FuturoFund Awards Grant to AIRC
Dec 6, 2011 Comments Off tomasAustin Immigrant Rights Coalition will receive a $10,000 grant to strengthen and expand its Human Rights Leadership Development Program, which provides basic human rights education and promotes racial and social justice.
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AIRC will join University Leadership Initiative (ULI) as they host an Austin Citizenship Drive with State Rep. Eddie Rodriguez at Travis High School (1211 E. Oltorf) from 9am to 3pm. Services include completion of the N-400 application, passport photographs, and delivery to the USCIS department. For more information contact ULI at 512.703.0228 or email atxcitizenship2012(at)gmail.com. To volunteer apply by ...
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December 10: International Human Rights Day Vigil in Waco
Dec 6, 2011 No Comments ›› tomasInternational Human Rights Day Vigil in Waco Saturday, December 10, 2pm, gathering at Heritage Square Park (3rd and Austin) in Waco, Texas In honor of International Human Rights Day, we will gather to draw attention to the increasing number of for-profit immigrant detention centers in Texas and the horrendous treatment of the immigrant detainees inside the detention system.. Until ...
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Insecure Communities: The Impact of S-Comm on Travis County
Nov 17, 2011 Comments Off admin"Secure Communities" is a program that extends the reach of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) into local police departments through unprecedented information-sharing. Travis County's participation in this program has led to more than 2,700 Travis County residents being turned over to ICE, mostly for low-level offenses, and to nearly 1,900 deportations since 2008.
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Video: March and Rally for Immigrant Rights: Texas Can Do Better
Nov 17, 2011 Comments Off adminProtesting more than 60 "anti-immigrant" bills filed in the Texas Legislature this session, thousands marched from Waterloo Park to the steps of the state Capitol Tuesday. "We expect two or three thousand people from all over Texas," said Victor Ibarra. Ibarra was among a group from Houston, just one of many cities with protestors bused in from ...
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Family Detention Centers Halted in Texas; Groups Call for End to Immigrant Family Detention
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“This is a victory for advocacy organizations who did not want to see family detention return to Texas,” said Bob Libal of Grassroots Leadership. “However, the administration should discontinue the practice of detaining families altogether and prioritize non-restrictive alternatives to detention of…
Grassroots Leadership, Detention Watch Network and Texans United for Families are important partners of AIRC! Let’s show them our support for the great work they do!
Dancing Away Detention: Benefit Show for the Hutto Visitation Program
Thursday, February 16 at 7:30pm
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/27/immigration-detention_n_1231618.html
No Conviction, No Freedom: Immigration Authorities Locked 13,000 In Limbo
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WASHINGTON — On a single day this past fall, the United States government held 13,185 people in immigration detention who had not been convicted of a crime, with no plans to charge them with one, according to information The Huffington Post obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request. Ins…
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-immigration-law-20120128,0,7286049.story
California bill seeks to limit detention of arrestees facing deportation
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A bill being drafted by a state legislator would limit local law enforcement from holding arrestees on behalf of immigration authorities seeking to deport them.
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