Immigrants Rights

Saki Knafo

May Day Protests Signal Growing Bond Between Occupy Wall Street And Liberal Establishment

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 05.02.2012

A little over six months ago, Stephanie McGuinness was camping out in Zuccotti Park, the epicenter of a new movement that often shunned politicians an...

Car Wash Workers Win Landmark Rights

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 12.25.2011

Workers at a Southern California car wash won a union contract Tuesday, making them the first unionized car-wash employees in the country. The Los ...

Alabama's Assault on Civil and Human Rights

Marielena Hincapié | Posted 12.12.2011

Marielena Hincapié

The passage of Alabama's draconian HB 56 and the federal court's decision must be a call to action for all of us. Children's groups, educators, civil and human rights defenders must stand up against such oppressive laws that threaten the very fabric of our society.

Ecuadorians in New York Form Alliance Against Hate

David Noriega | Posted 05.25.2011

David Noriega

In September of 1994, an Ecuadorian immigrant was beaten to death in Brooklyn. At the time, Walter Sinche was struck by the absence of a Hispanic group to denounce the incident as a hate crime.

Lou Dobbs Opposes GOP Push To Repeal The 14th Amendment Over Immigration (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

The growing chorus of Senate Republicans urging repeal of the 14th Amendment as a means of denying citizenship to the children of immigrants received ...

Protecting Workers' Rights

Richard Aborn | Posted 05.25.2011

Richard Aborn

New York State has strong and progressive wage protection laws on the books, but too many workers go unprotected because those laws aren't enforced aggressively enough.

ICE Declares Self-Deport Program a Failure

Marisa Treviño | Posted 05.25.2011

Marisa Treviño

It doesn't seem to matter that some members of Congress and corporate America have committed far worse crimes than any of those undocumented whose only crime was using a false Social Security number to work a low-wage job.