Human Rights & Civil Liberties
AZ GOP utility commission candidate wants to cut off all utility services to homes with undocumented immigrants.
Mon, 08/30/2010 - 13:30 — Dave Culver- One Arizona politician has made a vow to make illegal immigrants powerless — literally.
- Guidelines for Fixing Our Broken Immigration System
- Obama: Immigration plan 'cannot pass without Republican votes'
Sean Alfano, NY Daily News | NY
Submitted by Evergreene Digest Contributing Editor Thomas Sklarski
Immigrants say the pledge of allegiance at a rally for comprehensive immigration reform in Oklahoma City. Immigrants say the pledge of allegiance at a rally for comprehensive immigration reform in Oklahoma City. (AP)
Summary: Immigration Reform: Week of August 29
Sat, 08/28/2010 - 10:25 — Dave Culver3 New Items including:
- Migrants turn to the sea to enter US illegally,
- Anti-Latino Hate Crimes Seen From Baltimore to Arizona
David Culver, ed., Evergreene Digest
David Fitzsimmons
Working the Line, Luis Alberto Urrea, Orion Magazine
The hidden life of the U.S. Border Patrol
Migrants turn to the sea to enter US illegally, Elliot Spagat, Associated Press, in Jacksonville Florida Times-Union | FL
In growing numbers, migrants are gambling their lives at sea as land crossings become even more arduous and likely to end in arrest
Anti-Latino Hate Crimes Seen From Baltimore to Arizona, Larry Keller, SPLC's Hate Watch
In today's overheated immigration climate, it’s a good bet more Hispanics will be beaten, even killed, as the debate — if it can be called that — rages on.
Anti-Latino Hate Crimes Seen From Baltimore to Arizona
Sat, 08/28/2010 - 10:04 — Dave Culver
In today's overheated immigration climate, it’s a good bet more Hispanics will be beaten, even killed, as the debate — if it can be called that — rages on.
Larry Keller, SPLC's Hate Watch
Record-breaking high temperatures have been the norm this summer in the United States and other countries. But for Latinos, it’s been even hotter than the thermometer suggests, with one after another targeted for hate crimes around the country. Here’s a sampling of recent incidents.
- Early last Saturday (August 21) in Baltimore, Martin Rayez, 51, was beaten to death with a piece of wood. The man arrested for the crime, Jermaine Holley, 19, allegedly confessed and told police that he “hated Hispanics.” He has been treated in the past for schizophrenia. The killing occurred in East Baltimore, the scene of other recent attacks on Latinos.
Migrants turn to the sea to enter US illegally
Thu, 08/26/2010 - 08:55 — Dave Culver
In growing numbers, migrants are gambling their lives at sea as land crossings become even more arduous and likely to end in arrest
Elliot Spagat, Associated Press, in Jacksonville Florida Times-Union | FL
The speedboat is about three miles offshore when a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent cuts the engine to drift on the current in quiet darkness, hoping for the telltale signs of immigrant smuggling — sulfur fumes or a motor's whirr.
"It's like trying to find a needle in a haystack, and the haystack is the Pacific Ocean," agent Tim Feige nutes before sunrise marks the end to another uneventful shift.
This is a new frontier for illegal immigrants entering the United States — a roughly 400-square-mile ocean expanse that stretches from Tijuana, Mexico, to Los Angeles. In growing numbers, migrants are gambling their lives at sea as land crossings become even more arduous and likely to end in arrest
Clay Jones | Somebody Needs a Nap & a Diaper Change / Slate.com
Tue, 08/24/2010 - 16:07 — Dave CulverDEA Seeks Ebonics Translators to Decipher Black Peoples' Phone Conversations
Tue, 08/24/2010 - 16:00 — Dave CulverDon't get the wrong idea: this has nothing to do with the drug war being racist; they just need expert testimony to help win drug cases.
Scott Morgan, StoptheDrugWar.org
Submitted by Evergreene Digest Contributing Editor Ken Mitchell
Ever since NAACP endorsed marijuana legalization in California, there's been a raging debate over whether the drug war targets black communities. Looks like the DEA just settled it.
Atlanta — Federal agents are seeking to hire Ebonics translators to help interpret wiretapped conversations involving targets of undercover drug investigations.
The Drug Enforcement Administration recently sent memos asking companies that provide translation services to help it find nine translators in the Southeast who are fluent in Ebonics, Special Agent Michael Sanders said Monday. [AP]
But don't get the wrong idea. This has nothing to do with the drug war being racist. They just need expert testimony to help win drug cases:
"You can maybe get a general idea of what they're saying, but you have to understand that this has to hold up in court," he said. "You need someone to say, 'I know what they mean when they say 'ballin' or 'pinching pennies.'"