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VIDEO: Death By Detention

July 03, 2008Human rights organization Breakthrough has released a video with a first hand account of the deaths of immigrants held in detention by ICE.  The story of immigrant deaths in detention was also recently reported in The New York Times and The Washington Post.  MORE

More Failed Federal Policies

June 29, 2008When comprehensive immigration reform failed to pass in the summer of 2006, anti-immigrant sentiment pushed Congress to pass federal rules restricting undocumented immigrants from receiving government benefits. Recently, the Associated Press reported that these federal immigration rules have negatively impacted state budgets and have done little to reduce illegal immigration. MORE

Behind The Veil: America’s Anti-Immigration Network

June 26, 2008NCLR’s We Can Stop the Hate campaign has produced a new video with the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) about the network of anti-immigrant organizations. The video begins with the question: "What if all the leading anti-immigration groups were founded by the same man, funded by the same organization, and [had] ties to White supremacy?" MORE

More Negative Consequences of Local Enforcement

June 20, 2008Granting state and local law enforcement greater authority to enforce immigration law is not a winning strategy.  A recent New York Times article highlights disconcerting trends at the national level and highlights recent obstacles encountered by the Florida community of Milton. MORE

Fundraising with Lies

June 11, 2008A TII subscriber recently faxed us a mailer he received from the United States Justice Foundation. The mailer contains a letter with alarming and false information about undocumented immigrants, and then urges the reader to sign a petition and send money to the organization. MORE

VIDEO: Lou Dobbs vs. Lou Dobbs

May 27, 2008On May 15, 2008, Lou Dobbs claimed that a voluntary employment verification system, commonly known as Basic Pilot or E-Verify, “works,” despite mounting evidence the system contains major flaws, and despite contrary assessments from his own show and other news programs on CNN. MORE

UPDATED: Et Tu, Katie?

April 17, 2008On April 7, 2008, Katie Couric and CBS Evening News took a page from the Lou Dobbs playbook in presenting a misleading and inaccurate portrayal of the role of immigrants in U.S. society. MORE

Leprosy and Lou: Fact-Checking Lou Dobbs - VIDEO

March 20, 2008Lou stumbles to justify his use of false “facts” connecting leprosy with undocumented immigrants. Special appearance by “credible source” Madeleine Cosman. MORE

Undocumented Immigrants DO Have Legal Rights - VIDEO

March 19, 2008Undocumented immigrants DO have legal rights under the U.S. Constitution and federal statute. The Constitution was written to protect “all persons” residing in the U.S., not just citizens. MORE