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December 02, 2007 VIDEO: Vigil for Immigrant Detainees at Bergen County Jail LIFTING OUR LAMPS Interfaith Vigil for Immigrant Detainees Bergen County Jail December 2, 2007 Religious leaders and community members are coming together to express concerns about detention conditions of immigrants at Bergen County Jail and in New Jersey County... August 01, 2007 OUT OF STATUS premiere at Pioneer Theater August 1-7 Two Boots Pioneer Theater 155 East 3rd Street (between Avenues A and B) NYC July 01, 2007 New book: THE POLITICS OF IMMIGRATION [A new book from Monthly Review Press, by the editors of Weekly News Update on the Americas and Immigration News Briefs; please forward widely.] THE POLITICS OF IMMIGRATION Questions and Answers by Jane Guskin and David Wilson "We desperately... June 26, 2007 Father of Family Targeted by Homeland Security Released from Detention from Desis Rising Up and Moving: Salaam, it is with great joy, and much praises to the Most High and to all those who supported, that I share this news.... The Siraj Family, members of DRUM-Desis Rising Up and... May 22, 2007 NYC Emergency Press Conference and Rally on Immigrant Justice **urgent: please fwd widely** What: Emergency Press Conference and rally for immigrant communities to speak out against the Senate-White House Immigration Deal and demand that our Senators not compromise immigrant lives. When: 11am on Tuesday, May 22, 2007 Where:... April 12, 2007 Family Targeted by Homeland Security Needs Your Help! [from a D.R.U.M. bulletin] Folks, A quick update on the Siraj family's situation and some quick support actions you can take. Background: The Siraj family has been a victim of the government's so-called "War on Terror" against Muslims, Arabs... March 29, 2007 Stop the deportations of stateless Palestinian refugees! PLEASE FORWARD FAR & WIDE! DIFFUSEZ SVP! (Français ci-dessous) STATELESS & DEPORTED.... Bi-Weekly Picket in Solidarity with Palestinian Refugees Facing Deportation THURSDAY MARCH 29th, 4 pm -> 6 pm Citizenship & Immigration Canada 1010 St. Antoine W. [corner of Peel]... July 21, 2006 Vigil Commemorating the Life of Farouk Abdel-Muhti At the Federal Building, 26 Federal Plaza Broadway at Worth Street NYC June 18, 2006 2,179 ARRESTED IN "FUGITIVE" SWEEP from Immigration News Briefs Vol. 9, No. 23 On June 14, Assistant Secretary for ICE Julie Myers announced that ICE agents had apprehended 2,179 immigrants in a nationwide sweep between May 26 and June 13. Virtually every ICE field office... June 18, 2006 JUDGE OKS PROFILING OF IMMIGRANTS from Immigration News Briefs Vol. 9, No. 23 On June 14, federal judge John Gleeson of US District Court for the Eastern District of New York, in Brooklyn, handed down a 99- page ruling in Turkmen v. Ashcroft, a class-action... May 30, 2006 Greyhound bus sweeps for "illegal" immigrants Hi friends, Last Friday I took a Greyhound bus to Cleveland, Ohio. This bus also stopped in Syracuse, Rochester and Buffalo, NY. When we stopped in Rochester a man whose uniform and truck said USBP -- U.S. Border Patrol I... May 01, 2006 Great American Boycott 2006 in New York City 1) May 1: Great American Boycott 2006 in New York City (4pm rally/march) Primero de Mayo: Gran Paro Americano 2006 en Nueva York (4pm mitin/marcha) 2) Actions at 12:16pm in Manhattan, Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn, Staten Island [Acciones a las 12:16pm... April 10, 2006 A National Day of Action for Immigrants' Rights April 10th in NEW YORK CITY! A National Day of Action Rally for Immigrant Rights at CITY HALL PARK! There are 3 MARCHES to CITY HALL PARK: 1. Meet at Washington Sq Park, 2:00PM; march via Broadway (1 to Christopher... March 20, 2006 SIGN PETITION to Block Anti-Immigrant Legislation There is now pending before Congress a very wrongheaded and destructive bill which panders to anti-immigrant hostility and fear by further criminalizing out-of-status immigrants. The bill offers no rational solution to the fact that there are already 11 million "illegal"... February 26, 2006 RISING UP... at PRISONER’S JUSTICE FILM FESTIVAL 2006 February 23-26, 2006 Innis Town Hall - University of Toronto corner of Sussex Ave and St. George St. February 21, 2006 10-Year U.S. Strategic Plan For Detention Camps Revives Proposals From Oliver North from PacificNews.org by Peter Dale Scott peterdalescott.net New America Media Feb 21, 2006 Excerpt: The Halliburton subsidiary KBR (formerly Brown and Root) announced on Jan. 24 that it had been awarded a $385 million contingency contract by the Department of... October 08, 2005 "Rising Up: The Alams" at BAM Sat, Oct 8 at 4:30, 9:15pm BAM Rose Cinemas Peter Jay Sharp Building 30 Lafayette Street, Brooklyn, NY August 24, 2005 "LA 8" Hit with REAL ID Charges Immigration News Briefs Vol. 8, No. 33 - August 13, 2005 Immigration News Briefs is a weekly supplement to Weekly News Update on the Americas, published by Nicaragua Solidarity Network, 339 Lafayette St, New York, NY 10012; tel 212-674-9499; fax... August 20, 2005 Rising Up... in Philly Saturday, August 20 Center City Co-hosted by Community Youth Organizing Committee 8:30 pm @Jamaican Jerk Hut 1436 South Street Philadelphia, PA August 05, 2005 FUNDRAISER FOR TWO UNJUSTLY DETAINED TEENAGERS Friday, August 5 5 PM-11PM Brecht Forum 451 West Street, NYC (on the West Side Highway between Bank & Bethune Streets) May 05, 2005 Routine License Check Can Mean Jail and Deportation May 5, 2005 By NINA BERNSTEIN, The New York Times Congress is still a few days away from establishing sweeping federal requirements for a driver's license, including proof that an applicant's presence in the United States is legal. But as... April 08, 2005 Tribute to Farouk this Tuesday on WBAI This coming Tuesday (April 12th) will mark the one year anniversary since the release of our brother and comrade in struggle, Farouk Abdel-Muhti, from custody in the immigration jails of the United States Immigration authorities, on an alleged visa violation.... March 30, 2005 WITNESSES NEEDED for OIG investigation of detainee abuse Hello friends, The Office of Inspector General (OIG) connected to the Department of Homeland Security is currently conducting an investigation of abuses against immigrant detainees at four county jails throughout the country. Two of the county jails being investigated are... March 16, 2005 Attacker Still on Duty; Detainee Punished Action Alert: March 14, 2005 Nine Days After Assault on Detainee: Attacker Still on Duty; Detainee Punished with Transfer, Segregation Tell Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE): Stop the Cover-up! Tell Congress: Investigate the Abuses On March 5, 2005, at the... March 06, 2005 Urgent Action! Immigration Detainees Abused in San Pedro, CA Urgent Action! March 5, 2005 Immigration Detainees Abused in San Pedro, CA On March 5 at the San Pedro detention center near Los Angeles, California, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent M. Lopez verbally abused 44-year old Palestinian immigration detainee... March 03, 2005 Take Action NOW Against Illegal Detention! Free Mr. Hamdan! Mr. Hamdan is a respected community leader in Orange County, California. He has never been charged with a crime, and ICE knows perfectly well he is not a security threat. Mr. Hamdan's health is deteriorating in jail--he has blood pressure problems and has been taken to the hospital three times for serious medical emergencies during his seven months in detention. His family wants him back home NOW. February 17, 2005 Korean INS detainee hangs himself in Passaic I got this bulletin from the New Jersey Civil Rights Defense Committee: NJCRDC continues to document horrible conditions at Passaic County Jail. Like Heq Sung Soo, many other detainees there are systematically denied appropriate medical care. They sleep in containers... January 28, 2005 Illegal immigration crackdown sought Bush's plan targets the hiring of undocumented workers and adds few border agents Houston Chronicle Jan. 25, 2005, 11:53PM By SUZANNE GAMBOA Associated Press WASHINGTON - President Bush plans to ask Congress to spend more to crack down on undocumented... January 21, 2005 FBI, MEDIA GENERATE UNFOUNDED CHINESE TERRORIST SCARE On Wednesday an anonymous tipster called the California Highway Patrol, claiming that four Chinese people had come into the U.S. from Mexico and were to receive a shipment of "nuclear oxide" to be used in a terror plot in Boston.... December 17, 2004 In U.S., 44 Percent Say Restrict Muslims By WILLIAM KATES, Associated Press Writer ITHACA, N.Y. - Nearly half of all Americans believe the U.S. government should restrict the civil liberties of Muslim Americans, according to a nationwide poll. The survey conducted by Cornell University also found that... December 13, 2004 CONGRESS PASSES "INTELLIGENCE" BILL from Immigration News Briefs (INB) On Dec. 7, the US House of Representatives voted 336-75 to approve the 2004 Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act; on Dec. 8 the Senate approved it 89-2. The bill came in response to... December 09, 2004 "Compromise" Intelligence Reform Bill Passes House From: Rosita Choy Extremely brief update regarding the intelligence reform legislation (also known as the legislation to implement the 9-11 commission report): Most of the anti-immigrant provisions of Title III of HR 10 were NOT included. However the following provisions... December 06, 2004 Immigration Authorities End Torture-by-Dogs of Detainees in U.S. Jails NJ Civil Rights Defense Committee Press Release For Release Dec. 6, 2004 Contact: Eric Lerner 973-736-0522 elerner@igc.org Press conference to be held Monday, Dec. 6 1:00 PM Rutger’s Newark Campus Newark, NJ Hill Hall (Room 208) To get to Room... December 03, 2004 Denounce the deportation of Ahmad Nafaa Stateless Palestinian Refugee is now in a US jail, eventually to be deported to the refugee camp! Denounce the deportation of Ahmad Nafaa, demand his return to Canada! December 1. 2004-- Tuesday morning, Ahmad Nafaa was deported from Canada to... December 01, 2004 STOP ANTI-IMMIGRANT PROVISIONS FROM BECOMING PART OF THE INTELLIGENCE REFORM BILL From: Sivaprasad, Shoba [immigrationforum.org] Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 11:37 AM Subject: FW: Need your help on 9/11 recs bill Importance: High We really need your help making calls to these offices to keep the bad immigration provisions out of... November 30, 2004 Hunger strike at Passaic County Jail is in its 9th Day The hunger strikers were visited by representatives from ICE yesterday, November 29. November 29, 2004 HELP THE PASSAIC HUNGER STRIKERS While many of us were gorging ourselves on turkey, Rosendo Lewis and Bdulie Secka were continuing to refuse food in a bid to force immigration and prison authorities to release them from detention. See previous post. Passaic County Jail Hunger... November 24, 2004 DEMONSTRATION AGAINST THE DEPORTATION OF AHMAD NAFAA DEMONSTRATION TODAY! 12:00-13:00 Immigration Canada: 1010 St. Antoine West (corner Peel) (metro Bonaventure) November 23, 2004 "OCTOBER PLAN" TO CONTINUE The government's "October Plan," allegedly aimed at preventing terrorist attacks before the elections [see INB 10/23/04], has been extended and will continue through the presidential inauguration in January. November 23, 2004 Ashcroft Out, Gonzales In? As White House counsel, Alberto Gonzales defended the detention of terrorist suspects without access to lawyers, and the abusive interrogation tactics used at Abu Ghraib. November 19, 2004 Urgent Action: Call to Delete Anti-Immigrant Provisions from 9/11 Commission Bills TODAY Please make one last push to stop the anti-immigrant provisions inserted into the bill, which have nothing to do with the 9/11 commission's recommendations. November 18, 2004 Immigrant Detainees Tell of Attack Dogs and Abuse Daniel Zwerdling of NPR's "All Things Considered" investigates the abuse of immigrant detainees in Passaic County Jail, including beatings and the use of attack dogs. Sound familiar? October 05, 2004 ICE Plans Immigration Sweeps The ICE initiative consists of a stepped up effort to arrest a number of non-citizens whose immigration paperwork is "out of status." September 14, 2004 U.S to free stowaway after 4 years in detention The federal government has agreed to release a stowaway who had been among the nation's longest-held immigration detainees. September 07, 2004 PALESTINIAN NEARLY SET ADRIFT On Aug. 26, US immigration officials tried to deport detainee Salim Yassir, a stateless Palestinian without travel documents. Officials sought to put Yassir on a cargo ship docked at the Port of Baltimore, set to depart for Britain on Aug.... August 30, 2004 IRANIAN BROTHERS CLEARED, STILL JAILED In a decision filed Aug. 20 and made public on Aug. 24, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) ruled that four Iranian brothers jailed in San Pedro, California, are not a danger to national security and cannot be deported to... August 30, 2004 PAKISTANIS DEPORTED ON CHARTER FLIGHT A group of 59 Pakistani deportees arrived in Islamabad, Pakistan, at 6pm on Aug. 26 on a flight chartered by the US government. The flight left on Aug. 25 from the US state of Louisiana. It was the eighth US... August 30, 2004 NY DETAINEES END HUNGER STRIKE Some 175 detainees at the Queens Detention Center near JFK airport in New York ended a hunger strike on the night of Aug. 19 after guards harassed detainees and threatened retaliation. Authorities also tried unsuccessfully to force detainees to sign... August 27, 2004 Whites Aren't Texas Majority Whites Aren't Texas Majority HOUSTON, Aug. 26 (AP) - Non-Hispanic whites are no longer the majority in Texas for the first time since the 1800's, according to a Census Bureau survey. The survey said whites stopped being the majority as... August 16, 2004 ABA Report Finds Two-tiered Justice System for American Immigrants, Eroding Due Process Sweeping changes in immigration laws have eroded the due process protection afforded to immigrants, according to a new joint report by the American Bar Association and the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund. August 16, 2004 Detainees begin hunger strike to demand human rights Wackenhut hunger strike: press conference When: Monday, August 16th 2004, 4pm Where: 26 Federal Plaza on Broadway between Duane and Worth (Manhattan) August 06, 2004 MAJOR ASIAN AMERICAN PUNDIT WRITES BOOK JUSTIFYING THE INTERNMENT Michelle Malkin's book purports to justify the removal and incarceration of the Japanese Americans, in the service of advocating racial profiling by the Bush Administration. July 22, 2004 Farouk Abdel-Muhti, 1947-2004 On Wednesday, July 21, 2004, as he finished speaking at an event in Philadelphia, New York City-based Palestinian activist Farouk Abdel-Muhti lost consciousness and was rushed to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead around 10pm. |
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