July-August 2005 U.S. Immigrant Alert! Newsletter

Published by National Immigrant Solidarity Network
URL: http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/Newsletter/July-Aug05.pdf
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In This Issue:

1. Updates on Civil Liberties
2. Minutemen Watch
3. Immigration News
4. Immigrant Solidarity Actions
5. Women and Immigrant Labor
6. Information and Subscriptions

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1) Minutemen Watch
A New Project For the Immigrant Solidarity Network
URL: http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/Campaigns/Minutemen.htm

Call to Action : Protest against the Minuteman Conference on 8/26 at the Beverly Hills!
La Tierra es de todos Coalition

Friday August 26, 4:00 - 6:00 PM
Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel
9500 Wilshire Blvd.
Beverly Hills, CA

For more info: (213) 810-8438

The arrival of violent anti-immigrant groups like the minutemen is an alarming development. But each time these racists have appeared, they’ve met resistance from La Tierra es de Todos Coalition and other supporters of human rights. The minutemen want to return to the border on Sept. 17. How can we stop them? Come join us in our struggle to protect our communities from racism!


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US-Mexico Border Information: No Militarization of Borders! Support Immigrant Rights!
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3) More News On the Immigrant Rights and Civil Liberties:
For the week of August 23, 2005
Compiled by Southern Poverty Law Center

[TX] Day labor site "observers" will pack guns
Houston Chronicle / August 20, 2005
A spokesman for the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps reveals that
Minutemen standing watch outside day labor pick-up points will carry
concealed handguns.
http://newsletter.splcenter.org/cgi-bin4/DM/y/epwA0HpDKL0L1h0DdSt0E5

[AZ] Salvadoran immigrants awarded Ranch Rescue compound
August 19, 2005 / The New York Times
The Arizona ranch that served as the training grounds and command
center for an anti-immigration militia was handed over to two
immigrants after they won a lawsuit against vigilante leader Casey
Nethercott.
http://newsletter.splcenter.org/cgi-bin4/DM/y/epwA0HpDKL0L1h0DdSu0E6

[NC] Politicians leap aboard anti-immigration bandwagon
The Charlotte Observer / August 21, 2005
More and more elected officials and candidates are trying to
capitalize on the growing resentment over illegal immigration in North
Carolina and other non-border states.
http://newsletter.splcenter.org/cgi-bin4/DM/y/epwA0HpDKL0L1h0DdSv0E7

[CA] Hundreds of Californians support border police initiative
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin / August 19, 2005
Immigrant bashing radio hosts draw large crowds in favor of forming a
new state police agency dedicated to snaring illegal immigrants.
http://newsletter.splcenter.org/cgi-bin4/DM/y/epwA0HpDKL0L1h0DdSw0E8

[VA] Fight over day labor site intensifies
Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch / August 21, 2005
Anti-immigration forces scramble to sabotage plans to establish a
city-run short-term job "hiring hall" in Herndon.
http://newsletter.splcenter.org/cgi-bin4/DM/y/epwA0HpDKL0L1h0DdSx0EA

[TX] Texas Minutemen face rough ride
Fort Worth Weekly / August 17, 2005
The Texas division of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps struggles to
shed its racist, trigger-happy image.
http://newsletter.splcenter.org/cgi-bin4/DM/y/epwA0HpDKL0L1h0DdSy0EB

[USA] Expert: Vigilante groups resemble 1990s militias
Dissident Voice / August 22, 2005
A veteran observer of extremist groups outlines the many parallels
between the rapidly mushrooming anti-immigration vigilante movement
and the anti-government militias of a decade ago.
http://newsletter.splcenter.org/cgi-bin4/DM/y/epwA0HpDKL0L1h0DdSz0EC

4) We Are Looking For Interns! In Washington DC, Los Angeles and New York City!

We are looking for several passionate and highly motivated college students to work with us at our Los Angeles, CA, Washington DC and New York City.

Tasks: Weekly community meetings with immigrant workers, outreach and attend meetings, and working with immigrant projects with our local partnership immigrant organizations, office stays are optional.

Length of the Internship: 10 months (Late-August 2005 - Mid-June, 2005)

Stipends: 00.00 (will be paying every 5 months for 0 each), plus transportation reimbursements if needed.

Qualifications: Prior experiences in non-profit and/or internship; fluently in foreign languages (Chinese, Korean,
Vietnamese, Arabic or Spanish) will be a plus; people of color, college students and/or women from the immigrant workers
community are encourage to apply.

Please send your resume with one recommendation letter to: Lee Siu Hin e-mail: siuhin@aol.com tel: (213)403-0131

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