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Virginia Attorney General wants immigration checks

Posted on August 4, 2010 by kwilder

(excerpt from) Politico Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli wants immigration checks …In a legal opinion issued by his office Friday, Cuccinelli wrote, “It is my opinion that Virginia law enforcement officers, including conservation officers may, like Arizona police officers, inquire into the immigration status of persons stopped or arrested.”…

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Immigration Story: Fashionable, Irish immigrant vs. Guatemalan cook

Posted on July 29, 2010 by kwilder

KW: This story seems so unreal. It is like a comedy of manners to expose the classism and racism that underlies the immigration debate in the United States. Pay attention to the rich people’s privilege and indifference. See if you can notice the two Hispanic people treated unfairly in this story (maybe you will notice, […]

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In NY State (including a dozen in Suffolk): Schools put up illegal barriers to educate immigrant students

Posted on July 23, 2010 by iwilder

See video below about where parents can go for help asserting rights at school. NYCLU Analysis: 1 in 5 New York State School Districts Puts Up Illegal Barriers for Immigrant Children July 23, 2010 — The New York Civil Liberties Union today released findings that the school registration requirements in at least 20 percent of […]

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“My mom doesn’t have papers…”: A daily drama on Long Island?

Posted on June 1, 2010 by kwilder

Update: July 2010: An excellent report by the NYCLU, with link to a list of some of the offending school districts. If your school district is one of them, think about speaking out to your school board. Be kind to the disadvantaged young people in your community. Kimberly writes: You may have heard the story […]

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Reflections on Marcelo Lucero and Jeffrey Conroy

Posted on May 30, 2010 by kwilder

A poem reflecting on the lives of the two men whose lives have been tied together by crime: Marcelo Lucero, an Ecuadorean immigrant, and Jeffrey Conroy, one of the young men recently sentenced in Marcelo Lucero’s murder. This is a poem by Maxwell Wheat, 2007-2009 Nassau County Poet Laureate.

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ICE raid yesterday, plus analysis of ICE raids

Posted on February 25, 2009 by kwilder

Update: February 27, 2009: here. Over at Long Island Wins, Pat Young, an immigration attorney, has written a series of three articles describing problems with ICE immigration/homeland security raids: ICE Part l /      ICE Part ll /      ICE Part lll An ICE raid on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 in the state of Washington: (excerpt from) […]

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Watching the process: Chance to hear oral arguments about immigration issue controversy from Suffolk County Legislature

Posted on February 25, 2009 by kwilder

KW: One of the leftover proposals from the spell of anti-immigrant legislation that was bubbling in the Suffolk County Legislature is the bill IR1105, which will receive a day in court this Friday. See information below. Video from the time the bill was being proposed is at the bottom of this post. And, also, for […]

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