Im/migrants and Refugees

‘The inauguration of the resistance’

Hundreds participated in a Jan. 14 statewide March for Immigrant and Refugee Rights in Milwaukee. Same-day similar actions in over…

January 19, 2017

#J20 mass protests planned: FIGHT TRUMP!

Jan. 1 -- People are organizing all over the United States to go to Washington, D.C., on Friday, Jan. 20,…

January 3, 2017

Humanitarian Crisis at the Tijuana-San Diego Border

On visits from San Diego to Tijuana, Mexico, I was able to learn from Makeda Makossa and Professor Wilner Metelus…

December 31, 2016

Rally in Pennsylvania on International Day for Migrants

December 18 is recognized by the United Nations as International Migrants Day to spotlight the need for safe, orderly and…

December 31, 2016

Pennsylvanians resist anti-immigrant attacks

A march Nov. 21 on the Philadelphia office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement demanded a halt to deportation proceedings for…

December 2, 2016

#Buffalo25 defy ICE

Buffalo, N.Y. - Twenty-five workers were arrested and detained here when federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement raided four Mexican restaurants…

November 3, 2016

Immigrants demand rights

Supporters gathered Oct. 26 in New York’s Union Square to mark the beginning of a Grassroots Autonomous Movement that demands…

November 1, 2016

Protest anti-immigrant raids in Buffalo, N.Y.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested 25 migrant workers in four Buffalo, N.Y., restaurants on Oct. 18. After police racially…

October 30, 2016

Raising up a people’s agenda

Durham, N.C. - A spirited demonstration of activists from nearly a dozen organizations was held Oct. 11 outside the North…

October 19, 2016

Solidarity with migrants at U.S./Mexico border

Nogales, Ariz. A U.S./Mexico Border Convergence took place Oct. 7-10 at Nogales, a city in both Arizona and the Mexican…

October 14, 2016