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Reforms Still Needed in US Immigration Detention System

Reforms Still Needed in US Immigration Detention System

Mayor of Los Angeles Melanie Nathan; – 0816-10 WASHINGTON – One year after the Obama administration pledged to create a “truly civil” immigration detention system, the American Civil Liberties Union…

GOP Seeks To Scuttle Immigration Reform, Repeal Due Process And Citizenship Amendment

GOP Seeks To Scuttle Immigration Reform, Repeal Due Process And Citizenship Amendment

08/02/10-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire On CBS’s Face The Nation, Arizona’s junior Senator John Kyl decided that it was a good time to call for the repeal of the 14th Amendment…

Texas Groups Protest GOP’s Opposition To immigration Reform, LGBT Rights

Texas Groups Protest GOP’s Opposition To immigration Reform, LGBT Rights

08/01/10-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire Yesterday, LULAC and EAA Texas as well as several groups including Get Equal Now, LA Raza, Dream Act Group and many more protested the Texas GOP’s…

US Justice Department Considering New APA Rules For Theaters, Internet

US Justice Department Considering New APA Rules For Theaters, Internet

07/29/10-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire It has been twenty years since the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act. It was one of the bills championed by the late Massachusetts Senator…

Christine Quinn Supports Blocking Arizona Immigration Law

Christine Quinn Supports Blocking Arizona Immigration Law

Image via Wikipedia 07/29/2010- by Natasia Langfelder Politicians everywhere are lauding the Federal Judge who blocked key elements of the xenophobic Arizona Immigration Law into effect. NYC Council speaker and…

Christine Quinn Addresses Staten Island Hate Crimes

Christine Quinn Addresses Staten Island Hate Crimes

Image via Wikipedia 07/27/2010- by Natasia Langfelder Last Friday, the eigth reported bias attack occured in a Staten Island park. The crimes have been aimed at gay men and latinos.…

Like Arizona Law, Ordinance Invites Racial Profiling & Banishment

Like Arizona Law, Ordinance Invites Racial Profiling & Banishment

7-22-10 – Melanie Nathan Inviting Random  Arrests and Banishment of Undocumented Residents LINCOLN, NE – The American Civil Liberties Union and ACLU Nebraska filed a federal lawsuit today on behalf…

The Arizona Effect – It Spreads Like a Disease from State to State….

The Arizona Effect – It Spreads Like a Disease from State to State….

Mayor of Los Angeles, Could be a Suspect  so he needs his passport when he travels to  Colorado? 7-22-10  Melanie Nathan - The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU…