Saket Soni and the New Orleans Workers’ Center for Racial Justice have beaten the drum in the more than four years since Hurricane Katrina about the abuses to south Asian guest workers pulled into the shipyards during the desperate labor supplies after the storm. Lawsuits against Signal International now coming to light reveal clearly the …
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Sheriff Arpaio Borderline Weirdness Alert
San Jose Preparing for reentry to the US, it made sense, given all the recent publicity, to check the border crossings and see what was involved before showing up at the airport 3 or 4 hours early to wend our way home. Naturally for a view of whackiness at its worst, I thought I would …
Immigration Bill Up and Falling
New Orleans Over the last 15 months I’ve had the opportunity to work closely with local and national efforts committed to winning comprehensive immigration reform. I know how urgently and desperately felt the need for real reform and real solutions are for 12 million undocumented workers and their families. I have been in meetings with …