North American immigrant issues
In defiance of US federal order
Arizona sheriff carries out immigrant raid
By Josué Olmos, October 27, 2009
A sheriff in Phoenix, Arizona, this weekend carried out an immigrant round-up in open defiance of a federal decision limiting his office’s power to enforce immigration laws.
US: New revelations on immigrant detainee abuse
By Peter Daniels, August 24, 2009
The federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) was forced last week to add 10 previously unrecorded deaths of detainees to the list of people who have died in ICE custody, bringing the t...
US: Report details immigrant abuse by government authorities
By Peter Kloze, August 8, 2009
US immigration agents have used brutal methods and systematically violated constitutional rights in raids against homes in predominantly Latino neighborhoods, according to a newly released report.
Obama continues brutal immigrant detention policies
By Jerry White, August 7, 2009
Administration officials announced plans to revamp the federal immigration detention system in an effort to deflect criticism of the inhumane treatment of tens of thousands of immigrants awaiting depo...
Los Angeles: immigrant workers protest layoffs, repression
By Rafael Azul and D. Lencho, August 4, 2009
Over 1,000 immigrant workers and their supporters marched in Los Angeles on Wednesday to protest employer layoffs and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement policies.
US: Anti-immigrant activist on trial for murder in Arizona
By S. Joel and Josué Olmos, July 20, 2009
Well-known anti-immigrant activist Shawna Forde and two accomplices are now awaiting trial in Arizona in the shooting deaths of Raul Flores and his nine-year-old daughter.
Canada: Dziekanski inquiry derailed by new evidence of police wrongdoing
By Carl Bronski, June 25, 2009
The public inquiry into the tasering to death of Robert Dziekanski by four members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police was abruptly suspended last Friday after new evidence of police wrongdoing came ...
Canada: Cover-up of RCMP murder of immigrant worker unravels
By Jack Miller and Keith Jones, June 20, 2009
The British Columbia Supreme Court has ruled that a public inquiry into the police killing of Polish immigrant Robert Dziekanski has the legal authority to condemn the conduct of the four Royal Canadi...
Canada: RCMP tried to suppress video of fatal tasering of Dziekanski
By Jack Miller and Keith Jones, June 20, 2009
Had Vancouver International Airport authorities and the police had their way, the video recording that documents the police murder of Robert Dziekanski would never have become public knowledge.
US Supreme Court ruling curbs “identity theft” arrests of immigrants
By Michael Stapleton, May 28, 2009
The Supreme Court ruled that in order to charge undocumented immigrants with identity theft, the government must prove illegal immigrants knowingly assumed the identity of another person.
Thousands march in Los Angeles to support immigrant rights
By our correspondents, April 9, 2009
An April 4 march in support of immigrant rights drew thousands of mostly Hispanic working class people to downtown Los Angeles.
Bush commutes sentences of two US Border Patrol agents
By Kate Randall, January 21, 2009
George W. Bush commuted the sentences of two former US Border Patrol agents on January 19, his last full day as president. He left office, however, without granting preemptive pardons to any officials...
