Treating people of color like they aren’t American is nothing new. Neither are illegal raids looking for undocumented immigrants. Today we’re visiting the turn of the last century, another time when the immigration debate was heating up. In 1903, immigrants from Asia were the big scaries, and the US government was passing laws like [...]
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Patterns of Immigration, Response
Posted in articles, Boston, history, immigration, tagged 1903 Chinatown Raid, Amerasia, K Scott Wong on February 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Deportation and Citizenship
Posted in articles, immigration on January 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This article popped up on New America Media, about a woman facing deportation in Arizona. She was adopted from South Korea as an infant and while she has never been back to South Korea, she never became a US citizen either. This means that after being convicted for theft a second time, she was eligible [...]
DREAM Update
Posted in immigration, politics, tagged DREAM Act on December 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Senate has moved to postpone the vote on the DREAM Act, which gives all of us a little more time to show support.
