Opposition grows to immigration prison in Arizona

There is opposition arising to a proposed 1,500-inmate federal immigration prison being considered for southern Arizona on the Tohono O’odham Indian reservation.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona has written U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano opposing the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center near the Arizona border with Mexico. The ACLU notes federal police and other law enforcement already detain about 3,000 illegal immigrants on a given day. Many of those are undocumented immigrants from Mexico awaiting deportation from the U.S.

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Activists launch immigration reform campaign

ATLANTA - Representatives from labor, faith, business and immigrants' rights groups gathered Monday outside the Capitol to launch the Georgia arm of the national Reform Immigration FOR America campaign.




The Atlanta launch, attended by about 25 local activists, was one of more than 30 planned in 20 states Monday. The campaign is being launched nationally with a news conference Wednesday in Washington, the kickoff of a three-day summit expected to bring together 700 grass-roots advocates from 35 states.

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/06/02/met_526073.shtml

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Colleges look at policy for illegals

by Philip D. Brown

A policy is currently being drafted that would allow undocumented immigrants who graduated from a U.S. high school access to the North Carolina Community College system.The Policy Committee of the Board of North Carolina Community Colleges requested late last week a draft policy be prepared for them to review, according to a state community colleges spokesperson.North Carolina Community College System Director of Marketing and External Affairs Megen George said the policy committee asked for the draft policy to be developed for review at a special working session August 19.“The draft policy would be similar to the policy that is currently in place in the University of North Carolina system,” George said. “That policy allows the admission of undocumented immigrants, and they have to pay out-of-state tuition.”

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Goal of foundation's grants is integrating immigrants into Southern California life

Posted By Crystal Moreno

Aiming to accelerate the integration of immigrants into Southern California life, a leading California foundation will announce today that it is issuing $900,000 in grants to help ease conflicts between blacks and Latinos in Pasadena, promote worker rights in Artesia, organize to bring supermarkets to minority neighborhoods and other initiatives.

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New coalition pushes for eased immigration rules

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New coalition pushes for eased immigration rules

Inland supporters of liberalized immigration laws Monday rallied in San Bernardino to take part in a nationwide call for a path to legalization for many of the nation's 12 million illegal immigrants.

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U.S. Citizen Children Sue Over Parents' Deportations

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More than 100 U.S.-born children sue President Barack Obama, asking a court to halt the deportations of their parents until Congress overhauls U.S. immigration laws. The children, who gathered Wednesday at the Miami nonprofit American Fraternity to draw attention to their cause, say their constitutional rights are being violated because they will likely have to leave the country if their parents are forced to go.

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Legal Battles Key to Immigration Reform reports HuffPo

Posted by: Michael Sinanian

The Huffington Post's "Weekly Immigration Wire" reports and links to several ongoing legal battles that are being contested over ICE's racial profiling and allegedly unconstitional practices of "law enforcement." The news roundup stresses how these legal battles will become increasingly important as presurre in Washington grows to pass immigration reform this year.

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