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Open Letter to the Immigrant Rights Movement: Our Families Can’t Wait
I am cross-posting this letter, which was initiated by DRM Action Coalition, and signed by over 80 immigrant youth leaders. You can probably still sign on here in solidarity. Buzzfeed has the story. I disagree with the false binary setup Read More …
Community Voices: “The Reality Is My Family Cannot Afford An All Or Nothing Hardline on Citizenship”
This week, Jose Patino of “The Dream is Now” fame wrote great article on “What the undocumented community needs out of immigration reform” which raised a lot of eyebrows. Friend of this blog, Cesar Vargas, Founder of DRM Action, reiterated Read More …
Undocumented Activist Infiltrates El Paso Detention Center, Documents Rampant Abuse
Video Credit: The NIYA I don’t know how Santiago Garcia-Leco managed to get detained, given he is eligible for Barack Obama’s deferred action program. But inside the El Paso Detention Center, Santiago, a queer undocumented organizer, found hundreds of cases of Read More …
Reviews in American History: Deportations
I just submitted another paper for publication, a draft version of which is available on SSRN. It is a literature review of a book by Deirdre Moloney, National Insecurities: Immigrants and U.S. Deportation Policy Since 1882. Abstract: Despite immigrant‐friendly rhetoric, President Obama Read More …
Deportation Nation: Yes, Obama Can Pull the Brakes
Ju Hong was scared, even unsure, as to the consequences to him if he interrupted President Barack Obama during his stump speech on immigration reform in San Francisco earlier this week. After all, Hong was placed there by the White Read More …