A project of the Northwest Detention Center Resistance Artwork: NWDC Resistance [Español abajo] The Northwest Detention Center (NWDC) in Tacoma, WA, is one of the largest immigration prisons in the country, with the capacity to hold up to 1,575 people. On Friday, March 7, 2014, over one thousand people
written by Tina Shull CIVIC’s weekly spotlight on crimes committed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. This week’s crime: Propaganda The mis-conception that immigration poses various threats to the United States is prevalent throughout U.S. history, as shown in this anti-immigration political cartoon from 1919. “Close the Gate,
Immigrant rights advocates are torn over whether to embrace the bill, call for solidarity Image Credit: California Immigrant Youth Justice Alliance On Thursday, July 19, Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) re-introduced a bipartisan DREAM Act bill at a press conference in Washington, D.C. Senators Chuck Schumer
Moving Art: An Exhibition by DRUM — Desis Rising Up & Moving From DRUM — Desis Rising Up & Moving in New York City: On Sunday July 9, Moving Art held its end-of-program gallery sharing the art that 9 young working-class artists have been working on, grounded in the experiences of our
by Jasmine Mendoza The Mendozas — Reunited in Mexico on July 12, 2014. My greatest fear was being a single parent. It came true on February 26, 2013, in the form of deportation. After nearly losing Claudio in the desert in an attempt to come home Father’s Day weekend after
by Alan Pelaez Lopez ***Originally published on ***[***Everyday Feminism***](http://everydayfeminism.com/2017/04/help-undocumented-immigrants/#.WW9qiVpy1XN.twitter)***:*** I have PTSD, but PTSD isn’t rare. See, I come from a community of predominantly Black and Indigenous undocumented immigrants from all over the world, and PTSD is something that a lot
by César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández, University of Denver Sturm College of Law Associate Professor César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández in the classroom at University of Denver’s Sturm College of Law. Source: YouTube Read **“Abolishing Immigration Prisons”** by César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández, published in the Boston University Law Review and the
Alex Mensing reflects on supporting the #Adelanto8 and over 50 hunger strikers at the Adelanto Detention Center over the past month Members of the Viacrusis Refugee Caravan. Photo Credit: Alex Mensing [en español abajo] One month ago, on June 12th, nine brave Central American asylum seekers refused to eat the
by William Lopez Photo Credit: Celena Lopez On May 24th, 2017, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raided a local Ann Arbor restaurant* next to the University of Michigan campus. ICE agents went in with a warrant for single man, but arrested three to five others, including a Legal Permanent Resident.
