Im/migrants and Refugees

Protest demands ICE free all detainees

Philadelphia – Despite temperatures in the mid-90s, more than 50 community activists rallied here on Aug. 12 to demand Immigration…

August 17, 2021

Federal Judge Rules DACA is illegal

In a slap in the face to hundreds of thousands of immigrants, a federal judge in Houston ruled July 16…

July 28, 2021

Acción de DC exige: ‘Acabar con detenciones trans por ICE’

Llevando pancartas y tres ataúdes pintados de color rosa, los activistas de los derechos de los inmigrantes transgénero y sus…

July 23, 2021

¡Liberación Sí! ¡Traslados No! Liberation Yes! Transfers No!

After years of protests, York Prison, near Philadelphia, will no longer be housing ICE detainees after Aug. 12. But instead…

July 16, 2021

Abuse continues as Texas repurposes prison for migrant detention

Houston On July 16, by order of Texas Governor Greg Abbott, the state Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) began clearing…

July 7, 2021

Atlanta: ‘No Pride in Detention’

Members of several trans and Latinx organizations assembled at the Atlanta ICE headquarters June 15 to declare “No Pride in…

June 22, 2021

Kamala Harris goes to Central America − and so does Wall St.

In 1973, Eduardo Galeano wrote what was then a groundbreaking book, “Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the…

June 16, 2021

U.S.-led ‘African Lion 21’ hunts for new prey

Published June 8 in Il Manifesto; translation by John Catalinotto. The African Lion, the largest military exercise on the African…

June 11, 2021

Monthly vigil: Demand human rights at Tacoma immigration prison!

Since the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Wash., opened in 2004, detainees and their families, civil rights activists and the…

June 11, 2021

‘Good riddance’ to ICE detention in Ohio’s Butler County

Cleveland Ohio immigrant rights organizations and attorneys held a virtual press conference May 28 to announce a win: Immigrants will…

June 4, 2021