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Earning the Right to American Citizenship?

Most people seem supportive of the concept of ‘earned citizenship’ – meaning that we must fulfill a set amount of requirements to obtain a green card and an American passport. The DREAM Act has several...

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Videos – U.S. Immigrant Detention System Under Scrutiny

60 minutes report Part 1 Part 2 The Real News NYTimes – The Death of Boubacar Bah Sexual Assault at Immigrant Detention Centers U.S. citizens sue U.S. government for illegal detention

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Under-reported Immigration News Brief – 1

This is my very first attempt at doing an immigration news round-up of sorts. It’s inspired by the rocking Citizen Orange/American Humanity (woo!) but instead of linking pro-migrant blogs together, I...

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Foucault on Geography and Population

“One might wonder, as a conceit or a hypothesis, whether geographical knowledge doesn’t carry within itself the circle of the frontier, whether this be a national, departmental or cantonal frontier;...

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Speaking Out – Gay and Undocumented (Part 2)

My parents brought me here without a choice and basically rejected me for being gay… I didn’t know how I was going to survive. -Ben With the endless bickering and politics of organizing hanging like a...

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Warning: If You Were Born on a Military Base, You Might Be Deportable!

The US Constitution states that a US citizen can’t be deported unless he has committed treason or terrorism. Not one part of the US Government is looking into my case of a US citizen being deported. I...

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Community Voices: “The Reality Is My Family Cannot Afford An All Or Nothing...

This week, Jose Patino of “The Dream is Now” fame wrote great article on “What the undocumented community needs out of immigration reform” which raised a lot of eyebrows.  Friend of this blog, Cesar...

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Open Letter to the Immigrant Rights Movement: Our Families Can’t Wait

  Immigration Reform Leaders Arrested 1 (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I am cross-posting this letter, which was initiated by DRM Action Coalition, and signed by over 80 immigrant youth leaders. You can...

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Citizen Lal – From “Dreamer” to US Citizen

Despite the best efforts of many people, I will be sworn-in as a U.S. citizen in less than three weeks. The citizenship ceremony will be at Paramount Theatre in Oakland, California at 10am on April...

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