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Stop the Attacks on Immigrants!

Initial report from the National Youth Mobilization Against the Repression of Muslims, Arabs, and South Asians
Asylum - Seekers on Run in Australia: "...They were helped by hundreds of activists who had gathered at the former missile testing base to protest the government's policy of detaining asylum seekers..."
Events in 30 Cities Mark National Day of Solidarity with Muslim, Arab and South Asian Immigrants: "...hundreds of organizers and justice-seeking participants in over 30 cities reached tens of thousand of others in this country with our message of outrage and resistance to the attacks on Muslim, Arab and South Asian immigrants..."
INS arrests and is attempting to deport Minneapolis immigrant rights activist: "...INS agents arrested Milagros Jimenez, an organizer for the faith-based coalition Isaiah that works on immigrants rights and other issues..."
Study Finds Deadly Spike in Racial Violence Against Asian Americans: "...Racist attacks against Asian Americans spiked significantly nationwide after Sept. 11, claiming two lives and causing injuries to dozens more, according to a report released today by the National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium..."
San Francisco Bay Area Events on February 20: an activist's summary of a day full of events in San Francisco and Berkeley, California
Events Scheduled for National Day of Solidarity with Muslim, Arab and South Asian Immigrants: a calendar of activities
February 20, 2002 -- National Day of Solidarity with Muslim, Arab and South Asian Immigrants: "...The recent "disappearances", indefinite detention, the round-ups, the secret military tribunals, the denial of legal representation, evidence kept a secret from the accused, the denial of any due process for Arab, Muslim, South Asians and others, have chilling similarities to a police state..."
20 de febrero del 2002 -- Día Nacional de Solidaridad con los Inmigrantes Árabes, Musulmanes y de Asia del Sur: "...Las recientes "desapariciones", la detención indefinida, las redadas, los tribunales militares secretos, la ausencia de representación legal, la evidencia que nunca ve el acusado(a), la falta de un juicio imparcial para los inmigrantes árabes, musulmanes y de Asia del Sur y otros, tienen escalofriantes similitudes con las técnicas de un estado policiaco...."
Statement from Saikou Diallo on the National Day of Solidarity with Muslim, Arab and South Asian Immigrants: "...to allow Muslims, Arabs, South Asian immigrants or any person to be denied legal representation or to just quietly disappear is also an injustice and must be stopped..."
Anti-Immigration Ads Return in Iowa: "...Critics say the television ads, which attribute the Sept. 11 horrors to rampant immigration violations, are racist efforts to force the immigration debate into Iowa's 2004 presidential caucuses..."
Torture Victims Can Face Tough Treatment in U.S.: "...Jean Pierre Kamwa escaped from torture in prison in Cameroon and came to the United States to ask for political asylum. He was immediately handcuffed, shackled and taken to an American jail where he was held for five months..."
Los Angeles City Council Votes Immigrant Rights Resolution: "...Whereas, the City of Los Angeles has historically been a place of refuge for migrants escaping from political turmoil, natural disasters and economic hardships in their country of origin. Immigrants from across the world have built this city..."
Stop the Attacks on Arabs and Muslims and All Our Immigrant Brothers and Sisters!: "...La Resistencia condemns the U.S. Government campaign of racial profiling and collective punishment being unleased on immigrants and others in the wake of September 11. We urge people to join and help broaden the resistance to these assaults..."
INS adds 314,000 immigrant names to FBI national crime computer: "...Most of the 314,000 abscondees are believed to have violated immigration requirements but not to be dangerous criminals..."
World Trade Center and Pentagon Attacks: The Anti-Asian American Backlash: "...summary information about incidents of anti-Asian American violence, as reported to AALDEF staff, volunteers, and cooperating attorneys. It is current as of the afternoon of October 5, 2001. It reflects 78 incidents from 18 states and the District of Columbia..."
October 22nd Coalition Condemns Attacks On Immigrants: "...The blame for these attacks must be laid at the feet of the US government. Many of these atrocities are being committed by police and other law enforcement agencies, expanding their long-standing policy of racial profiling to target immigrant communities..."
Stop the Attacks on Our Arab and Muslim Brothers and Sisters!: "...While President Bush postures in front of a mosque talking about the need for unity, the FBI and INS are rounding up hundreds and hundreds of people based solely on the color of their skin, the language they speak and where they were born..."
Group Places Body Bags at Federal Building in Tucson: "...Each body bag bears the name of a recent victim of US border policy. The banners read "US Border Policy is Murder" and "Culpable USA de la Masacre Fronteriza"..."
Deadly US Border Operations Strike Again: "...Unarmed people looking for work are being dealt with as a wartime enemy. A Border Patrol strategy paper summarizes the central element of this plan as a mobilization to push immigrants into terrain where they will be in mortal danger..."
La Resistencia Launches Blue Triangle Campaign: "...Today people who have come to this country to work (be exploited), are labeled as illegals and are murdered trying to get here so they are modern day "stateless" people..."
We Will Never Forgive or Forget the Murder of Pedro Oregon!: "...six HPD cops broke into Pedro Oregon's apartment and shot him nine times in the back. To this day, Pedro's killers walk free and unpunished..."
Urgent Action Alert To Support Rogelio Oregon: "...They are putting Rogelio, Pedro's brother, on trial for bogus perjury charges. We must let them know that we will not tolerate this outrage...."
All Out For October 22, 2000 -- The National Day of Protest to STOP Police y Migra Brutality: "...Individuals and organizations in the immigrant rights community have an important responsibility on this day to show the world the reality of the war at the border and expose the torture and dehumanization of immigrants in detention centers as well as the raids, roundups and deportations..."
Mother of two, deported to Haiti, dies in Haitian jail: "...in Florida, Claudette became a legal resident in the U.S. At one time, she had been a farmworker and a small jewelry merchant. She had two sons, Williams, 7, and Bepe, 8, both U.S. citizens..."
INS Detains Iranian UN Demonstrators: "...These people came to the U.S. to protest against their country because they couldn't do it in Iran, and, sure enough, they can't do it here either..."
Drop All Charges Against Rogelio Oregon! Indict The Real Criminals!: "...It has been two years, and still the cops who cold-bloodedly murdered Pedro Oregon have never been brought to trial for his murder -- and now the authorities have the nerve to bring charges against Rogelio!!! They have hit him with bogus perjury charges in order to cover their own crimes!..."
¡El Cruzar La Frontera Para Trabajar Y Sobrevivir No Es Un Crimen!: "...La frontera EE.UU.-México ha sido transformada en una zona de guerra donde la Patrulla Fronteriza Estadounidense caza a inmigrantes pobres y desarmados..."
Crossing the Border to Work and Survive Is Not a Crime!: "...The U.S./Mexican border has been turned into a war zone where the Border Patrol hunts down unarmed immigrants..."
Close to 9,000 People March In New York On May First: "...Thousands of immigrants in the United States re-establish May 1st as International Worker's Day as the date to protest the demands of Workers: They demand General Unconditional Amnesty for all of the undocumented...."
Let ALL The Children Stay!: "...Every year in the U.S., over 4,000 immigrant children who are crossing the border with no adult family members are arrested by the INS. Many are held in detention centers indefinitely, while the others are deported by the INS..."
Support The Janitors' Strike!: "...The companies that employ them are taking advantage of the current anti-immigrant climate to keep their wages down to poverty level with no health insurance for the workers or their families..."
"Eye On America" Is Attack On Immigrants: "...a statement issued by La Resistencia in response to a racist news report broadcasted by CBS's "Eye On America" with Dan Rather..."
El Cuarto Día Nacional de Protesta para Parar la Brutalidad Policial (y de la Migra): "..."¡Ser un inmigrante no es un crimen!" Y la gente nacida en este país tiene la responsabilidad de luchar lado a lado con nuestras hermanas y hermanos de cualquier parte del mundo, sin importar el estatus migratorio legal, y defenderlos contra la injusticia..."
Stop Police y Migra Brutality, Repression and The Criminalization of A Generation: "...Being an immigrant is not a crime! And people born in this country have the responsibility to struggle along side our brothers and sisters from other parts of the world, no matter what their legal status, and defend them from injustice..."
Immigrants' Rights Come Under Fire in 'the Land of the Free': "...But wait a minute. Isn't this the land of the free? Haven't waves of immigrants always come to this country to speak out against violence and oppression, organize unions, hold rallies and work tirelessly to support democratic movements in the countries they had fled?..."
Supreme Court Attack on Immigrants' Rights: "...The court has effectively denied to all immigrants in this country the right to engage in the same political activities that citizens have an unquestioned 1st Amendment right to engage in..."
Commission Suspends Teaching Credentials of Josè Palacios for 30 Days: "...We need to continue popularizing the courageous resistance of Josè Palacios to anti-immigrant laws and call on many more to follow his example..."
José Palacios Hearing Update: "...People should continue to send letters and postcards. The decision has not been made and the possibility exists of having to appeal their decision..."
By Any Language Necessary: "... If the Unz Initiative passes, will you enforce this immoral law? Can you as an educator or a T.A. or a parent look at a child in the eye and tell him that you can't help him/her until they learn english?..."
Sierra Club Rejects Anti-Immigrant Measure: "... One of the nation's most prestigious environmental groups avoided being caught in a political crossfire by defeating a measure that would have advocated strict limits on immigrants coming to the United States..."
Stop the Persecution of José Palacios: "... José Palacios was arrested, tried and convicted because he refused to go along with laws stripping undocumented people of legal rights..."
NYC Immigrant March Sends Strong Message: "... They spoke Chinese, Creole, Polish, Arabic, and Spanish. But this diverse crowd became a single voice as about 2000 immigrants marched through the streets of Manhattan on Oct. 12, to proclaim their outrage at the new anti-immigrant laws..." - from Haiti Progres newspaper
Call for April 1 Activities of Non-Compliance with Anti-Immigrant Legislation: "... April 1 is both the effective date of many provisions of the new welfare law and the first anniversary of the beating of the undocumented immigrants by the Riverside Sheriffs in southern California, we designate it as a day of non-cooperation and protest of the persecution of people from other countries..."
Xenophobia Zeroes in on Florida: from the March-April '96 edition of Counterattack
The Secret Deal to Free Emmanuel Constant: reveals the political role of U.S. immigration laws and policies.
La Resistencia Summer Border Project: Experience first-hand the U.S./Mexico border!
Stop the Attack on Immigrants!: A 12 point program of action to oppose and expose attacks on immigrants by the U.S. government and various racists.
Defeat SOS - Prop187 in Florida!: Expose and oppose this latest example of American "racial hygiene"!
67,000 Deported from U.S. in 1996: "...Immigration and Naturalisation Service deported a record 67,000 illegal immigrants in fiscal 1996, a 34 percent increase over 1995..."
Study Shows Immigration Decline: from Reuters 9/24/96
US Congress Further Criminalizes Immigrants: and votes to create a national identity database (with an 800 number!)
Militarizing the Mexico-Us Border: "...From San Diego to the Rio Grande valley, US soldiers are on duty. first it was the "war on drugs," now they have an additional mission, blocking Mexico's emigrants..." from CovertAction Quarterly.
New U.S. Closed Border Plan: Calls for barricades and militarization of the border with Mexico
51,000 Deported from U.S. in 1995: "...I think we will see this effective program become even more effective in the future," Deputy Attorney General Jamie Gorelick told a news conference..."

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