I've been thinking a bit about the recent terror raid in New York City. Obviously it's difficult to form a good opinion or talk too much about this episode because of the limited information we have, but I thought I'd try to post on it … [Read more...]
The Politics of the DREAM Act: Laying the Groundwork For Migration Reform
Dreamactivist.org is also beginning to sound the war drums through their change.org blog. Thousands have already been invited to call-in in support of the DREAM Act through facebook. The DREAM Act will be the first major … [Read more...]
Immigration raids as defacto economic stimulus payments?
For each illegal immigrant warehoused [ooops I mean jailed] the federal government pays $90.00 a day. See: http://www.boston.com/news/loc... These payments added $33 million to the budget of Bristol County's Sheriff Hodgson: Bristol … [Read more...]
60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The U.S. has supported the Universal Declaration of Human Rights so let's just see how many of these articles have been violated in the U.S. treatment of migrants. Article 1. All human beings are born … [Read more...]
ICE Raids again – in Rhode Island Court Houses on July 15th
A clerk tipped off ICE that someone copied an ID card at the court house. No criminal charges have been filed - only what ICE calls administrative charges for illegal entry. 12 of the at least 31 people taken by ICE were immediately … [Read more...]
Update on the New Bedford “ICE” raid
Judge Stearns ruled adversely on a jurisdictional issue, and the status of the immigrants involved in that case is ?stay pending appeal?. See http://www.gbls.org/... As a result, the immigrants subject to that class have not … [Read more...]
ICE Immigration raids are bad for business, too
Lost in the discussion of immigration raids is the real cost to business from ICE's final solution raids.For example, Swift says it complied with the law 100% and ICE's raids cost Swift 30 million. The more I hear, the more it seems … [Read more...]
Another update on the New Bedford saga
In Animal Farm, the initial slogan "All Animals are Equal" was craftily modified into "All Animals Are Equal but Some Animals are More Equal."For the entire ACLU Press Release go to: http://aclumedia.blo...And of course, there are … [Read more...]
First-hand account of Bianco raid detainees
The corrections employees at the detention center where these folks are being held were courteous, helpful, and a pleasure to work with.The situation itself, the selective enforcement and draconian treatment of economic refugees is a waste … [Read more...]