Photo essay of images from Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Adelanto Detention Facility in California from Getty Images: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/11/25/an-immigrants-dream-detained/
Animated drawing of U.S.-Mexico border militarization all done on a whiteboard by folks in our Chicago office.
Speaking out for humane immigration reform is one of the many ways we can speak out against private profit governing public policy. You can learn more on Oct 30 at our online discussion on border militarization. For more details and to RSVP visit http://afsc.org/hangout
Learn more about how private companies are profiting off of and shaping immigration policy & how to take action at our online discussion “Boots on the Border” Oct 30. Details at http://www.afsc.org/hangout
Happening today!!
“A protest expected at the U.S.-Mexico border on Monday will set an unprecedented standard in the modern immigration debate.
Thirty activists will attempt to cross into Laredo, Texas under the banner of the Dream 30, an effort meant to bring attention the 1.7 million-plus people deported during President Barack Obama’s first term in office.
The crossers are mostly Mexican immigrants who have either been deported or chosen to leave the country and return to Mexico.” Full story here.
What border enforcement expansions would mean for private detention centers (by AFSCVideos). From our Google Hangout earlier this summer.
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More than 100 women were arrested on Capitol Hill on Thursday after they blocked a busy intersection to press the House of Representatives to move on immigration legislation in a protest that rallied national women’s groups to the cause. Read more on New York Times here.
We need your help to continue to put pressure on legislators to pass fair and humane immigration reform! You can click this link for three ways to take action for humane immigration reform: http://bit.ly/3action
