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By Renée Feltz and Mary Annaïse Heglar
From the June 2, 2010 issue | Posted in Immigration, Local
Wearing a clerical collar, a pressed black suit and plastic handcuffs, Bishop Orlando Findlayter climbed with purpose into the back of a New York Police Department truck and took a seat. read more »

By Randall Amster
From the May 12, 2010 issue | Posted in Immigration, National
If you’re reading this from outside Arizona, you may be wondering what the heck is going on here. The political process in the desert has gone completely haywire, resulting in the adoption of openly racist laws, dehumanizing police practices and legalized harassment of marginalized groups, all in the name of deterring undocumented immigration. read more »

By Dave Zirin
From the May 12, 2010 issue | Posted in Immigration, National
“If you are upset with Arizona’s immigrant laws, please don’t take it out on Major League Baseball! Sports and politics do not mix!” read more »

By Diana Stewart
From the April 21, 2010 issue | Posted in Immigration, Local
The long, windowless one-story warehouse blends into an industrial zone near Newark Liberty International Airport. But this building is not storing boxes of things: it is storing living, breathing human beings who yearn to be free and to return to their heartbroken families. read more »

By Jaisal Noor
From the April 21, 2010 issue | Posted in Immigration, Jaisal Noor, Local
Marisol Ramos is tired of her friends and family living in fear of deportation. The 25-year-old South Bronx native is walking 250 miles to lobby for a moratorium on deportations of undocumented families as well as the passage of the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act. read more »

By Karen Yi
From the January 29, 2010 issue | Posted in Immigration, National
Miami-Dade Community College student Felipe Matos has a new schedule this spring semester. Each day starts with a 5:30 a.m. wake-up call, a big breakfast, a quick stretch and securing his feet with a thick layer of duct tape. Then Matos sets off for a 17-mile walk interspersed by several breaks of singing songs, and later stops to sleep in a different place every night — RVs, churches or even strangers’ homes. read more »

By Renée Feltz
From the December 31, 1969 issue | Posted in Immigration, IndyBlog, Not an Article
For two weeks Jean Montrevil faced deportation. But after Monday's earthquake, President Obama suspended the deportation of Haitians like him. "Because of the tragedy that happened to Haiti, I could have been a widow today," Montrevil's wife, Jani, said Wednesday. She spoke to a crowd of about 100 people who gathered under two large American flags that hung from the front of the Varick Detention Center. read more »