Local enforcement of fed’s immigration law weakens public safety by Cassandra Villanueva, Contributing Columnist A hairline crack in the windshield of my sister’s car turned our family’s world upside down in 2010. On their way home from the store to celeb ...
24 Oct 2012 - Street Roots
Local immigrant rights advocates seek protections against ‘Arizonafication’ Staff reports Human rights activists are campaigning to make sure Multnomah County doesn’t go the way of some parts of the country where “Arizona-style” policies have damaged im ...
2 Aug 2012 - Street Roots
The ghosts of history: Recalling the Chinese Exclusion Act & the current immigration debate by Robert Alford Arizona’s controversial SB 1070 is the latest example in a long history of exclusionary immigration policy in the United States. The Arizona l ...
12 Oct 2010 - Street Roots
Where we're going wrong in the immigration debate By Adam Hyla, Real Change Even as corporations embark on what has been called “a carefully managed facility migration process” (i.e., going wherever workers come cheap), migration by human beings is a ...
1 Jul 2010 - Street Roots
Portland Immigrant and Civil Rights Advocates to Denounce Anti-Immigrant Initiatives in Oregon and Arizona What: Press conference against Arizona SB 1070 When: Tuesday, April 27th, 11 AM Where: St Francis Church, 1131 SE Oak St, Portland, Oregon (the corn ...
26 Apr 2010 - Street Roots
Living between two worlds: African refugees battle cultural isolation as they try to adapt to their new home in Portland From the August 7 edition of Street Roots. On a toasty Tuesday afternoon, Suleqa Ismail wears the trademarks of two different contine ...
20 Aug 2009 - Street Roots
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22 Jan 2009 - Street Roots