(Editor’s note: This article was originally published by Fresnoland, a nonprofit news organization.) Fresno farmworker and immigrant rights groups are calling on Senator Alex Padilla to vote “no” [...] Continue Reading
International Workers Day Celebrated in Fresno
May Day was celebrated in downtown Fresno on May 1. The theme was immigration reform, and about 300 people enjoyed the march, music and camaraderie with family and fellow workers. International [...] Continue Reading
International Workers Day Celebrated in Fresno
May Day was celebrated in downtown Fresno on Sunday, May 1. The theme was immigration reform and about 300 people enjoyed the march, music and camaraderie with family and fellow [...] Continue Reading
Las nuevas prioridades de deportación
La Policía de Phoenix detuvo a Luis (se omite su apellido para proteger su privacidad) en mayo de 2008. Parecía ser una parada de tránsito de esas que ameritan una advertencia, quizá una multa, pero [...] Continue Reading
ICE Denies Booster Shots to Inmates, Got Sued
In February, the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of the District of Columbia took action and sued Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for denying Covid-19 booster shots to five [...] Continue Reading
Good for Growers, Bad for Workers
If the Senate passes, and President Biden signs, the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, U.S. growers and labor contractors will benefit, but most farmworkers will not. There should be no question [...] Continue Reading
New Immigration Bills Open the Door for Scammers
President Biden’s proposed immigration reforms could provide a pathway to citizenship for more than 11 million undocumented immigrants, but the proposed changes also offer fresh opportunity for [...] Continue Reading
Activist Scholarship: Against the Devil
By Daniel O’Connell The Devil’s Fruit: Farmworkers, Health and Environmental Justice by Dvera I. Saxton. Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, NJ, Paperback, $34.95. Although many of us are [...] Continue Reading
Push for Legalization of Essential Workers in Covid Relief Bill
By Sunita Sohrabji Rep. Raul Ruiz (D–Palm Desert) joined several immigration advocates on Feb. 16 to push for an immediate path to legalization for more than 5 million undocumented essential [...] Continue Reading
Exploitation or Dignity for Migrant Farmworker Families?
By David Bacon (Editor’s note: This article summarizes the conclusions of a report by the Oakland Institute, Exploitation or Dignity: What Future for Migrant Farmworker Families in the United [...] Continue Reading
Trump Escalates War on Immigrants Amid Worsening Covid-19 Pandemic
By Sunita Sohrabji The Trump administration has made 400 policy changes detrimental to immigrants through its tenure at the White House, with 63 fresh blows meted out amid the Covid-19 [...] Continue Reading