Im/migrants and Refugees

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

Oakland, Calif., community rallies to stop ICE raids

On Feb. 17, with the strong support of the Oakland Education Association, students, parents and teachers rallied outside Coliseum College…

February 22, 2016

A day in Immigration court

Detroit -- I accompanied a teenager to immigration court. She is one of the thousands of unaccompanied youth who traveled alone…

February 13, 2016

Immigrant students occupy Georgia campus buildings

Atlanta, Feb. 2 -- Undocumented students and their allies staged dramatic building occupations on three Georgia university campuses on Feb. 1…

February 8, 2016