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Sep
09
Increasing globalization has stimulated an unprecedented flow of immigrants. Integrating immigrants and the subsequent generations into the receiving society is a primary challenge of globalization; failing to do so, however, can have long term social implications.
As I mentioned before, this past Labor Day weekend I attended another demonstration against this country’s use of the [...]
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Put forth by XicanoPwr
Sep
06
This past Labor Day, the Sin Fronteras Defense Committee held another protest in front of the Corrections Corporation of America’s Houston Processing Center. Here are some photos from the protest. I will be updating this post with more photos.
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Put forth by XicanoPwr
Sep
04
I was just emailed, asking for my opinion on the new regulation from Homeland Security that is aimed at employers who receive “no match” letters from the Social Security Administration (SSA). On August 10, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff told reporters that SSA will soon send letters to employers informing them that a name and [...]
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Aug
29
The deportation of immigrant rights activist Elvira Arellano by federal authorities on August 20 has been seen either as a blow or as the reigniting of the immigrant rights movement. I know I have seen my fair share of comments of support on this blog, as well a large number of vile comments about her [...]
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Aug
17
As Congress has tried and failed to pass immigration reform, both Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Bush Administration plan to continue their strong-arm tactics against undocumented immigrants. Soon after the Senate’s failed second attempt to pass Bush’s immigration bill, ICE agents have carried out well-organized publicized raids in factories, meatpacking plants, janitorial services [...]
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This is the blog of Edmundo "XicanoPwr" Rocha, a social worker, an activist, freelance writer and founder and editor of The Sanctuary. My interests include: immigration reform, critical race theory and it's interaction with equality/inequality and freedom/oppression as they relate to the experiences of people of color in the Americas.
Para Justicia y Libertad is a Latino-centered political blog focusing on the humanistic perspective of politics, history, and society as they relate to the Latina/o community throughout Texas and the United States.
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