Nearly as peacefully as a leaf sinks to the ground, more than 100,000 people filed out of Grant Park in downtown Chicago last night.
Some held their joy in rapt silence, seemingly dazed as they funneled through throngs along Michigan Avenue. Others paused on their journey home, to let go their tongues and chant one more [...]
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Weekly Immigration News Round-Up, 9/27: Raids Update
September 27, 2008 – 12:48 pm
Though the country’s attention has been focused on an ongoing financial crisis, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids are continuing, and there have been developments in the aftermath of past raids. News 21 gets you up to speed:
“Fear. Stress. Isolation,” says the Hattiesburg American, listing themes in the lives of detainees’ families after the raid [...]
Numbers Falter at Immigrant Rights Rallies
May 5, 2008 – 10:53 am
Organizers of last week’s May Day immigrant rights demonstrations, which took place in Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, Houston, and Miami, attributed this year’s low turnout to fears of rising raids on businesses that hire illegal workers, as well as stalled Congressional efforts to revamp immigration law, and disagreement among activists as many turn their [...]
