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REGION: Contest seeks to put immigrants in a positive light

By Edward Sifuentes A local immigrant rights group is conducting a contest asking San Diego County residents to submit stories about how immigrants positively contribute to the community in an effort to counter negative portrayals of immigrants in the country. The contest, called Immigrants Are U.S., was sponsored by the San Diego Immigrant Rights Consortium and runs through Dec. 13, said Ricardo Favela, a spokesman for the group. It asks people to submit self-produced videos of up to four...

SD City Beat: White out

American Third Position, a white-nationalist political group, spreads to San Diego County By Dave Maass On the back patio of an Irish pub in Carlsbad, an organizer from a new political group is sipping an iced tea and smoking cigarettes in the shade of an umbrella. The former Army Ranger and small-business owner is wearing a plaid ivy cap over a shaved head. His T-shirt advertises “American Third Position: Liberty, Sovereignty, Identity.” Though he asked CityBeat to withhold his surnam...

Press Conference with Anastasio Hernandez Rojas Family Spokesperson

Note to media outlets: Please feel free to use any portion of this video and audio for reporting purposes. Please give credit to immigrantsandiego.org Introductions by Christian Ramirez, National Coordinator of the American Friends Service Committee Estela De los Rios, San Diego Immigrant Rights Consortium Board Member: Will Express Condolences to the Family Veronica Hernandez, Cousin of Anastasio: Will Share Anastasio's Story and the Family's Wishes Andrea Guerrero, American Civil Libe...

Imperial Valley News Posts Letter to the President

San Diego, California - Letter to President Obama: "Border communities who had hoped for a rational and accountable border policy from the Obama Administration are deeply disappointed at the news of the authorization to deploy National Guard troops to the border. We are also deeply disappointed by calls from Congress to deploy as many as 6,000 National Guard troops to the border. Proposals to deploy the National Guard are ill-conceived and motivated by electoral politics rather than border re...

Elizabeth Maldonado: Lucha por la dignidad de migrantes

Por Eleazar López: Diario San Diego Elizabeth Maldonado, ‘Lisa’, como le gusta que le llamen, sabe que en gran parte es lo que es en su trabajo, gracias a sus padres. Lucrecia y Juan, sus padres, siempre desearon que ella fuera algo en la vida, y hasta el momento lo está logrando. Luchadora social con un sentido de ayuda a su comunidad, empezó trabajando como becaria en los derechos de los trabajadores y de ahí ingresar al programa del Comité Inter Fe Pro Justicia en do...