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La Colectiva Website to accompany social media campaign
La Colectiva Mujeres of La Raza Centro Legal launches a new website for their social media campaign based in San Francisco. La Colectiva is one... Visit website
US workers, immigrants unite vs. work visa program
NASHVILLE — Toribio Jimenez says an asbestos removal company used a guest worker program to trap him in virtual servitude, then fired him when he... Visit website
Worker’s Victory Fuels Domestic Labor Movement
A domestic worker recently settled a lawsuit against her employers for labor abuses. Her victory bolsters a growing domestic labor movement. Visit website
Immigrant CSA
Lowell, Massachusetts is a city that once thrived on textile mills in massive red brick factories. The mills have long since closed. Now, half the... Visit website
Asian Immigrants Earn Lower Wages
Official figures provided by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission indicate that Asians have the lowest income in the fields of private industry, higher education and... Visit website
Class Room 206: Making Time for English
In one representative class room in Evans Adult School, California's largest adult school English language program, students and teachers discuss how new immigrants make time... View video
Study: Immigration judges as stressed out as emergency room doctors, prison wardens
On any given day, Immigration Judge Dana Leigh Marks can find herself listening to a wrenching tale of an immigrant seeking asylum, fearing everything from... read more
Got Workers? Dairy Farms Run Low on (Immigrant) Labor
Jesus Rodriguez, a Mexican who can't read or write, sometimes mixes up the numbers that identify the cows that he milks. But he can easily... read more
How an immigration raid changed a town
Postville, Iowa - This town tucked in the black-loam corner of northeastern Iowa has long been a bustling, polyglot place. If it was a morning... read more
The Rev. Gérard Jean-Juste, Champion of Haitian Rights in U.S., Dies at 62
The Rev. Gérard Jean-Juste, a Roman Catholic priest who championed the rights of Haitians in the United States and was twice imprisoned in Haiti for... read more
Immigrants not to blame for unemployment, claims report
California has one of the highest unemployment rates in the country. But immigrants aren't to blame for the problem, according to a new report by a... read more
For many immigrant families, deportation forces agonizing decision
Diana and Ana Ramírez don't know how much time they have with their mother. Carmen Irineo, 38, is fighting deportation. Her husband, Herón Ramírez, was deported... read more
Wage Theft Hits Immigrants
Kim Bobo of Interfaith Worker Justice says undocumented immigrants are the most vulnerable, [to wage theft] because they're the least likely to speak up when... read more
The Future of African Refugees and Immigrants - 15th Annual Conference
The 15th National Conference hosted by the Ethiopian Community Development Council, Inc. will be in Arlington, Virginia on May 4-6, 2009. This year’s conference theme represents... Visit website
President Obama on Immigration Reform
YouTube Video clip and transcripts of Obama’s recent speech on immigration reform. read more
Considering a Career in Migrant Health
This video, produced by the Migrant Clinicians Network, a force for justice in health care for the mobile poor, provides an introduction to working in... Visit website
The Refugees Who Saved Lewiston
Barely a decade ago, Lewiston, Maine, was dying. The once bustling mill town's population had been shrinking since the 1970s; most jobs had vanished long... read more
Immigrants and Economic Recovery
Michelle Chen, in the blog RaceWire, writes that decent immigration reform may help the U.S. economy. Comments invited. read more
Latino Workers in the Ongoing Recession: 2007 to 2008 - Pew Study
This Report summary from the Pew Hispanic Center gives hard data related to Latinos, labor, and the recession. Link to the full report from this... Visit website
Pentagon Recruits Health Professionals with Temporary Visas
The Pentagon announced that it has launched a year-long pilot program to recruit 1,000 aliens who do not have permanent legal resident (green card) status but do... read more
Tucson Immigrant Rights Activist Isabel Garcia Wins Culture Freedom Award
The Lannan Foundation announced that it has recognized five human rights advocates with Cultural Freedom Awards for 2008. The purpose of the Lannan Cultural Freedom... read more
New Documentary on Immigrant Rights Activist and Union Leader Eliseo Medina
A new video premiers December 5th at the Santa Fe Film Festival on the remarkable career of former UFW leader and current SEIU Executive Vice-President... read more
Should NPR Run Funding Credits from the Department of Homeland Security?
National Public Radio's ombudsman Alicia C. Shephard responds to station and listener queries about a new :10 second funding credit that will run on NPR... read more
Domestica
my teacher her name is patricia stuelke, she give us one lecture named Domestica is about immigrant domestic workers and the difficult way that latina... read more
Radio Documentary - Pueblo, USA: How Latino Immigration is Changing America
American RadioWorks documentary, Pueblo, USA explores the nation's largest wave of immigration happening right now. About 35 million of us were born in other countries. That's one... Visit website
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