Not only is Ruth Gomberg Muñoz an amazing anthropologist, activist, and professor – she is an amazing friend and mentor and ally. She has taught classes such as “Undocumented Labor Migrations” at UIC [where we met!] and has published an ethnography titled, “Labor and Legality” which focuses on undocumented immigrants who work as busboys at [...]
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Este escrito fué originalmente publicado en Ingles, el 14 de diciembre del 2012. Fue traducido en colaboración entre la autora, y organizadores en Tennessee, parte del TN Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition (TIRRC). La traducción fue hecha como parte de un esfuerzo para informar a sus miembros de las diversas posturas en el movimiento pro-inmigrante [...]
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Versión en Español Tania A. Unzueta I must admit, I once believed in comprehensive immigration reform (CIR). I believed in what it promised, an overhaul of an antiquated immigration system that would result in a conditional path to citizenship for the 11 to 12 million undocumented immigrants who currently reside in the United States. I [...]
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Dear department of Homeland Security, I know that on October 5, 2012, you issued a memorandum clarifying the criteria for what qualifies as “family relationships involving long-term, same-sex partners” in terms of prosecutorial discretion [You can find the memorandum here]. The considerations according to you, DHS, for which same-sex relationships could be viewed as “family [...]
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I remember the first time I met organizers from the Immigrant Youth Justice League. I was attending a grassroots leadership training when a youth organizer took the floor. The organizer stood up and introduced himself as an undocumented student who could not get his citizenship although he did everything that could be expected of him. [...]
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Much attention has been created around the comments Mitt Romney made about his position on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. After a month and a half, Romney finally gave a response about what he would do with DACA if he became president, well sort of. Speaking to the Denver Post, Romney stated [...]
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On August 14-17, I and five other members of the Immigrant Youth Justice League (IYJL) followed the No Papers No Fear Ride for Justice, also known as the UndocuBus, to their stops in Memphis and Nashville, Tennessee and Birmingham, Alabama. Those four days made me optimistic of the growth our community and movement is making. The [...]
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"La organización Chicago Community and Workers Rights esta invitando a una reunión informativa en nuestra organización a cerca de “la reforma..
awwww.
New York coming out!
Houston - " Jovenes indocumentados en Texas salen de las sombras y declaran su estatus migratorio publicamente! Un abrazote a Alicia Torres quien..
