Im/migrants and Refugees

Veterans’ letter asks active duty soldiers to ’Refuse orders to deploy on southern border’

Following are excerpts from a letter from two military veterans appealing to the 15,000 active duty troops the president sent…

November 3, 2018

Immigrant detention breeds resistance

Tacoma, Wash. — It was “Free Saja” Day on Oct. 21 at the Northwest Detention Center as people rallied to…

October 27, 2018

Workers need solidarity across borders

Thousands of migrant workers and their families from Honduras have marched through Guatemala into Mexico, a river of people flooding…

October 25, 2018

Fleeing crisis ‘made in USA,’ Honduran migrants march into Mexico

Oct. 22 — A caravan of thousands of migrants, including small children, traveling to the United States reached the Mexico-Guatemala…

October 24, 2018

Immigrant family risks arrests to end deportation orders

After almost ten months of taking sanctuary in the basement of a Philadelphia church, Carmela Apolonio Hernández was ready to…

October 18, 2018

Judge rules expulsion is racist

In a decision issued Oct. 3 in California, Judge Edward Chen called the Department of Homeland Security’s “actions … based…

October 14, 2018

Occupy ICE shuts down ICE in Los Angeles

Occupy ICE Los Angeles called a protest press conference on Sept. 11 at the Metropolitan Detention Center. The purpose was…

September 17, 2018

Trump admin ramps up attack on migrant families

The heartless separation of migrant families at the Mexico/Texas border has galvanized a nationwide response, resulting in multiple occupations of…

September 17, 2018

Stop the war on migrants!

A statement from FIRE — Fight for Im/migrants and Refugees Everywhere Jobs, services and permanent residency for all migrant workers!…

September 10, 2018

Second month of encampment at ICE in Los Angeles

Occupy ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) held an encampment at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles throughout July and…

August 30, 2018