RtR Joins the “Dignity, Not Detentions” Campaign!

Share Massachusetts Resist the Raids! Network, a Boston based coalition, joins activists, organizations and community leaders from cities across the country to launch a national campaign *“Dignity, Not Detention: Preserving Human Rights And Restoring Justice”* which calls for an end to detention expansion nationally. The campaign calls on the Obama Administration to take immediate action to prevent human rights...

Deportation of Mothers in Iowa Tests Local Charity

Share By Susan Elan (WeNews correspondent) Sunday, February 21, 2010 A 2008 immigration raid in Iowa separated women from their children through arrest and deportation with, some say, the children’s fate left to chance. An immigration official refutes that, saying women with children were released on humanitarian grounds. POSTVILLE, Iowa (WOMENSENEWS)–Consuelo Vega, a mother of three, lived and worked...