Im/migrants and Refugees

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

Victory in closure of Georgia detention center

Atlanta On May 20, Department of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas released a statement that Georgia immigrant rights advocates, current and…

May 25, 2021

Caravans protest immigrant detention

Tacoma, Wash. Im/migrant-led caravans from the Pacific Northwest region came to protest the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC) in Tacoma, Wash.,…

May 14, 2021

DREAMERS Confront Texas Senators Demanding Citizenship NOW!

Young activists with United We Dream held demonstrations outside the office of Texas Sen. John Cornyn and the house of…

April 14, 2021

Cesar Chavez Day

Houston Residents here honored labor leader and United Farm Workers founder Cesar Chavez March 27 with a caravan through the…

April 2, 2021

#Philly4Solidarity rallies against anti-Asian violence

Philadelphia Over 300 people gathered for a rally and march against anti-Asian violence and hatred March 25 at Vine Street…

April 2, 2021

FIRE to Biden administration: ‘Open the borders, close the jails!’

This slightly edited statement was issued by Fight for Im/migrants and Refugees Everywhere (FIRE) March 29.  Go to https://fightformigrants.org/ or…

March 29, 2021

Washington’s role in Berta Cáceres’ 2016 murder in Honduras

It has been five years since the assassination of Berta Cáceres — an environmental activist from the Lenca people, a…

March 29, 2021