Arizona Legislators Vote Down Anti-Immigration Bills
Mar 20, 2011 Arizona lawmakers did a 180 on Thursday, voting to reject new anti-immigrant measures in a move ostensibly in response to the harsh economic realities of the state’s budget and unrelenting pressure by human rights groups.
Tough Going for Anti-Immigration Bills
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.
Italy Declares Emergency Over Migrants
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.
Greek Border Fence Plan Sparks Violence
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.This Joke’s on Congress
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.
Mr. Colbert Goes to Washington
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.
Colbert Testifies With Truthiness
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.
Violence Rules in Mexico
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.
Report: Philip Morris Benefits From Child Labor
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.
A Deadly Winter for Border Crossers
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.
