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Protest Vigil Scheduled Against Inhumane Immigrant Detention at Pinal County Jail July 7

By Gregory Pratt
Jun 24, 2011

Immigrant-rights activists are planning to hold a protest vigil at the Pinal County Jail July 7 in hope of pushing the federal government to end its immigrant-detention contract with the county. It'll start at 6:30 and end at 9:30. Their demonstration follows our cover story on the terrible treatment of...
ACLU Report on Immigrant Detention Released; ICE Responds With Promise to Investigate "Significant Acts of Abuse" Alleged by ACLU

By Gregory Pratt
Jun 23, 2011

The Arizona ACLU released a report on conditions in Arizona immigrant-detention facilities today alleging serious abuses of detainees in the custody of private prisons and the Pinal County Jail. It is titled, "In Their Own Words: Enduring Abuse in Arizona Immigration Detention Centers," and you can read it here,...
Immigrants Who Fight Deportation Are Packed Into Federal Gulags for Months or Years Before Their Cases Are Heard

By Gregory Pratt
Jun 23, 2011

A trio of immigrants crouches against the wall in an attempt to catch a narrow ray of sunshine. The men are in jail, locked inside a concrete triangle. It is mid-morning in Florence, and only traces of day can be smuggled into the building through the chain-link-covered window below the...
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Reporter Outs Himself as Illegal Immigrant, Details Underground Network That Supported Him

By Gregory Pratt
Jun 22, 2011

New York Times "We're not always who you think we are," Vargas writes of illegal immigrants. "Some pick your strawberries...[others] write news articles you might read." An illegal immigrant on the Washington Post reporting team that won a Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of the Virginia Tech shootings in 2007...
Maricopa Community Colleges Board Votes to Implement Tuition Hike in Fall; Minutewoman Pledges to Raise Money for Undocumented Students

By Gregory Pratt
Jun 22, 2011

It's official: undocumented students enrolled in Maricopa Community Colleges this fall will have to pay $317 per credit hour. The Community Colleges Governing Board voted to implement its tuition increase targeting undocumented students in the fall by a 3-2 vote last night. The tuition increase was first passed in March but...

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