Browsing all posts tagged with Detention.

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Esmeralda’s Horrible and Hopeful Story

Esmeralda’s Horrible and Hopeful Story

COURAGE COMES IN MANY DIFFERENT FORMS. For Esmeralda, a transgender asylum seeker from Mexico, who faced horrific circumstances in immigration detention, it came in the form of seeking justice.

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Unified Labor Movement Supporting “Rights-Based” Immigration Reform

LABOR GIANTS SEIU AND A.F.L.C.I.O have come to an accord on the fight for immigration reform and today proudly told the press of the unified effort, one which will seek, “finally, a principled public dialogue” and one, according to SEIU, that “does justice to our heritage as a nation of immigrants.” Get the link to the Nezua-notated liveblog of the call in this post.

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Weekly Immigration Wire: Obama Can’t Play Centrist on Immigration Crisis

THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION seems quite capable of centrist positioning on many issues, including immigration reform. While some argue centrist position allows Obama to effectively reach consensus, immigration reform is an issue that he cannot play sides with.