Tuesday May 22, 2012
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Immigrants Rights

Chicago immigrant rights protesters blockade court
Tom Burke | Chicago, IL | 5/15/12
Immigrant rights leaders here were arrested while blockading the doors of the building that houses the federal immigration court in the Chicago Loop, May...
Carlos Montes, Committee to Stop FBI Repression, immigrant rights, Occupy Chicago
1500 march May 1 in Minneapolis for immigrant and worker rights
Staff | Minneapolis, MN | 5/03/12
More than 1500 people marched on Lake Street for immigrant and workers rights here on May 1, International Workers Day.
international workers day, May 1, May Day, MIRAc
LA May Day protest demands: Legalization, no deportations, drivers licenses for all
Staff | Los Angeles, CA | 5/02/12
Thousands of protesters took to the streets here on May 1, International Workers Day, to demand legalization for all.
Carlos Montes, Committee to Stop FBI Repression, immigrant rights, international workers day, Southern California Immigration Coalition
Milwaukee immigrants and workers march celebrates May Day
Staff | Milwaukee, WI | 5/01/12
Over 10,000 marched here, April 29, to celebrate International Workers Day.
Immigrants Rights, May Day, Occupy Milwaukee, Vosces de la Frontera
Immokalee workers fast to demand a penny from Publix
Jared Hamil | Lakeland, FL | 3/16/12
After a six day fast, members of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) broke bread with 1000 supporters to protest the Publix food corporation un-fair...
CIW, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Hunger Strike, Publix, Students Working for Equal Rights
Minnesotans protest Secure Communities deportation program
Staff | Minneapolis, MN | 2/19/12
On February 18 more than 50 immigrants and supporters protested against a new deportation program imposed in Minnesota.
Deportation, Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee, MIRAc, Secure Communities
ICE imposes “Secure Communities” deportation program in Minnesota
Brad Sigal | Minneapolis, MN | 2/14/12
On Feb. 7, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced that they imposed the highly controversial “Secure Communities” deportation program on all...
deportations, Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee, MIRAc, S-Comm, Secure Communities, Sheriff Stanek
Spirited protest against LA’s Sheriff Baca
Staff | Los Angeles, CA | 1/15/12
Demanding “Stop SCOMM” and “No deportations,” members of the Southern California Immigration Coalition denounced Sheriff L. Baca at his annual prayer...
287(g), deportations, S-Comm, Secure Communities, Sheriff Baca, Southern California Immigration Coalition
Death sentence for undocumented: Minnesota law cuts immigrants off medical care Jan. 1
Staff | Saint Paul, MN | 12/30/11
On Dec. 29, immigrant rights activists and supporters spoke out at a press conference against a new anti-immigrant law slated to cut immigrants off of...
Emergency Medical Assistance, Governor Mark Dayton, Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee, MIRAc, undocumented immigrants
Immigrant rights activists protest Sheriff Baca at awards event in West L.A.
Carlos Montes | Los Angeles, CA | 12/19/11
Sheriff Lee Baca was met by an angry protest, Dec. 18, as he arrived to speak at Village Church in West Lost Angeles.
Secure Communities, Sheriff Baca