Republican-controlled Legislature wages war on children

The most despised, most disputed, most vehemently denounced liberal cliche about illegal immigrants has been proved true . . . by Arizona's Republican-controlled Legislature. Activists who support a more inclusive, less harsh approach to illegal immigrants have argued for years that most border crossers are not hardened criminals but men and women looking to make a better life for their children. If political actions speak louder than political words then that belief is correct. Be...

Exclusive: Confessions Of An Undocumented Immigrant

CBS Atlanta is breaking a story that might anger you, or make you think twice. It's a controversial look at illegal immigration from a man who lived in this country illegally for 23 years. He is speaking out for the first time exclusively with CBS Atlanta's Wendy Saltzman about the struggles of being an illegal immigrant. Fernando Briceno says he hopes his story will help change the minds of anti-immigration proponents, and evoke sympathy for people who are trying to make a living here outsid...

Apply now to new community engagement job training academy!

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ACADEMY Paid on-the-job training in the cutting-edge field of non-profit civic engagement The Equality Alliance of San Diego County is now taking applications for the inaugural class of the new Community Engagement Academy (CEA).  The Academy will provide training on how to engage peers to improve the community.  The one-week CEA will enhance or develop the following knowledge and skills: Knowledge of Civic Engagement: ·         Governance structures (fede...

Huff Post: The U.S.-Mexico Border Is Getting Organized

John Carlos Frey Director If you have ever visited a U.S. town or major city along the U.S.-Mexico border you will quickly realize it is a unique part of the country. The region is alive with multiculturalism, globalization and ethnic diversity. I was born in a border town in Mexico, Tijuana, and grew up in a border town in the U.S, San Diego. I believe that border communities are microcosms of what is possible when we embrace our differences instead alienating each other because of them. ...

Border crossing deaths prompt public warnings

By Elizabeth Aguilera Spurred by three recent border-crossing deaths linked to frigid weather, Border Patrol officials in San Diego aim to work with Mexican agencies to create public-service announcements detailing the dangers of illegally entering the United States. “They are ill-prepared for the weather they encounter,” said Steven Pitts, spokesman for Border Patrol’s San Diego Sector. “A lot of them lack proper footwear or layered clothing. It’s the same in the summer — we find they lac...

No Bond, No Bars: Federal Court Rejects the Prolonged Detention of Immigrants Without a Hearing

On Monday, a federal appeals court ruled that the government cannot lock up immigration detainees for prolonged periods of time without providing them a basic form of due process — a bond hearing where the government must show that their detention is justified. The ACLU, ACLU of Southern California, and Stanford Law School Immigrants' Rights Clinic brought the case on behalf of Amadou Lamine Diouf, a man held in detention for nearly two years while fighting his immigration case even though he...