AltWeeklies Wire
Run for the Border!new
Americans have always been resourceful people. We support our troops and trample perceived threats to our freedoms. We count our blessings, we discount gay marriage, we recount our votes -- and when all that counting doesn’t quite add up the way we’d hoped, well, we can always go to Canada.
Missoula Independent |
Independent staff |
12-16-2004 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
Child's Illness Separates Husband and Wifenew
When his son had a medical emergency and needed to be treated in the U.S., Tim Hogan discovered just how "humanitarian" his native country's immigration law is. He could come to the U.S. with his baby but had to leave his Honduran wife behind.
Riverfront Times |
Malcolm Gay |
11-09-2004 |
Immigration
No Easy Solution to Illegal Immigrationnew
On Nov. 2, Arizonans passed Proposition 200, designed to further limit public benefits to non-citizens. The consequences on both illegal immigration and the economy are hotly debated but still unknown.
Phoenix New Times |
Robert Nelson |
11-09-2004 |
Immigration
Tags: illegal immigrants, Immigration, crime, border, D.C., construction, nanny, coyotes, cheap labor, day laborers, director of research for the Center for Immigration Studies in Washington, director of the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies at the University of California-San Diego, emergency room, federal immigration laws, nannies, Pro-Prop 200 leader Russell Pearce, Prop 200 opposition leader Alfredo Gutierrez, Sonoran Desert, Steve Camarota, U.S. Border Patrol, Wayne Cornelius
Kansas School Board Member Reports Filmmaker to FBInew
After documentary filmmaker Ranjit Arab tried to interview anti-immigrant Kansas State Board of Education member Connie Morris, she reported him to the FBI "to ward off any possible stalking or terroristic behavior."
The Pitch |
C.J. Janovy |
10-26-2004 |
Immigration
Immigrant Battled State Rep for Custody of Her Sonnew
Mariam Katamba, born in Uganda, was taken under the wing of Texas State Representative Talmadge Heflin. But she balked after the Heflins became so possessive of her son they tried to gain custody.
Houston Press |
Josh Harkinson |
10-26-2004 |
Immigration
Triumph over Tragedy
Three years after they arrived in Iowa from a Kenyan refugee camp, the Lost Boys of Sudan are adjusting to life in the United States.
Cityview |
Beth Dalbey |
10-07-2004 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
Welcome to PANdemoniumnew
On Nov. 2, Arizona residents will vote on a proposition that could result in state workers being jailed if they fail to verify whether applicants for welfare are in the country legally. Protect Arizona Now risks ensnaring the state in a legal quagmire — with national consequences.
Tucson Weekly |
Jim Nintzel |
09-16-2004 |
Immigration
Tags: illegal immigrant, Immigration
Other Than Mexicansnew
Are terrorists entering the United States through Arizona's border with Mexico?
Tucson Weekly |
Leo W. Banks |
09-06-2004 |
Immigration
Federal Detention Center Holds Immigrants in Exilenew
When Linden Corrica was picked up with marijuana in New York City, the feds sent him to Oakdale, La. This summer, his wife and daughter journeyed to Louisiana to try to find out if he's ever coming home.
Gambit |
Frank Etheridge |
08-24-2004 |
Immigration
Double Trouble: Wrong Juan Diaz Jailed for Drug Runningnew
Family man Juan Diaz had just passed his citizenship test when immigration officers arrived with a sealed federal indictment and arrested him.
Houston Press |
George Flynn |
08-23-2004 |
Immigration
For Child of Migrant Workers, Education Is Redemptionnew
Daniel Ramos, who recently earned his GED through Palo Alto College's high school equivalency program for migrant workers and their children, puts a face on the sobering statistics: According to a Migrant Attrition Project Study conducted for the U.S. Department of Education, children of migrant workers have just an 11 percent chance of entering their senior year in high school, compared to 80 percent of non-migrant students.
San Antonio Current |
Lisa Sorg |
08-19-2004 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
Removable Alien: Ansar Mahmood Suffers Setbacknew
Ansar Mahmood, picked up in post-9/11 sweeps and convinced by a public defender to plead guilty to harboring illegals, has become a cause celebre across the country -- but that hasn't saved him from deportation.
Metroland |
Miriam Axel-Lute |
07-15-2004 |
Immigration
Accused Sex Slave Operator Claims He Was Just Taking Ordersnew
Prasad Lakireddy was charged with involvement in an operation that brought young girls from India to Berkeley to be used for cheap labor and sex. But he got off easy, claiming he didn't know his restaurant employees were his daddy's imported sex slaves.
East Bay Express |
Justin Berton |
06-17-2004 |
Immigration
