Border Death Backstory
Debbie Nathan : Lawsuits
The trial for the murder of undocumented immigrant Francisco Javier Domínguez stripped him of his humanity. The retrial must not make the same mistake.
2007
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Divided States
Peter Schrag : Immigration to the US
A patchwork of local laws reflects the complicated, contradictory national debate over immigration policy.
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Immigrant Drivers License Plan Unravels
Andrea Batista Schlesinger & Amy Traub
New York State Governor Eliot Spitzer had a good idea about how to issue driver's licenses to undocumented workers. Too bad he caved.
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Bush's Immigration Clampdown Crimped
David Bacon : Immigration to the US
A federal judge in San Francisco has put on hold new Homeland Security regulations designed to crack down on illegal immigrants in the workplace.
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High-Tech Hysteria
Elizabeth Schuster & Michelle Chandra
Alarmist predictions of a talent shortage of high-tech workers are driving the race to the bottom.
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In Praise of Immigrant Students
Ellen Chesler : Higher Education
The educational odysseys of Hunter College's foreign-born graduates disprove the lies spread by anti-immigrant politicians.
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Coming to America
The US guest-worker program has locked thousands in a modern-day form of indentured servitude.
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The Fight of Our Lives
Deepak Bhargava & Angelica Salas
Passing progressive immigration legislation this year is a moral imperative. History is in our hands.
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Pro-Immigrant Populism
Immigration reform should be shaped by progressive values that prize the dignity of all workers.
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Lockdown in Greeley
Marc Cooper : Immigration to the US
A recent police raid on a small-city factory showcases the Bush Administration's frightening war on illegal immigration.
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Workers, Not Guests
David Bacon : Immigration to the US
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is using immigration control measures to retaliate against undocumented workers who stand up for their rights.
2006
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Latinos Lean Left: Bringing Down the GOP's Big Tent
Latino voters walked away from the GOP in the midterm elections, a payback for the party's ruthlessly anti-immigrant stance.
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Immigrants Regroup
Roberto Lovato : Immigration to the US
This year will be remembered both for massive immigrants rights marches and for the Al Qaedization of immigrants.
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The New Nativism
The nation must address the working-class anxieties underlying the anti-Hispanic sentiments now rising in Middle America--and Congress must pass an enlightened immigration bill that is both sensible and humane.
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What They're Marching For
Saurav Sarkar : Immigration to the US
With or without a comprehensive immigration bill, a working-class immigrant Latino movement is emerging--allied with progressive groups--that could reverse a tide of xenophobia and make significant gains.
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A Shared Vision
Salim Muwakkil : Immigration to the US
The vitality of the new Latino-led immigration movement could provide the spark to jolt the civil rights movement out of its complacency and create a shared notion of an imagined future.
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A Bronx Tale
Michelle García : Immigration to the US
Grassroots activists tap into the momentum of the immigrant rights movement to bring blacks and Latinos together on shared concerns.
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Voices of a New Movimiento
Roberto Lovato : Immigration to the US
As they push for immigrants rights legislation--and brace for the inevitable backlash--a diverse array of emerging leaders have their eyes on a larger prize.
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May Day, May Day
Saurav Sarkar : Migration & Immigration
Despite the loud and determined voice of immigrant communities for fair and just immigration reform, we have yet to see an acceptable proposal from Congress.
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My Mother, the Illegal Alien
Robert Scheer : Migration & Immigration
As the May Day protests, they evoked memories of an earlier generation of immigrants who lived with the fear of deportation.
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The Media Is the Mensaje
Outspoken DJs on Spanish-speaking radio are giving immigrant activists a loud, clear voice.
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'We Will Not Be Thrown Away!'
Young rebels in France are fighting not for change but for the same rights their parents tried to secure during the 1968 student revolution.
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Moment of Truth
There is no immigration crisis in the US. But it is time America acknowledged that we need the immigrant workers as much as they need us--and treat them accordingly.
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Strangers in the Land
Corey Robin : Cultural Criticism & Analysis
Human Cargo and The Rights of Others chronicle the plight of refugees and migrants, revealing how seemingly simple moral positions can assume toxic political form.
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Showdown on Immigration
After twenty years of inaction, the US Senate is considering sweeping immigration reform. But a push for quick action and the November elections may thwart the current bipartisan consensus.
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Envisioning Another World: Integración Desde Abajo
Roberto Lovato : Labor Organizing & Activism
Immigrant advocates at the World Social Forum offered real alternatives to the narrow debate over how to fix the system.
2005
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Out of Place
Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits, portraits of the Moroccan immigrants in Spain, gracefully evokes the unease of immigrants caught adrift between the stagnation of their old homes and the hope of their lives on a new shore.
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Beyond Braceros
David Bacon : Immigration to the US
In a misguided GOP reform effort, Congress is ready to pass measures that would militarize border controls, violate workers' rights and give corporations a new bracero program. Immigrant rights groups, unions, civil rights organizations and working families push for something better.
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Communities Without Borders
Guest worker programs are a threat to the communities Central American migrants forge as they sweep across the US. These programs undermine the economic rights of immigrants and natives alike.
2004
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Be Our Guests
David Bacon : Working Conditions
Guest workers in the US are routinely punished for asserting their rights.
2003
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Fields of Poison
Rebecca Clarren : Working Conditions
While farmworkers are sickened by pesticides, industry writes the rules.
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Scapegoating Illegal Workers Won't Seal the Borders
Robert Scheer : Office of Homeland Security
As long as firms are willing to hire them, immigrants will come.
2002
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Dying for Work
If the media paid any attention to the story of these emigrants dying to escape poverty, US policies would have to be reconsidered.
This week: How the democrats can best pursue a true progressive economic platform and a fair and just immigration policy? The Nation's Bob Moser, John Nichols and Roberto Lovato debate on these two critical issues. (13mb mp3)
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