The San Francisco Police Department proved how meaningless the city’s Sanctuary City Policy is early this morning when officers arrested 39 peaceful protesters who had occupied the public sidewalk in front of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) field office at 630 Sansome Street since July 2. Police officers, with…
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This afternoon hundreds of people blocked a locked vehicle gate and barricaded a building entrance at ICE headquarters in San Francisco in protest of President Trump’s cruel “no tolerance” immigration policies that criminalize refugees, most fleeing Drug War violence stoked by decades of brutal U.S. military intervention in Central America.…
Thousands of protesters filled San Jose’s City Hall Plaza by noon today, even as temperatures topped 90 degrees F, demanding the abolishment of the federal proto-fascist Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) police force that targets immigrants and now even American citizens for detainment and deportation. Protesters also called for all…
For decades Australia has had one of the most stringent immigration policies in the world. One of the attributes of this was to only bring in skilled labor that the Australians needed in one of their industries. But it was also an immigration history that favored those from the Commonwealth,…
Democracy Now’s Amy Goodman had an excellent two part interview with Jennifer Harbury. This immigration attorney has been helping others for decades. Back in the 1980s her Mayan husband was kidnapped, tortured and killed by Guatamalan military intelligence officers that were trained and supported by the CIA. Part 1 Part…
Today, President Trump called for a hastily arranged photo opportunity amongst all of the chaos of his “Zero Tolerance” and “Family Separation Policy” to sign an Executive Order. This was purportedly to end the practice of separating kids from their families. But it was really a charade to keep…
ZERO TOLERANCE + FAMILY SEPARATION POLICY There is incredible and justifiable anger with the Zero Tolerance/Family Separation Policy that was crafted by Stephen Miller and introduced as a new policy along the border with Mexico (and Canada presumably) to shocking affect. Perhaps as many as 2000 or more…
In the wake of continued threats by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director Thomas Homan to sweep up thousands of undocumented immigrants in California and other states, the Oakland City Council on Tuesday January 16 vowed again not to cooperate with the federal agency or assist with its actions in…