Immigration

Cesar Chavez: The Story of Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things

Emily Wilson / Truthdig Mar 27, 2014 Diego Luna tells Truthdig he wanted to make a movie his Mexican-American son could look to for inspiration. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Rep. Alan Grayson (Video)

BLANK Mar 22, 2014 If the Democratic Party has an honorable future in America, it lies with firebrands of populism like Alan Grayson. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

What Happens to Immigrants When They’re Deported From the Only Homes They’ve Known?

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Mar 22, 2014 President Obama has broken the record for deporting undocumented immigrants from the United States. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Obama Is Trying to Vanish Us’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Mar 14, 2014 As the number of deportations under President Obama approaches 2 million, hundreds have gathered at the U.S.-Mexico border this week to support a group of undocumented youths and families seeking re-entry into the United States. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Luis J. Rodriguez: From Gang Member to Governor?

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Mar 8, 2014 There is little that Luis J Rodriguez has not done in his life . Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Immigrant Views of Dubai, the ‘World’s Fastest Growing City’

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Feb 18, 2014 The city has a dark underbelly that includes harsh treatment of its immigrant labor force and an intolerance for criticism. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Western Europe’s Growing Resistance to Immigration

William Pfaff / Truthdig Feb 12, 2014 The immigration problem in Europe seems, to me, real but ill-understood. Switzerland is completely untypical, and comparisons with immigration in the United States are totally misleading. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

A Commander of the Dos Erres Massacre Squad Gets 10 Years in Prison

Staff / Truthdig Feb 11, 2014 A federal judge sentenced a former Guatemalan Army officer to the maximum 10 years in prison Monday for immigration crimes, ruling that the ex-commando obtained U.S. citizenship by concealing his role in the massacre of 250 men, women and children in a Guatemalan village in 1982. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Switzerland Votes to Narrow Immigration Pipeline From EU Countries

Staff / Truthdig Feb 10, 2014 That old saw about Swiss independence could in part explain Switzerland's vote, held Sunday, in favor of tightening restrictions on immigration into the country from European Union member nations. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Tasks of The People-Powered Movement for 2014

By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, Popular Resistance Jan 10, 2014 In this stage of America's current social-political movement, which could take many years, our primary task is to build national consensus through broad and deep grass-roots organizing. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

Undocumented Immigrants Can Now Practice Law in California

Staff / Truthdig Jan 4, 2014 Sergio Garcia has been waiting for his green card for 19 years, but thanks to a California Supreme Court ruling, he can now be admitted to the state's bar and fulfill his dream of becoming an attorney regardless of his immigration status. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Refugees Storm Tel Aviv, Demand Fair Treatment

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Dec 23, 2013 Thousands of asylum seekers from Eritrea, North Sudan and elsewhere in Africa marched through the streets of Tel Aviv on Saturday to demand asylum from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and resist their placement in camps in the Negev Desert. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )