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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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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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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Refugees left adrift on ghost ships
During the first week of January, two more ships were abandoned by their crews, leaving hundreds of migrants stranded at sea, reports NPR. The ships carry anywhere from 400 to 800 people. Continue reading
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Immigration battles: Drivers licenses for all
Photo from Facebook page of One License, One State Coalition https://www.facebook.com/unestadounalicencia
Minnesota’s One State, One License coalition got an early start, rallying at the legislature on the session’s opening day. The coalition wants all Minnesota residents, regardless of immigration status, to be able to take the driver’s license test and qualify for a license. They also want all licenses to look the same, without special marking for immigrants’ licenses. Continue reading
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“Me llevo a la migra”
“The Border Patrol took me.” That was the Facebook message from Mary Givins, a librarian and native-born U.S. citizen who lives in Tucson. She had been visiting in Mexico, a short visit, along with her adult daughter, Luce Guillen-Givins, who is also a native-born U.S. citizen (and lives in Minnesota.) Why were these two U.S. citizens detained for eight hours by the U.S. Border Patrol? Continue reading
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NEWS DAY | AZ law, MN protests / Violence in American Indian communities
Arizona law, Minnesota protests – July 29 is the effective date for Arizona’s anti-immigrant SB1070 law to take effect, but much of the impact will be blunted by the July 28 court decision enjoining enforcement. In Minnesota, protesters will gather at 6 p.m. at the state capitol to protest SB1070, joining other protests across the country. Continue reading
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Mary Turck