AltWeeklies Wire
Secure Borders? Try Fenced Innew

With $860 million spending sprees, high-tech surveillance towers that don't work and Operation Streamline show trials, it's still the same old catch-and-release game.
L.A. Weekly |
Marc Cooper |
06-13-2008 |
Immigration
Lost in Tijuana: A Mother's Search for a Deported Sonnew

After serving about 20 days of a 120-day jail sentence for vandalism and car theft, Pedro Guzman was transferred to the ICE detention center, where he signed a "voluntary deportation order," claiming Mexican citizenship -- but Guzman is an American citizen, born in L.A.
L.A. Weekly |
Daniel Hernandez |
07-20-2007 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
Immigration Ritesnew
The real aliens are in Congress.
L.A. Weekly |
Daniel Hernandez |
09-21-2006 |
Immigration
The Hope of Elvira Arellanonew
Remember the immigrant-rights movement?
L.A. Weekly |
Daniel Hernandez |
08-24-2006 |
Immigration
Girls Gone Border Patrol!new
Arizona teens get their cop on.
L.A. Weekly |
Karl-Erik Stromsta |
07-27-2006 |
Immigration
Marching Ordersnew
The president speaks, and the immigration fight is far from over.
L.A. Weekly |
Daniel Hernandez |
05-18-2006 |
Immigration
Of, For and By Workersnew
It was refreshing to be bobbing on a wave of thousands of ordinary people actually protesting on their own behalf -- not in solidarity with, or in support for, someone else.
L.A. Weekly |
Marc Cooper |
05-04-2006 |
Immigration
A Day of Powernew

Can Congress pick up the vibe of the immigration-rights movement?
L.A. Weekly |
Daniel Hernandez |
05-04-2006 |
Immigration
What Adults Don't Getnew
Anyone who's actually been listening to students talk about the walkouts -- instead of the media talk about them -- will find that the marchers mostly organized themselves, and did so with a clear sense of purpose and an awareness of broader issues.
L.A. Weekly |
Daniel Hernandez |
04-06-2006 |
Immigration
Deport Congressnew
What's made the immigration debate of the past few weeks so frustrating is the bad faith and gross ignorance employed by our elected officials.
L.A. Weekly |
Marc Cooper |
04-06-2006 |
Immigration
Whose Backlash?new
In the end, it will make little difference who prevails in this year's congressional debate on immigration, as nothing will change on the ground -- backlash or not.
L.A. Weekly |
Marc Cooper |
03-30-2006 |
Immigration
What's With These Immigrants?new
Arnold Schwarzenegger is having a hard time exploiting the immigration issue to his own advantage.
L.A. Weekly |
Harold Meyerson |
03-30-2006 |
Immigration
Border Politicsnew
Republicans are fighting among themselves over immigration -- will Democrats have a voice?
L.A. Weekly |
Marc Cooper |
02-23-2006 |
Immigration
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