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Items tagged: secure communities

Checkpoint Nation? Building Community Across Borders

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From our Restore Fairness blog:

Early one morning, Maria—then nine months pregnant—and her family were stopped by the police for no discernible reason. A special breakfast outing became a nightmare—and at one of the most intimate moments of her life, Maria found a team of immigration agents—not her husband—by her side.


What does the State of the Union hold for immigration reform?

From the Restore Fairness blog-

Delivered to Congress last night, President Obama’s second State of the Union address was one that looked squarely into the future, and was charged with optimism, hope and the spirit of cooperation-


Rally for your rights tomorrow!

From the Restore Fairness blog-

In May 2010, New York State signed onto the “Secure Communities” program in which local police send fingerprints of all arrestees to federal immigration databases, with immigrants who are found “deportable” being directly pushed into the deeply flawed detention and deportation system.


Flip-flopping about a bad policy

From the Restore Fairness blog-

Guest Blogger: Margaret Huang from the Rights Working Group reposted from The Huffington Post.