Rights Working Group (RWG) strives to restore the American commitment to protect civil liberties and human rights for all people in the U.S.
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Guest Blogger: Sarahi Uribe from New American MediaThis month the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) celebrated one year of Secure Communities. The program, which checks the immigration status of detainees ...
Esmeralda: A transgender asylum seeker speaks out against immigration detention | Rights Working Gro
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Courage comes in many different forms. For Esmeralda a transgender asylum seeker from Mexico who faced horrific circumstances in immigration detention, it came in the form of seeking justice. Kept in a ...
Rights Working Group CONGRATS to all those who worked so hard to make this happen! Presente!
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Lou Dobbs, the most opinionated and divisive anchor at a cable network that bills itself as a straight-news oasis, resigned from CNN on Wednesday night, saying in his final broadcast that he wants "to go beyond the role" of a television journalist in tackling the country's problems.
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The federal government is paying $1.2 million to settle the cases of five Muslim immigrants who sued over their detention and treatment in a Brooklyn jail after 9/11, when hundreds of noncitizens were rounded up and held for months before being cleared of links to terrorism and deported.
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By William J. Bratton - October 27, 2009 - The LA Times - On March 12, Juan Garcia, a 53-year-old homeless man, was brutally murdered in an alley off 9th and Alvarado streets in the Westlake District, just west of downtown Los Angeles. ...
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As the mother of an African-American son, his whole life I have worried for his safety in general knowing that the color of his skin might one day be motivation enough to hurt h...[Read more]
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One is the specific question of whether the federal government should keep Sheriff Arpaio in its 287(g) program, which deputizes local law enforcement to act as immigration agents in street patrols and in jails. ...
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In recent months, the Obama administration has announced plans to expand the 287(g) program despite widespread abuses and racial profiling. It’s also pouring money into “Secure Communities,” a program that puts immigration agents into local jails. ...
Rights Working Group This article is from over a week ago but is exactly on point on why the enforcement of federal immigration laws should not be outsourced to local law enforcement.
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Immigration programs must not rest on the dishonest premise that illegal immigrants are a vast criminal threat.
Rights Working Group End the 287(g) program now!
Prayer Vigil Voices Community Opposition to 287(g) Program - TIRRC - TN Immigrant and Refugee Right.
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Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition (TIRRC) is a statewide, immigrant and refugee-led collaboration whose mission is to empower immigrants and refugees throughout Tennessee to develop a unified ...
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A federal program known as 287(g), which grants broad immigration enforcement powers to local law enforcement agencies, has resulted in a “sweep of terror,” said 2nd District U.S. Rep. Jared Polis. ...
Rights Working Group Both Phillip Goff and Denver Deputy Police Chief Tracie Keesee spoke at the launch of our campaign Racial Profiling: Face the Truth. Does this article hold true to your locality?
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By the time police Sgt. Robert Motyka responds to the disturbance call at a local hospital emergency room, the man at the reception counter is clearly agitated.
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Some state and local police are having second thoughts about working with the federal government to enforce immigration laws.
Rights Working Group Today marks the 90 period for many jurisdictions to (re)sign the 287(g) MOA with ICE. Help the effort to end the 287(g) program in Cobb County, GA.
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The Cobb County Board of Commissioners voted Tuesday to accept Sheriff Neil Warren's recommendation on the re-signing of the 287(g) Agreement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. They should reconsider ...
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One America (formerly Hate Free Zone) and their local partners heat it up at their candidates form-standing strong on questions around immigration and racial profiling. http://www.q13fox.com/news/kcpq-0100809-
Muslims & Immigrants Catch Attention of Seattle, King County Candidates for November Election - KCPQ
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SEATTLE - "We have fliers in spanish, vietnamese, oromo, somali," begins Kendra Anderson. Who is walking down a neighborhood block in South Seattle. "If you could mayor or city council people something ...
