Immigrant Communities

Latest News for: Immigrant communities

Opinion: Immigration activists fighting to abolish ICE have a bigger vision

The Oregonian 15 Aug 2018

ICE stands for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the federal agency that enforces immigration laws within the U.S ... Many organizers link the treatment of immigrants as criminals to the government's treatment of other communities. As they see it, immigrants, people of color, working class people and others suffer under policies like the war on drugs, waged between policing agencies and working class communities of color....

Edit

A path to citizenship

Eagle-Tribune 15 Aug 2018

Hiring a lawyer to guide an applicant through the naturalization process can cost thousands of dollars, noted Queyron Nolberto, immigration services manager for Community Action ... He received "good teaching" at Community Action, he said ... She immigrated from the Dominican Republic three years ago and like Trinidad she is taking advantage of Community Action's English language instruction program....

Edit

Australian’s Parliament speech on ‘final solution’ condemned

The Telegraph Macon 15 Aug 2018

An Australian senator is being condemned for his speech in Parliament advocating reviving a white-only immigration policy and using the term "final solution" in calling for a vote on which migrants to admit into the country ... Anning also called for a complete ban on Muslim immigration and linked Muslim communities to terrorism and being on welfare programs....

Edit

Now the Trump administration wants to target legal immigrants?

Hawaii Tribune-Herald 15 Aug 2018

His supporters took great umbrage at the suggestion that Trump and the GOP hated immigrants. They claim to support law-abiding immigrants who waited in line and did things the right way ... Lawmakers, especially pro-growth Republicans, should call out this idea for what it is — a craven attempt to energize a xenophobic base, bypass Congress and overturn the system for legal immigrants who have played by the rules....

Edit

Increase in Indians crossing into US from Mexico and seeking asylum: Report

DNA India 15 Aug 2018

Indian citizens are among thousands of migrants from Haiti, Africa and Asia who are trekking across Latin America through travel routes forged by Latino immigrants, The Los Angeles Times reported. According to the immigration officials and attorneys, there has been an increase in recent years in Indian nationals crossing into the US through Mexico, although they represent a small percentage of those detained overall, it said....

Edit

Australian's Parliament speech on 'final solution' condemned

Yahoo Daily News 15 Aug 2018

Anning also called for a complete ban on Muslim immigration and linked Muslim communities to terrorism and being on welfare programs ... "The final solution to the immigration problem is, of course, a popular vote," Anning said in his Senate speech ... praising the dismantling of discriminatory immigration policies over several decades....

Edit

Indigenous migrants face extra challenges finding work in the U.S.

Market Watch 15 Aug 2018

Latino immigrants that come from indigenous communities in countries like Mexico and Guatemala may arrive speaking only their native language, and that can make it even harder for them to find work, a new study from Andrea Gomez Cervantes, a doctoral candidate in sociology at the University of Kansas, found ... Many of the immigrants she spoke take ......

Edit

'Increase in Indians crossing into US from Mexico'

Deccan Herald 15 Aug 2018

Edit

Australian lawmaker sparks outrage with call for ‘final solution’

Las Vegas Review-Journal 15 Aug 2018

Anning also called for a complete ban on Muslim immigration and linked Muslim communities to terrorism and being on welfare programs ... “The final solution to the immigration problem is, of course, a popular vote,” Anning said in his Senate speech ... motion praising the dismantling of discriminatory immigration policies over several decades....

Edit

Australian politician’s speech on ‘final solution’ condemned

Belfast Telegraph 15 Aug 2018

An Australian politician has been widely condemned for a speech to parliament in which he advocated reviving a white-only immigration policy and used the term “final solution” in calling for a vote on which migrants to admit into the country ... Mr Anning also called for a complete ban on Muslim immigration and linked Muslim communities to terrorism and being on welfare programmes....

Edit

Australian politician´s speech on `final solution´ condemned

This is Money 15 Aug 2018

Edit

Melting Pot Meltdown

The American Spectator 15 Aug 2018

[P]rotesters held signs and screamed at patrons in front of Asher Caffe & Lounge… to speak up against [the coffee shop owner Asher] Shalom, who they called “an anti-immigrant trump loving gentrifier…” ... After all, it’s not as if the Irish, Italians, Swedish, Norwegians, Japanese, and numerous other immigrant communities willingly adopted America’s melting pot principles....

Edit

It appears Avenatti is flying to Guatemala tonight with 8-year-old Antony:

Democratic Underground 15 Aug 2018

We are committed, lifelong fighters for underserved communities and immigrants, and have successfully represented asylum seekers as well as confronted racist militias operating in Texas in court....

Edit