Kurdish Refugees Protest for Dignified Living Conditions at Greece’s Oinofyta Camp
Kurdish refugees detained in the Oinofyta camp protest the Greek authorities' 'discriminatory treatment.'
Tag: immigrant
🦄 Borders & Migration
A Chaplain Trapped Between Trump’s Deportation System and Egypt’s Autocratic Regime
Ayman Soliman found himself trapped between the U.S.’s quota-driven deportation system and Egypt’s autocratic regime known for killing and silencing critics. Now out of jail, he’s revealing the glaring errors in President Donald Trump’s deportation campaigns.
🦄 Borders & Migration, Police, Tech
New Federal Task Forces Under 287(g) Could Form ‘ICE Army’ From National Guard, State, Local & College Police
The Trump Administration has dramatically ramped up arrests and sweeps of people residing in the U.S., with new highly visible incidents and court cases unfolding every week and reaching new heights by mid-May. A new development could spell much larger scales of activity on American…
Media
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Protests Erupt Across Florida as Senate Bill 1718 Goes Into Effect
Across Florida, protests are taking place to mark the beginning of an immigrant labor stoppage that is scheduled to last until at least July 3rd. Large crowds are being reported in Orlando, Tampa, and various areas in South Florida and as far away as Chicago…
🦄 Borders & Migration, Labor
Protests Against Anti-Immigrant Laws to Continue
Recent protests and boycotts in response to anti-immigrant legislation in Florida are having lasting impacts on communities upheld by undocumented immigrants. The June 1st labor strikes coordinated by Latino organizers on TikTok made a statement not just on the seriousness of the immigration debate but…
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Ingrid Encalada Latorre Pardoned After 2+ Years Claiming Sanctuary
Boulder, CO – Colorado Governor Jared Polis, on Monday, pardoned undocumented mother Ingrid Encalada Latorre, among others. Encalada Latorre has been claiming sanctuary at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Boulder for more than two years, and in September she gave birth to her third child…
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Occupy ICE Denver Camps Outside GEO ICE Detention Center
Aurora, CO – On Sunday evening, immigrant rights and social justice advocates began setting up tents and tarps outside one of the biggest privately-owned ICE Detention Facilities in the country. This detention facility in Aurora is operated by the prison company GEO Group and has…
🦄 Borders & Migration, Community
November Vigil at GEO Group ICE Detention Center in CO
Aurora, CO – On November 6, 2017, the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) and Coloradans for Immigrant Rights hosted their quarterly vigil at the GEO Group ICE Detention Center in Aurora, Colorado.
Unicorn Riot was live streaming the vigil, which can be watched below:
https://vimeo.com/374792793…
🦄 Borders & Migration, Community
Greece: The House of Women for Empowerment and Emancipation
Athens, Greece – During another year of intense migration crisis in Greece, a self-organized, feminist, anti-fascist, and anti-racist initiative called The House of Women for Empowerment and Emancipation is building networks of mutual aid for detained refugees and migrants.
The House of Women organizes itself…
Ingrid Encalada Latorre Returns to Sanctuary; Four Claim Sanctuary in CO
Colorado – On Tuesday afternoon, October 17, 2017, Ingrid Encalada Latorre refused a court order to board a plane with her two children and be deported back to Peru; she instead returned to sanctuary.
Encalada Latorre was originally in sanctuary for six months from December…
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Ingrid Encalada Latorre Leaves Sanctuary After Six Months; Granted Temporary Stay
Denver, CO – On May 20, 2017, Ingrid Encalada Latorre left sanctuary at Mountain View Friends Meeting and returned home to her children, nine-year-old Bryant and two-year-old Anibel, who are both U.S. citizens. She was granted a temporary stay of removal until August 7, 2017.…