After Antonio Ocampo, a day laborer, served a short sentence for simple battery last August, a judge ordered him released from the Orleans Parish Prison. Nearly 100 days later, he was still there.
Posts Tagged “immigration”
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Posted in: Justice, United States
Topics: audio, day laborers, due process, ICE, immigration, immigration detainers, New Orleans, New Orleans Workers Center for Racial Justice, Raquiba LaBrie, Saket Soni, video
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European Union member-states risk getting into a race to the bottom if they rely on coercion to make life more uncomfortable for the Roma in their country than in others.
Posted in: Europe, Justice, Rights & Equality
Topics: antidiscrimination, deportation, European Union, France, Heather Grabbe, immigration, integration, Roma
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Anti-immigrant sentiment made a strong showing in the Swedish elections as far-right extremism continues to spread across Europe.
Posted in: Europe, Governance & Accountability, Rights & Equality
Topics: antidiscrimination, Helene Irving, immigration, integration, Muslims, Sweden
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Despite proof that police are singling out people who “look like” immigrants for identity checks in Spain, government officials continue to deny that such practices even exist.
Posted in: Europe, Justice, Rights & Equality
Topics: ethnic profiling, immigration, Indira Goris, racism, Rosalind Williams, Spain
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The recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in Padilla v. Kentucky completely changes the landscape for immigrants facing criminal charges.
Posted in: Justice, Rights & Equality, United States
Topics: criminal justice, immigration, Maria Teresa Rojas
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The eventual accession of Western Balkans countries to the European Union holds forth the chance for a brighter future for Roma residents. But right now, their choices are to stay at home and face discrimination and poverty, or migrate in search of a better life.
Posted in: Europe, Rights & Equality
Topics: Albania, Balkans, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, discrimination, EU, immigration, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Roma, Serbia, Zeljko Jovanovic
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The documentary series How Democracy Works Now provides a private, behind-the-scenes look at the 21st-century debate over immigration in America.
Posted in: Governance & Accountability, Rights & Equality, United States
Topics: democracy, immigration, Lori McGlinchey, video