Workday Magazine (https://workdaymagazine.org/category/immigration/page/4/)
Augsburg University Tenured Professor Dr. Mzenga Wanyama received a letter from ICE demanding his presence this Friday, March 9th to review his case and discuss “plans for removal.”
Dr. Jimmy Patiño’s new book Raza Sí, Migra No challenges the nativist myth that “immigrants take jobs.” A portion of our extended conversation explores his groundbreaking work charting the history of the deportation regime. His work helps to clarify how the Supreme Court’s Tuesday ruling places more immigrant detainees into the exploitative labor schemes of for-profit detention centers.
Leaders of the immigrant rights
coalition that mobilized masses of people for
demonstrations nationwide on April 10 and May 1
announced a stepped-up campaign that includes lobbying
lawmakers, more marches and plans to register and
mobilize at least a million new voters around the
immigration issue.
Supporters of the Dream Act will rally Tuesday, May 16, in a final effort to see the education measure passed before the end of the legislative session. The rally will be at 4 p.m. in the state Capitol rotunda.
The different issues entangled in the current immigration debate in Minnesota and the nation will be hashed out by a community panel Monday, May 8, in St. Paul.
A “National Day Without Immigrants” and other May Day events dramatized the link between immigrants and the labor movement, a connection many say is providing new energy to the effort for worker rights in the 21st century.
With Governor Tim Pawlenty threatening to veto legislation providing more educational opportunities for immigrants, supporters are mobilizing for a final push to save the Dream Act.
In a hearing room packed with Dream Act supporters, the Minnesota House Ways and Means Committee approved an omnibus education bill including the measure that would provide more educational opportunities for immigrants.
Just three days after compromise legislation on immigration foundered in the U.S. Senate over “guest worker” programs, the United Farm Workers moved to start solving the issue on their own.
The immigrant rights rallies supported by millions of people across the nation mark a historic turning point for the United States, advocates say.