Im/migrants and Refugees

Wall Street calls shots at DNC: Protests rock convention

Teresa Gutierrez is campaign manager for the Workers World Party 2016 presidential election candidates and long-time immigrant rights activist. The…

August 3, 2016

Migrant rights activists march at DNC

Over 500 undocumented and other immigrants and their supporters held a Migrant Rights March on July 25, the first day…

July 29, 2016

Immigrant rights activists “wall off Trump”

Cleveland - Among the most creative and militant protests during the Republican National Convention was a “wall” of fabric with…

July 25, 2016

Undocumented students take over Regents meeting

Atlanta -- In a bold action, Georgia undocumented youth and their allies entered the meeting room of the Board of Regents…

May 19, 2016

An immigrant detention nightmare

Lumpkin, Ga., May 12 — On April 17, Alaa Ismail Yasin, a 27-year-old Palestinian who has been held in Stewart Detention…

May 18, 2016

MAY DAY 2016: IMMIGRANT AND BLACK LIVES MATTER!

The two most militant movements currently powering struggles for progressive change in the United States provided leadership and activists to…

May 4, 2016

Migrant upsurge & MAY DAY

Gutierrez has been a co-coordinator of the May 1st Coalition for Worker and Immigrant Rights for a decade and is…

April 26, 2016

Struggle over ‘Anti-Sanctuary’ bill in Wisconsin

Milwaukee -- Due to mass statewide resistance by immigrants and their allies, an "anti-sanctuary" bill in the Wisconsin Senate was…

March 25, 2016

What the Miami Democratic debate revealed

A recurring theme in the 2016 presidential elections is immigration, especially on the Republican side. The inflammatory rhetoric from Republican…

March 16, 2016

Rasmea Odeh wins court victory

Rasmea Odeh, a Palestinian American facing deportation, has won an important legal victory from the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of…

March 3, 2016