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 )

The Disasters of Border Crossing

Rosa-Linda Fregoso / Truthdig Sep 20, 2007 Cinema, communication and American studies scholar Rosa-Linda Fregoso takes a look at recent exhibitions and installations by the Colectivo Malaleche, a Mexican artists' collective that addresses the plight of women, migrants and other vulnerable groups through their work. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Immigrants Protest Bush Proposal

Staff / Truthdig Apr 7, 2007 Immigrant rights groups are voicing their opposition to the president's new migrant worker plan, which would allow undocumented workers to buy $3,500 permits every three years to remain in the country. Democrats and the Catholic Church have also criticized the proposed policy, which is harsher and costlier than a previous proposal supported by Bush. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Cubans Sneak In During Border Drill at Miami

Staff / Truthdig Mar 9, 2007 A huge border enforcement drill involving hundreds of agents chasing make-believe migrants on the Miami shoreline proved to be hugely successful for some 40 actual Cuban refugees Thursday. Two incoming boatloads squeaked by the "Operation Vigilant Sentry" squads, including one group of 21 that came ashore at a nudist beach. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

This Doesn’t Look Like Dubai

Staff / Truthdig Feb 7, 2007 After paying roughly $2,000 each for work in the Persian Gulf, a group of Sri Lankan migrant workers was taken to Iraq, where they survived a month of imprisonment until they managed to contact the U.N. The International Organization of Migration says worsening conditions in Iraq have encouraged such abuses by labor recruiters. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

United Farm Workers Cleared of Wrongdoing

Staff / Truthdig Dec 28, 2006 The California state attorney general's office has found no wrongdoing in the United Farm Workers Union's handling of its affiliated charities. The probe was launched in response to allegations raised by a series of articles published in the Los Angeles Times. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )