Tough Going for Anti-Immigration Bills

Staff / Truthdig Mar 7, 2011 Momentum has shifted against anti-immigrant bills like Arizona’s SB 1070 in the more than 20 states that have tried to institute copycat laws. Most efforts have failed to gain legislative traction, with bills dying in committee or simply being voted down. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Italy Declares Emergency Over Migrants

Staff / Truthdig Feb 14, 2011 A humanitarian emergency has been declared in Italy after boatloads of migrants from revolution-racked Tunisia began arriving on a tiny Italian isle in the Mediterranean. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Greek Border Fence Plan Sparks Violence

Staff / Truthdig Jan 16, 2011 Pro-migrant marchers were attacked by far-right stone throwers in Athens as they protested plans to build an eight-mile-long fence on Greece’s border with Turkey aimed at keeping out illegal immigrants. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

This Joke’s on Congress

Ruth Marcus / Truthdig Sep 29, 2010 Stephen Colbert is no Elmo -- which is why it was crazy for House Democrats to have him testify before a subcommittee last week about migrant labor. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Mr. Colbert Goes to Washington

Staff / Truthdig Sep 27, 2010 After spending a day as a migrant farmworker, farceur Stephen Colbert hit Congress to testify about his experience. Media outrage ensued, but as Firedoglake points out, Colbert has done more for the powerless in this instance than any of the "blow-dried idiots that sit around the White House press room."After spending a day as a migrant farmworker, farceur Stephen Colbert hit Congress to testify about his experience. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Colbert Testifies With Truthiness

Staff / Truthdig Sep 24, 2010 With a wit unheard of on Capitol Hill, Stephen Colbert has taken his message of truthiness and testified in front of Congress on behalf of migrant farmworkers, citing his expertise on the matter after spending an entire day in the picking fields. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Violence Rules in Mexico

Staff / Truthdig Aug 28, 2010 An investigator probing the deaths of 72 migrants in violence-racked Tamaulipas state in northern Mexico has turned up missing. The massacre victims, apparently people trying to reach the U.S. border, were reportedly slain by members of the notorious Zetas drug gang. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Report: Philip Morris Benefits From Child Labor

Staff / Truthdig Jul 14, 2010 Human Rights Watch is planning to release a report on Wednesday that documents widespread child and forced labor practices on the Central Asian farms that supply tobacco to Philip Morris' cigarette factory in Kazakhstan. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A Deadly Winter for Border Crossers

Staff / Truthdig Feb 16, 2010 It's been a wet and deadly winter for illegal immigrants crossing into Arizona from Mexico, with nine border crossers dying from hypothermia since November. That equals the number who died trying to make the crossing in the previous three winters combined. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Profiting From Immigration Injustice

Staff / Truthdig Feb 15, 2010 Business is booming in Arizona, thanks to a disturbing federal immigration program that transfers millions of taxpayer dollars to a private prison company, parasitic attorneys and other opportunists. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Migration Is a Win-Win-Win

Staff / Truthdig Oct 6, 2009 An independent report commissioned by the U.N. has found that migration is simply good economics for everyone involved. The world's billion migrants actually boost employment in their destination communities while improving conditions back home. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

ICE Raid Arrest Numbers Rise

Staff / Truthdig Aug 27, 2008 ICE raids -- federal officials who bust into rural factory towns to arrest suspected "illegal immigrants" -- continued this week in Laurel, Miss. The town of about 18,000 saw federal officials revise the number of people arrested in the raid to 595. It remained unknown whether the majority of detainees would serve jail time or be immediately deported. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )