AltWeeklies Wire
Swift Justicenew
A Utah town is still trying to recover five years after a high-profile immigration raid.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Matthew D. LaPlante |
12-07-2011 |
Immigration
Dream Act on ICEnew
College grad fights deportation to Peru, testing the Obama administration's new policy of prioritizing action.
Chico News & Review |
Leslie Layton |
12-01-2011 |
Immigration
ICE Policies Leave Overburdened Foster-Care System in their Wakenew
A sustained federal crackdown made 2011 a banner year for deportations. A record 397,000 undocumented immigrants were sent packing. And while the Obama administration cheers that more than half of those deported were convicted of crimes, advocates warn of a troubling by-product of rising immigration enforcement: children left behind as natural-born citizens absorbed by the foster-care system.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
11-16-2011 |
Immigration
In Their Own Wordsnew
Two Mexican immigrants speak out.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Andrea Kamouyerou |
10-28-2011 |
Immigration
Tags: Pennsylvania
Vaya Con Momnew
After their mother was deported to Mexico, the Brito children embarked on a two-year journey trying to navigate life in the United States on their own.
OC Weekly |
Marisa Gerber |
10-25-2011 |
Immigration
Do You Know Enough to be a U.S. Citizen?new
How relevant is the U.S. citizenship test to everyday life, and how would you fare?
San Luis Obispo New Times |
Staff |
09-13-2011 |
Immigration
Tags: Citizenship Test, U.S. Citizenship
Undocumented Latinos 'Come Out'new
Erick Velazquillo, 22, is Charlotte's defacto face of the DREAM Act. He and others live in fear and embarrassment, wondering if today will be the day they'll be picked up and deported to a homeland they never really knew.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Rhiannon Fionn |
09-07-2011 |
Immigration
Slim Pickingsnew
A shortage of Mexican labor threatens Arizona farming.
Phoenix New Times |
Monica Alonzo |
08-26-2011 |
Immigration
Tornnew
A refugee’s difficult choice separates her from husband and son.
LEO Weekly |
Anne Marshall |
07-28-2011 |
Immigration
How Will Georgia's New Immigration Law Impact Restaurants?new
"Everyone's scared. We don't want to leave our families here. Everyone's talking about it. We don't know what the law means, we just feel scared. Everyone in the kitchens here, they're all Mexican. What's going to happen if we all have to leave? I don't know."
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Besha Rodell |
07-12-2011 |
Immigration
Closed Door Policy: Conservative Policies Close Canada's Bordersnew
While Conservatives have spent the last five years in power publicly trying to build up their "ethnic vote," the party has also been responsible for closing Canada's doors to immigrants and refugees.
VUE Weekly |
Samantha Power |
04-25-2011 |
Immigration
Ruben Vives, Former Illegal Immigrant, Wins Pulitzer Prizenew
What a wonderful "chinga tu madre" at the Know Nothings of the world who insist illegals can't make anything of themselves in this country! What a beautiful "arriba" to those of us who know undocumented youngsters can and do make something of themselves in this country--if only they have a chance!
OC Weekly |
Gustavo Arellano |
04-20-2011 |
Immigration
After the DREAMnew
Students fighting for a path to citizenship still looking for reliable allies.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
03-04-2011 |
Immigration
Tags: Rick Perry, DREAM Act
Prisons for Profitnew
Deaths, lawsuits don’t stop expansion of GEO immigration prisons
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
02-18-2011 |
Immigration
'Anchor Babies' Are a Mythnew
This soon-to-be-deported family proves that "anchor babies" are a myth.
The Pitch |
Nadia Pflaum |
01-26-2011 |
Immigration
