Report of Abuse at CCA’s Elizabeth Detention Center

Put forth by XicanoPwr

Oct 27

This is a comment to an earlier posting, “Privatized Prisons for Immigrants,” which I feel it deserves its own post.
A letter from the Elizabeth (NJ) Immigrant Detention Center
To Whom It May Concern.
This letter is on behalf of all the inmates at the Elizabeth Detention Center in Elizabeth, New Jersey. This “prison” or “detention center” is [...]

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Keepers of the Gate In the Land of Lost Hope

Put forth by XicanoPwr

Apr 15

Last year, the country saw the unfolding of one of the most powerful waves of demonstrations in US history. Hundreds of thousands of Mexicans and Latinos, along with other immigrants and their supporters took to the streets in protest of an anti-immigration bill that was on floor of Congress. On May 1 2006, an estimated [...]

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Endgame: America’s New Operation Wetback

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Apr 08

William Shakespeare once wrote, “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” What’s in a name? Plenty, when the lives of millions of immigrants of color are at stake. Here, Shakespeare and subjects like love are not applicable. Here, the name game attains far [...]

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Privatized Prisons for Immigrants

Put forth by XicanoPwr

Mar 09

In the nation’s response to the tragedy that occurred in 9/11 attacks, the border acquired new significant importance in the “war on terror.” Among the most relevant of the changes that transpired, the immigration issue is now assigned to the Department of Homeland Security. Although Mexico has no significant Islamic population and houses no known [...]

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Justicia ⇒ “Because we have suffered, and we are not afraid to suffer in order to survive, we are ready to give up everything - even our lives - in our struggle for justice.” — César Chávez

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Libertad ⇒ “Ignorance and obscurantism have never produced anything other than flocks of slaves for tyranny.” — (Emiliano Zapata's letter to Pancho Villa)

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