Occupy Wall Street tackles immigrant worker issues

December 15th, 2011  |  by  |  published in News | Leave A Comment »

On December 11, members of Immigrant Worker Justice, a working group of Occupy Wall Street, hosted a "teach-in," in order to relate the message of Occupy Wall Street to immigrant communities. Photo by Eric Zerkel

But with no direct immigrant involvement accomplishing concrete goals are challenging.

Binational same sex couples struggle with deporation

December 10th, 2011  |  by  |  published in News, Video | 1 Comment »

Binational same sex couples struggle with deporation

Civil Unions and gay marriages does not stop these couples from being torn apart.

Undocumented youth push for state bill similar to DREAM Act

March 16th, 2011  |  by  |  published in Multimedia, Video | Leave A Comment »

Undocumented youth push for state bill similar to DREAM Act

After the U.S. Senate shot down the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act or “DREAM Act,” members of the New York State Youth Leadership Council are pushing for a similar bill in the state legislature.

The Border Project: Detained

November 19th, 2010  |  by  |  published in Multimedia, Special Reports, Video | Leave A Comment »

The Border Project: Detained

The Department of Homeland Security held more than 380,000 immigrants in custody at 350 facilities nationwide in 2009 alone.

The Border Project: NAFTA fueling illegal immigration, critics say

October 27th, 2010  |  by  |  published in Features, Special Reports | 2 Comments »

Deported migrants wait in line for a hot meal at the Kino Border Initiative. Photo by Kelly Knaub

Free trade between the U.S. and Mexico put many Mexican farmers out of work.

The Border Project: Dead migrants scattered across desert

October 20th, 2010  |  by  |  published in Features, Special Reports | 2 Comments »

At Pima County Office of the Medical Examiner, two giant refrigerators store unidentified bodies of dead immigrants. The process of finding a match between a missing person and a body is the most difficult task for coroners, said Bruce Parks, the county's chief medical examiner. Photo by Meredith Hoffman.

An average of 180 bodies are found in the Pima County, Ariz., desert every year.

The Border Project: Defying danger, immigrants flow into U.S.

October 20th, 2010  |  by  |  published in Special Reports, Video | Leave A Comment »

The Border Project: Defying danger, immigrants flow into U.S.

Elisa Lagos reports from the Mexico/Arizona border trail.

The Border Project: “Minuteman movement” at crossroads

October 20th, 2010  |  by  |  published in Features, Special Reports | 7 Comments »

Glenn Spencer, 73, points to a section of fence separating Arizona and Mexico. Spencer runs American Border Patrol, a group that patrols the Arizona-Mexico border using small planes and thermal-imaging cameras. Photo by Jonathan Walczak

The civilian border patrol movement is at a crossroads.

The Border Project: Group doles out water, saves lives

October 20th, 2010  |  by  |  published in Features, Special Reports | Leave A Comment »

Volunteers from Humane Borders placed a new water station in the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge. Photo by Rhea Mahbubani

Humane Borders gives illegal immigrants what they need most: water.

The Border Project: Sheriffs debate SB 1070

October 19th, 2010  |  by  |  published in Politics, Special Reports | 5 Comments »

The Border Project: Sheriffs debate SB 1070

Border sheriffs are at the center of a challenge to SB 1070 filed by the ACLU.