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04:23:18 11/22/11
Immigration Dilemma.
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This nation, we often forget when it comes to people of color, is a nation of immigrants. None of us is native to this land – except Native Americans (from whom all the land was stolen or cheated away). It remains symptomatic of our obsession with skin color and cultural “otherhood” that we forget that our parents or grandparents or great-grandparents arrived here after uprooting themselves from places where they were either not welcome or no longer viable citizens – because of their religion, their crimes, their finances, their lack of opportunity, their victimhood – seeking a new start, some way to survive, feed their families, recreate community. Too often, the second- or third- or fourth-generation immigrant starts identifying as the owner of his her place and not the occupant of space that once belonged to someone else. They begin to see “the other” – either those brought here against their will or appearing voluntarily to start anew and do the work we once did and no longer will do – the dirty work. That’s the work that creates millionaires of others of us, and just a few of us at that. Do we ask why, then, the government we elect and pay for treats our immigrant brothers and sisters like criminals? Why are the very people who pick our produce, who roof our houses, who serve our domestic and commercial needs and wants harassed and discriminated against – and shoved out of the United States, despite our unwillingness to perform such tasks ourselves anymore? We have laws on the books that creates citizens of anyone born in the USA, as the children of so many immigrants are. And, yet again, we are prepared to send these children back home with their deported parents? This is a nation of laws, yet also a nation of laws that make no sense and enforcement mechanisms that ignore justice and stretch the rules to de-nude our commercial and industrial entities of their capacity to continue operating. There’s a serious duplicity operating here – hypocrisy of policy and politics so clearly based in our obsession with color and culture that it defeats its own purpose for being because our longstanding racism and white supremacy. Like the INS before it, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency often operates on a plane above the law or as a government unto itself. In whose best interests are the raids and jailings and deportations carried out by the federal government? What are we doing to the families of undocumented worker who keep this country’s economy afloat with their hard work and subpar wages? What about their children? What about their education? Their health care? What about the taxes they pay, the mortgages they’ve been allowed to take out on modest living quarters? And yet, we’re told that Minnesota does one of the better jobs of working together to solve many of these problems, and it shows in the stories coming out of towns and cities where factories and farms have created whole new communities of new residents – some undocumented, some not, but living and working together to keep those communities thriving. Worthington is one. Madelia’s another. But Uncle Sam’s vigilant guard is ever on the prowl. All questions needing answers. A few of them will come this week as TruthToTell’s ANDY DRISCOLL and MICHELLE ALIMORADI query two of the state’s most active advocates in this field. Some might even say strange bedfellows who are nevertheless members of a broad coalition of interested legal agencies, nonprofits, unions and business groups who support major immigration reform. On-air guests: JOHN KELLER – Executive Director, Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota BILL BLAZAR – Senior Vice President, Public Affairs and Business Development, Minnesota Chamber of Commerce. LAURA DANIELSON – Attorney/Chair, Immigration Law Department, Fredrikson & Byron, PA; Law Instructor, University of MN Law School; Co-Author, Green Card Stories
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04:22:47 11/22/11
Immigration Dilemma.
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This nation, we often forget when it comes to people of color, is a nation of immigrants. None of us is native to this land – except Native Americans (from whom all the land was stolen or cheated away). It remains symptomatic of our obsession with skin color and cultural “otherhood” that we forget that our parents or grandparents or great-grandparents arrived here after uprooting themselves from places where they were either not welcome or no longer viable citizens – because of their religion, their crimes, their finances, their lack of opportunity, their victimhood – seeking a new start, some way to survive, feed their families, recreate community. Too often, the second- or third- or fourth-generation immigrant starts identifying as the owner of his her place and not the occupant of space that once belonged to someone else. They begin to see “the other” – either those brought here against their will or appearing voluntarily to start anew and do the work we once did and no longer will do – the dirty work. That’s the work that creates millionaires of others of us, and just a few of us at that. Do we ask why, then, the government we elect and pay for treats our immigrant brothers and sisters like criminals? Why are the very people who pick our produce, who roof our houses, who serve our domestic and commercial needs and wants harassed and discriminated against – and shoved out of the United States, despite our unwillingness to perform such tasks ourselves anymore? We have laws on the books that creates citizens of anyone born in the USA, as the children of so many immigrants are. And, yet again, we are prepared to send these children back home with their deported parents? This is a nation of laws, yet also a nation of laws that make no sense and enforcement mechanisms that ignore justice and stretch the rules to de-nude our commercial and industrial entities of their capacity to continue operating. There’s a serious duplicity operating here – hypocrisy of policy and politics so clearly based in our obsession with color and culture that it defeats its own purpose for being because our longstanding racism and white supremacy. Like the INS before it, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency often operates on a plane above the law or as a government unto itself. In whose best interests are the raids and jailings and deportations carried out by the federal government? What are we doing to the families of undocumented worker who keep this country’s economy afloat with their hard work and subpar wages? What about their children? What about their education? Their health care? What about the taxes they pay, the mortgages they’ve been allowed to take out on modest living quarters? And yet, we’re told that Minnesota does one of the better jobs of working together to solve many of these problems, and it shows in the stories coming out of towns and cities where factories and farms have created whole new communities of new residents – some undocumented, some not, but living and working together to keep those communities thriving. Worthington is one. Madelia’s another. But Uncle Sam’s vigilant guard is ever on the prowl. All questions needing answers. A few of them will come this week as TruthToTell’s ANDY DRISCOLL and MICHELLE ALIMORADI query two of the state’s most active advocates in this field. Some might even say strange bedfellows who are nevertheless members of a broad coalition of interested legal agencies, nonprofits, unions and business groups who support major immigration reform. On-air guests: JOHN KELLER – Executive Director, Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota BILL BLAZAR – Senior Vice President, Public Affairs and Business Development, Minnesota Chamber of Commerce. LAURA DANIELSON – Attorney/Chair, Immigration Law Department, Fredrikson & Byron, PA; Law Instructor, University of MN Law School; Co-Author, Green Card Stories
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21:07:22 10/18/11
Frontline's 'Lost in Detention' Examines Immigration Enforcement
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or more on this story go to http://www.pbs.org/newshour/ A year long investigation by Frontline and the American University Investigative Reporting Workshop examines the current U.S. immigration enforcement system and uncovers hidden stories of abuse in the U.S. detention system.Hari Sreenivasan recently interviewed Frontline Correspondent Maria Hinjosa.
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21:07:22 10/18/11
Frontline's 'Lost in Detention' Examines Immigration Enforcement
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or more on this story go to http://www.pbs.org/newshour/ A year long investigation by Frontline and the American University Investigative Reporting Workshop examines the current U.S. immigration enforcement system and uncovers hidden stories of abuse in the U.S. detention system.Hari Sreenivasan recently interviewed Frontline Correspondent Maria Hinjosa.
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18:17:40 04/20/11
Video: IRS, DHS, ICE Raid Businesses
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The Internal Revenue Service, Dept. of Homeland Security and Immigration Customs Enforcement were involved in employment and tax violation raids Wednesday morning.
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15:04:10 03/18/11
Gun Shows Fuel Mexico Drug Cartels
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The shooting of two Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents last month marked another escalation of the drug war in Mexico. Mike Kosnar reports on efforts by ICE agents to stop the flow of guns and cash from the US into Mexico.
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07:00:00 03/19/09
Immigration Reform and Immigrant Rights
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(Latin Pulse/Pulso Latino: March 17, 2009) President Obama courted Latino voters with immigration reform, but economic worries have taken priority above all else. Through news reports from Latin America and US Latin newscasts, we show the view from the South on immigration. Our partner New America Media speaks with writer Richard Rodriguez about how immigration has changed over the last few years, and what it will mean to leave reform unaddressed. Latin Pulse investigates the role of ICE and its raid policies which the new administration is reviewing.
This episode shows what immigration enforcement looks like on the ground, as New American Media follows women in Iowa who are dealing with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and then looks at the life of a deportee in El Salvador.
UPDATE from New American Media, featuring Link TV's Jamal Dajani: Immigration and human rights in San Francisco, April 17, 2009
Espanol:
El Presidente Obama cortejó a los votantes latinos con la reforma inmigratoria, pero la crisis económica se ha convertido hoy en su prioridad. A través de reportajes provenientes de noticieros latinoamericanos y de noticieros latinos en Estados Unidos, mostramos como vé el sur el problema de la inmigración. Nuestro socio New America Media, habló con el escritor Richard Rodriguez acerca de los cambios que ha tenido el problema de la inmigración en los ultimos años; y sobre lo qué significará dejar la reforma inmigratoria para otro día. Pulso Latino investiga el papel de la Agencia de Control de Inmigración y Aduanas y sus politicas de redadas, hoy en revisión por parte del nuevo gobierno.
Este episodio muestra la cara del control inmigratorio desde el campo de batalla. New America Media viaja primero a Iowa, donde sigue a mujeres que tienen que lidiar con la Agencia de Control Inmigratorio y Aduanas. Despues viaja a El Salvador, para acercarse a la vida de un deportado.
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07:00:00 03/19/09
Immigration Reform and Immigrant Rights
[LESS INFO] 6 VIEWS | ADDED 07:00:00 03/19/09
(Latin Pulse/Pulso Latino: March 17, 2009) President Obama courted Latino voters with immigration reform, but economic worries have taken priority above all else. Through news reports from Latin America and US Latin newscasts, we show the view from the South on immigration. Our partner New America Media speaks with writer Richard Rodriguez about how immigration has changed over the last few years, and what it will mean to leave reform unaddressed. Latin Pulse investigates the role of ICE and its raid policies which the new administration is reviewing.
This episode shows what immigration enforcement looks like on the ground, as New American Media follows women in Iowa who are dealing with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and then looks at the life of a deportee in El Salvador.
UPDATE from New American Media, featuring Link TV's Jamal Dajani: Immigration and human rights in San Francisco, April 17, 2009
Espanol:
El Presidente Obama cortejó a los votantes latinos con la reforma inmigratoria, pero la crisis económica se ha convertido hoy en su prioridad. A través de reportajes provenientes de noticieros latinoamericanos y de noticieros latinos en Estados Unidos, mostramos como vé el sur el problema de la inmigración. Nuestro socio New America Media, habló con el escritor Richard Rodriguez acerca de los cambios que ha tenido el problema de la inmigración en los ultimos años; y sobre lo qué significará dejar la reforma inmigratoria para otro día. Pulso Latino investiga el papel de la Agencia de Control de Inmigración y Aduanas y sus politicas de redadas, hoy en revisión por parte del nuevo gobierno.
Este episodio muestra la cara del control inmigratorio desde el campo de batalla. New America Media viaja primero a Iowa, donde sigue a mujeres que tienen que lidiar con la Agencia de Control Inmigratorio y Aduanas. Despues viaja a El Salvador, para acercarse a la vida de un deportado.
