It turns out that after I wrote my post documenting the racism of the San Diego Minutemen, an even more heinous case of racism emerged. It was caught by Naui Huitzilopochtli (YouTube user nauiocelotl). Naui was a little bit … [Read more...]
Obama and NCLR: F@$! You Brown Boy… F@$! La Raza
I debated whether or not to cover Obama's speech. A put up a full copy of his remarks here. Eventually I decided that with hundreds of press people here, and more "influential" bloggers than myself covering this, that it would … [Read more...]
WTF?? Local musician with green card to be deported?
What on earth is going on here? The Somerville-based Latin-jazz ensemble Either/Orchestra has gigs scheduled this weekend in London and Glastonbury, but their long-time percussionist won't be along for the trip. He's locked up in a Boston … [Read more...]
Senator Kennedy: A Champion for Immigrant Rights
The list is impressive and clearly incomplete. Looking to today and the recent immigration reform battles, Kennedy was essential in working with stopped-clock Republicans like Bush and McCain to form a real positive reform, and kept … [Read more...]
May Day Live: March For Migrant Rights
I'm going to updating live on the immigrant marches right outside of Boston, today, using my cell phone. I can't paste the widget here, but you can see the updates on the top of the Citizen Orange page all day today. … [Read more...]
The New Migrant Megaphone: A Historic Month for the Sanctuarysphere
"Terrorism, crime, the economy, health care, and education: we are not to blame for all of the world's problems! Yet, despite being treated as less than human, we still want to help solve them. All we want, is the freedom to do … [Read more...]
Democrats Push Deportation-Only SAVE Act
Call your representative TODAY and demand that they reject the SAVE Act!Pressure is mounting in the Democratic-led House of Representatives to act on the SAVE Act (HR 4088), an enforcement and deportation-only bill introduced and sponsored … [Read more...]
Driving While Immigrant
There's already been news coverage on the tug-of-war over whether state troopers should help enforce immigration law. Admittedly this is sort of a cross-post, but I wanted to share a piece by Anjali Waikar, the Equal Justice Works Fellow … [Read more...]
Moving Towards a New Migrant Manifesto
The blogosphere can have a role in this change as well. There is a wealth of blogs out there dealing with immigration and Latino issues on a regular basis, and many of them feature not just important perspectives that need to be part of the … [Read more...]
Romney Drops Out: Another Anti-Migrant Politician Falls
Read my full blog post for a more lengthy discussion of Romney's views on migrants, but I'll summarize it below.Twice undocumented migrants, from the same company, were caught in his backyard by the Boston Globe (first and second … [Read more...]
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