Im/migrants and Refugees

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

Philadelphia Asian community speaks

In response to the brutal murders in Atlanta March 16, this statement was issued March 17 by members of the…

March 26, 2021

For over a century and a half: Chinese workers abused and superexploited in U.S.

The six Asian spa workers murdered in Atlanta March 16 were low-wage workers. They were not respected by capitalism. Their…

March 25, 2021

Outrage over child detention center reopened over toxic dump

Plans to reopen a migrant detention facility on top of toxic military waste in Homestead, Fla., have sparked anger. Located…

March 19, 2021