Posts Tagged ‘Immigration’
‘Cruel, Unfair and Racist’: Black immigrants whose fathers are U.S. citizens push to overturn law that keeps them from obtaining citizenship
Enacted in 1940, the Guyer Rule prevents U.S.-citizen fathers, but not U.S.-citizen mothers, from passing their citizenship status to foreign-born, non-marital children – in other words, children who were born “out of wedlock.” The rule disproportionately restricts how nonwhite parents could secure citizenship for their children – and for decades has been maintained for just that reason.
Kelvin Silva is one of many Black men held at Stewart Detention Center. He is facing deportation because of this archaic and racially inequitable law that prevented him from becoming a U.S. citizen as a child, even though his father was a naturalized U.S. citizen. Were it not for the Guyer Rule, Silva – who was born in the Dominican Republic but grew up in the United States – would have automatically gained citizenship when he was just 11 years old. Read about his situation and those of other Black men in immigrant detention.
Read MoreHouse Democrats Call For Increased Security After ‘Send Her Back’ Chants At Trump Rally
Representative Al Green calls for increased security after an incident at a Trump Rally in North Carolina, where supporters are chanting ‘send her back’ in response to Ilhan Omar. This act was the consequence of prior issues concering three other women representatives of color.
Read MoreDHS Officials Say Massive Deportation Raids Will Start This Weekend; More than 2,000 Undocumented Immigrants, Including Families, Targeted
Raids will occur in cities across the country, and undocumented immigrants will be deported, regardless of if they were the target of the raid or not.
Read More‘This Is About the Preservation of Our Humanity’: Vile Conditions, Racist Rhetoric at Border Facilities
Democrats visiting three detention facilities in Texas on Monday had to raise their voices—despite having microphones—to be heard over the shouts and heckling of pro-Donald Trump, anti-immigrant groups. They pointed to the conditions at the country’s detention centers—which have been compared to Nazi concentration camps—as evidence of a xenophobic and violently negligent environment.
Read More‘Lady Liberty’ Patricia Okoumou Will Not Go to Prison for July 4th Protest
Patricia Okoumou is an immigration activist who uses peaceful protests to bring attention to this topic. She made headlines by climbing the statue of liberty and faced jail time. However, the jail time was revoked and she was given parole and community service.
Read MoreTrump’s speech pits Black America against immigrants- it’s all divide and conquer
By: Natasha S. Alford When then-candidate Donald Trump first uttered “Look at my African-American over there,” he put Black America on notice. As much as many members of the GOP claim to hate identity politics, politicians like Trump use it when they see fit. From cheap red hat publicity stunts with the once-revolutionary music artist, Kanye West,…
Read MoreThe Double Struggles of June Jordan, Poet and Social Activist
Do you know June Jordan? If not, you should! In this exhibit you can read and hear the powerful poems of this amazing Jamaican-American activist, feminist, and mother.
Read MoreDeportation of African and Other Black Immigrants Quietly Increasing
By David Love Although often not covered in the media, the African immigrant community is facing mass deportations in the era of Donald Trump. While the immigration debate in the U.S. is often framed in terms of undocumented immigrants from Mexico and Central America on the one hand and the infamous Muslim travel ban on…
Read MoreSchools prepare for Trump by creating safe spaces for undocumented students
Amid the concerns for immigrant families about the new Trump administration schools all across the United States are taking steps to protect students.
Read MoreRoom4Debate: Does the Supreme Court Arizona Ruling Pave Path To Racial Profiling?
A controversial Arizona immigration law has lost some of its teeth after a Supreme Court decision ruled multiple provisions unconstitutional.
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