Im/migrants and Refugees

Immigrant women protest: ‘We will not be caged!’

“We will not be caged!” was the rallying cry against deportation of immigrant women and children in upstate New York…

March 29, 2018

Justice for Siham Byah!

Siham Byah, a recently deported activist and mother from Boston, gave a press conference from Rabat, Morocco, on March 1.…

March 19, 2018

Bay Resistance says ‘Crush ICE’

Hundreds of mostly young people shut down the San Francisco headquarters of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement department gates and…

March 8, 2018

Marching for Dreamers in L.A., ‘fighting to stay home’

Over a hundred people participated Feb. 28 in a “Fighting to Stay Home” march from McArthur Park in downtown Los…

March 8, 2018

‘You can’t deport a movement!’

Within hours before a scheduled deportation on Feb. 9, immigrant rights organizer Ravi Ragbir won a temporary stay of removal…

February 18, 2018

Detroiters defend immigrant rights

Frigid weather in downtown Detroit on Feb. 3 did not deter defenders of the Dreamers and the Deferred Action for…

February 6, 2018

Harvard U. workers unite to defend immigrants

Cambridge, Mass. — Sixty workers marched on Harvard University President Drew Faust’s office Jan. 31, demanding she take action on…

February 5, 2018

Murder in the desert

A video made public on Jan. 17 showed U.S. Border Patrol agents fiendishly destroying water bottles meant for desperate migrants…

January 30, 2018

New York protesters say Free Ravi, free Jean!

UPDATE: The New Sanctuary Movement announced Jan. 29 that “After weeks of unrelenting community mobilization, Judge Katherine Forrest ruled this…

January 29, 2018

Boston organizers fight ICE, DCF

Boston — Supporters gathered Jan. 9 in front of the John F. Kennedy Federal Building here to demand justice for…

January 24, 2018