Undocumented workers
Colorlines: 50,000 Deported From County Jails, And Counting
Submitted by Southern Shift on Thu, 2010-08-12 06:31 Authored by Seth Freed Wessler of Colorlines Original Article
Colorlines: A rapidly expanding federal program that checks the immigration statuses of anyone booked into state and local jails is creating SB 1070 like conditions all over the country, according to recently obtained data.
The program, called Secure Communities, sends Immigration and Custom’s Enforcement (ICE) information on anyone in police custody. So far, it’s resulted in almost 50,000 deportations.
A Special Message to African Americans About the 'Illegal Alien Invasion'
Submitted by Southern Shift on Thu, 2010-05-13 12:56 Authored by Carlos from DC Original ArticleI've written pretty extensively about the various attempts to divide Black and Brown communities over the immigration issue. At the root of this are racists who hate both Black and Brown but will conveniently show up and suggest to either group why they should hate and distrust the other. Blacks are often told that Browns are taking away jobs and that gangs on the west coast are attacking us indiscriminately.
Old Fart John McCain Accuses Mexican 'Illegals of Intentionally Causing Car Accidents
Submitted by Southern Shift on Thu, 2010-04-22 09:46 Authored by Raw Story Original ArticleThe good folks over at Raw Story are reporting what many got to see when former Presidential hopeful, Senator John McCain went on the O'Reilly Factor and started teeing off on undocumented Mexicans. He accused them of intentionally causing car accidents. He later tried to clean it up by saying he was referring to the drivers of undocumented workers who are are fleeing from police..
