The Politics of Humanity: “A Hidden System”

Put forth by XicanoPwr


In the nation’s continued response to the tragic events of 9/11, the nation’s southern border is currently being used as a scapegoat in the current vague “war on terror.” Suddenly, security has become synonymous with stopping undocumented immigration, and unfortunately, this country’s immigration policies have resulted in very real negative consequences.
In a newly created video, [...]

Mano dura con inmigrantes: la historia se vuelve a repetir

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Reposted from El Tecolote
Mano dura con inmigrantes: la historia se vuelve a repetir
Edmundo Rocha
A los partidarios de “sólo aplicación de la ley” (Enforcement Only) les encantaría tener un futuro en el que los 12 millones de inmigrantes indocumentados en los EEUU sean expulsados, ya sea utilizando medios coercitivos o voluntarios.
En un clima de miedo [...]

Raid At An East Houston Plant

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Around 7AM, Wednesday, 150 to 200 ICE agents raided an East Houston plant, Action Rags U.S.A. The company has 240 employees. Bob Rutt, ICE’s agent in charge, would not specify what led them to plan this raid, which is at least the second major immigration enforcement action in Houston in recent months.
Here are the [...]

ICE’s AgriProcessors Cattle Call

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[The is first part of the a two part series]
In a massive, coordinated effort, more than 100 agents from the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) descended on AgriProcessors Inc., the largest kosher meatpacking plant in the country, in Postville, Iowa. The raid is considered to be one of the largest government dragnets against [...]

Mass Deportation: Lessons from the Past

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In this country, policies concerning immigration continually confront politicians to make difficult decisions. In a democracy, every public policy requires some accommodations from what experts might conceive as a technocratic ideal to adapt to political pressures. There is no reason to expect that policy toward who is allowed to work in a country would be [...]

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