Monday May 20, 2013
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Immigrants Rights

Coalition challenges North Carolina sheriff’s racist anti-immigration film
B.J. Murphy | Wentworth, NC | 10/11/12
On Oct. 10, El Cambio, a North Carolina-based immigrant rights group, led 60 activists in challenging a racist ‘documentary’ shown at Rockingham Community...
documentary, El Cambio, immigration rights, Racism, Rockingham County, Sheriff Sam Page
East L.A. community denounces car impounds, demands driver's licenses for all
Staff | Los Angeles, CA | 8/23/12
The Centro CSO (Community Service Organization) and the Southern California Immigration Coalition (SCIC) held a town hall meeting on August 18 in East Los...
Carlos Montes, Centro CSO, immigrant rights, Licenses for All, Southern California Immigration Coalition
Immigrant rights groups to march on the RNC in Tampa
Staff | Tampa, FL | 8/16/12
Immigrant rights organizations will join the massive August 27 march organized by the Coalition to March on the RNC.
2012 Republican National Convention, Carlos Montes, Coalition to March on the RNC, Immigrants Rights
Large turnout for MIRAc workshop on deferred action policy
Brad Sigal | Richfield, MN | 7/26/12
Around 100 people attended an informational workshop on July 22 to learn more about the ‘deferred action’ policy that will allow some undocumented youth...
deferred action, DREAM Act, Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee, MIRAc, undocumented immigrants
Sheriff Baca told to break ties with ‘Secure Communities’
Staff | Los Angeles, CA | 7/19/12
Immigrant rights organizations staged a press conference here July 12, to demand that Sheriff Lee Baca stop cooperating with the ICE (Immigration and...
Carlos Montes, immigrant rights, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), National Day Labors Organizing Network, S-Comm, Secure Communities, Sheriff Baca
Solidarity With Palermo's Strikers
Staff | Milwaukee, WI | 7/11/12
Demanding the right to collectively bargain, Palermo’s frozen pizza workers have been out on strike since June 1.
Occupy Milwaukee, Palermo's Pizza, pizza workers strike
U.S. Supreme Court strikes down most of Arizona’s SB1070
Masao Suzuki | San José, CA | 6/25/12
On June 25 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against most of the parts of Arizona’s SB1070, which had ignited nationwide protests against the anti-immigrant...
Arizona, immigrant rights, Mexican@/Chican@, SB1070
Dreamers fight to win, 10 year struggle moves towards victory
Jared Hamil | Tampa, FL | 6/25/12
About 30 people protested outside of the Democratic Party campaign office on June 13.
DREAM Act, Dream Defenders, immigrant rights, undocumented workers
Minneapolis concert raises money for immigrant rights movement
Staff | Minneapolis, MN | 6/25/12
On June 23, supporters of the immigrant rights movement joined together for a fundraiser for the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee (MIRAc) at...
Guante, Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee, MIRAc
Workers win union representation election at New York restaurant chain Hot and Crusty
Staff | New York, NY | 5/24/12
Workers at the 63rd Street location of Hot and Crusty restaurant voted May 23 to certify an independent union, the Hot and Crusty Workers Association,...
Hot and Crusty Workers Association, immigrant rights, Laundry Workers Center