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Social Justice/Human Rights

Muslims Fight “Rising Tide” of Fear Mongering w/Online Video

August 31, 2010

With anti-immigrant sentiment raging through the country these days and anger reaching the boiling point because of the possibility of a Muslim community center being built near Ground Zero in New York’s downtown Manhattan, a Muslim group called “My Faith My Voice” has launched an online video to fight back against “the rising tide of [...]

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Immigration Hall of Shame List – The Huff’s and Ours

August 26, 2010

By the Staff of New York Immigration Attorneys
The Law Offices of Spar & Bernstein
http://www.4immigration.com/
We positively adore this Immigration Hall of Shame list offered by Amy Novack, the Executive Director of Immigrant’s List (IL), a bipartisan political action committee dedicated to fair and meaningful immigration reform, in The Huffington Post:
1 – Former State Assemblywoman Sharron Angle [...]

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An End to Anti-Immigrant Sentiment? Sadly, I Don’t Think So

August 19, 2010

By Mariana Vázquez-García
Managing Attorney/New York Immigration Attorney
The Law Offices of Spar & Bernstein
http://www.4immigration.com/
Attacks against immigrants seem to be making the rounds these days, with states seemingly eager to legislate racial profiling of anyone born South of the Border, Asian or Arab-looking.
But the fact is, anti-immigrant sentiment has been around for centuries. It is the [...]

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Monday Plea to Michael Moore: Make Next Flick on Immigration

August 16, 2010

We @ The Law Offices of Spar & Bernstein have been making this plea to Michael Moore for nearly a year now, first daily, then weekly – on Twitter, in emails, on Facebook.
It’s what we feel we must do, despite the fact that Moore has yet to repond to us on any level.
No problem.
We [...]

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Scapegoating Immigrants Nothing New

August 13, 2010

By Brad Bernstein
President, The Law Offices of Spar & Bernstein
http://www.4immigration.com/
Right, reason, and a smart, Constitutionally-minded judge saved us from the national disgrace of SB 1070, knocked all the teeth out of a law that threatened to not only sanction the unseemliness of racial profiling, but turn Arizona into a paranoid “Where’s your papers?” police state. [...]

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Immigration News: Group Helps Immigrants Cross Desert

August 10, 2010

A humanitarian group is fighting a different kind of immigration battle on Arizona’s border with Mexico.

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Immigration Policy Center: Defending the Fourteenth Amendment

August 2, 2010

Source: Immigration Policy Center
The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution is enshrined in U.S. history as the cornerstone of American civil rights, ensuring due process and equal protection under the law to all persons.
Equally important is the Fourteenth Amendment’s affirmation that all persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to its jurisdiction [...]

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20 + Undocumented Youth Risk A Lot for Capitol Hill Sit-Ins

July 20, 2010

Source: TheDreamIsComing.com
Washington, D.C. Today, July 20th, over 20 undocumented immigrant youth from all over the country are risking arrest and deportation as they stage sit-ins at various congressional offices in Washington D.C. in order to urge congressional leadership to take action and pass the DREAM Act, a narrowly-tailored, bipartisan bill which would grant immigrant youth [...]

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Immigration Detention Not Punishment? Really?

July 20, 2010

Guest Blog
By Deborah de Santos
According to DHS/ICE, immigration detention is not punishment.
I agree – it is worse than punishment.
Prison sentences are punishment. They have a stated beginning and end. Facilities for incarcerated criminals are regulated by law regarding minimum standards of care and housing. Immigrants have none of those rights or safe guards [...]

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