Had enough of this week’s death and horror? Here are six stories of hope and action, from Austria to California to Minnesota. Sometimes I need to focus on these stories to continue believing that each of us can make a difference. If you need that lift, too, read on. Continue reading
Category Archives: immigration
Need a little hope? Read on!
Filed under immigration, media, race
Act now to save the next child
Photo of Syrian refugees fleeing to Turkey in 2014, by European Commission DGEcho, published under Creative Commons license.
Abdullah Kurdi, father of the toddler whose body washed up on a Turkish beach, spoke to Reuters as the bodies of his wife and two young sons lay in a Turkish morgue:
“The things that happened to us here, in the country where we took refuge to escape war in our homeland, we want the whole world to see this,” he said.
“We want the world’s attention on us, so they can prevent the same from happening to others. Let this be the last.”
We can take concrete actions, tonight, tomorrow, the next day to save the next child. Actions carry no guarantees of success, but inaction ensures failure. Continue reading
Filed under human rights, immigration
Body on the beach: Europe’s refugee scandal
UPDATED 9/3/2015: The Independent published a heart-wrenching photo of a dead child who washed ashore on a beach in Turkey. He is Syrian, one of more than 2,000 refugees who have died this year trying to escape to Europe. Continue reading
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Immigrant slave labor and anti-immigrant actions from Texas to Washington
Here’s July’s round-up of immigration news, including:
- Immigrant slave labor in U.S.?
- Anti-immigrant action and rhetoric: Texas to Washington
- Federal judge: Let the children go
- Europe and immigrants
- Haiti: Refugees from Dominican Republic arrive
- And in Minnesota — immigrant vitality and economic contributions
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Immigration news – June 30, 2015
I publish an immigration newsletter about once a month. You can subscribe to this newsletter by clicking here. I also use Flipboard to collect immigration stories throughout the month. Just click here and bookmark the link to see these stories every day. Continue reading
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1,600 migrants drowned: Assigning blame
“En 2012, plus de 2000 migrants sont morts en Méditerranée”, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, 2014 [Photo published under Creative Commons license]
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Immigration News — A movie, a guide, and more
From documentary, Llévate mis amores
All of Me / Llévate mis amores, a documentary about Las Patronas, is showing at the Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival on Sunday, April 12 and Wednesday, April 15. Every day since 1995, a group of women stand at the tracks near the Mexican town of La Patrona waiting for La Bestia — the train used by thousands of migrants from Central America and Mexico to get to the U.S. border. The women toss water and homemade food to the weary travelers. You can see a trailer and get details here.
This is the April 8 issue of my more-or-less-monthly Immigration News. Click here to subscribe.
Living in the United States: A guide for immigrant youth is a great resource, published by the Immigrant Legal Resource Center in San Francisco. The 42-page guide is published as a downloadable pdf file. Continue reading
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Soup, good behavior, and fruit picking: Three good news stories for Monday
Photo by Stu Spivack, published under Creative Commons license.
“A chef who once spent a year living under the Franklin Avenue bridge and a hard-charging minister” star in the Star Tribune’s good news story from Minneapolis today. They run the Soup for You Café at Bethany Lutheran Church, serving homemade soups with fresh, healthy ingredients to anyone who walks through the door. Church people volunteer. People who come for the delicious soup pay “whatever they feel is a fair price — or whatever they are able to.” Continue reading
Filed under food and farming, immigration
Thinking about immigration and St. Patrick’s Day
Photo by Minnesota Historical Society, published under Creative Commons license
Time to stir up a batch of Irish soda bread and hunt up a green shirt for St. Patrick’s Day. You don’t need an Irish ancestor to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, which is lucky for the tens of thousands of Bavarians celebrating in Munich, the marchers in Long Beach, California’s Irish-for-a-day parade, and all the Minnesotans eager for any excuse to get out and celebrate after a long winter.
My Irish ancestors, like my other great-grandparents from Germany and Luxembourg, came to Minnesota without documents. Most Minnesotans have undocumented ancestors, descending from immigrants who came before quotas were set in 1921, and before immigrants needed documents. Continue reading
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No change, no hope, says Texas judge — but he doesn’t have the final word on immigration
© dule964 – Fotolia.com gavel
On February 17, Texas federal district court judge Andrew Hanen issued a preliminary injunction to stop immigration changes. That’s an order saying the government may not proceed with expanded Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Legal Permanent Residents (DAPA). The order is one of the very early steps in the lawsuit against the federal government by 26 states. These states want to overturn President Obama’s executive orders on immigration. Continue reading
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Mary Turck