/La Prensa, News Report, Posted: Jun 02, 2010
Hundreds of Latinos who came to New Orleans to help rebuild after Hurricane Katrina are now helping in the clean-up efforts.
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Intersections, Sports
Tags: BP, bp, gulf of mexico, latinos katrina, latinos new orleans, oil, oilspill
Arizona Copy Cat Immigration Law Pending in Louisiana
Jambalaya News, News Report, Posted: Jun 01, 2010
A new Louisiana House bill is stirring up controversy by calling for fines and legal penalities for undocumented immigrants
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Intersections, Sports
Tags: bill, illegals, immigration, law, louisiana, restrictions
Rhode Island Immigration Reform Bill Shot Down
Washington Afro, News Report, Posted: Jun 01, 2010
A bill similar to Arizona’s controversial immigration law was killed in the Rhode Island House of Representatives.
Categories: African American, Education, Front Page, Intersections, Sports
Tags: arizona, immigration, law, residents, rhode island