Yesterday The New York Times published a long, poignant article that centered on the plight of Luis Alberto Jiménez -- an undocumented immigrant who was injured in a car accident in Florida and treated at a community hospital, which eventually sent him back to Guatemala.

Though it is a sad story to read, I felt happy to see it published on the front page of the Sunday edition and given so much space to convey the complicated issues involved. Read More

Some of the thousands of Liberians living in New York appear to have brought some of their country’s volatile politics with them. New York Region. Read More

“Washington, DC – On June 19, 2008 the Rights Working Group will kick off a new campaign to hold the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) accountable with the "Night of 1,000 Conversations." Thousands of people across the country will gather in homes, offices, coffee shops and places of worship to discuss how the overreach of DHS is undermining the civil liberties and human rights of people living in the U.S.” (Source: Rights Working Group)

Midwest readers: There's big meetup in Chicago, sponsored by the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant Rights.
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“(AP) After the biggest immigration raid in U.S. history, hundreds of workers have been sentenced but not one company official as yet faces any charges - something critics say is typical of a federal government that is tough on employees but easy on owners.” (Source: AP on CBS News site) Read More

Marketplace, the business show on public radio, is conducting an online survey to obtain immigrants' perspectives on voting, political engagement, and what government does for them. Read More

On Monday, May 12, Postville, a tiny town in Northeastern Iowa experienced the largest ICE raid in US history. 390 workers at North America’s largest Kosher meat processing plant were loaded into buses and taken away for a different kind of processing. Read More

Roberto Lovato, a New York-based writer for New America Media, writes about the complex intersection of race and immigration politics in the American South. For example, the Southeast is home to the
fastest-growing Latino population in the United States, but he points out that although this story takes place in Georgia, it is perhaps not much different than the stories of immigrants and African Americans in other parts of this country.

"Documented and undocumented Latinos dealing with the economic and
political effects of Juan Crow in Georgia (and across the country) find
themselves unwitting actors in a centuries-old racial drama, which they
must alter if Juan Crow is to be defeated. Read More