• In Jail in Drag

    August 05, 2012 by Angel Alvarez

    On November 18, 2011 I was driving home after an HIV benefit in New Mexico, when I was pulled over by a police officer for not having a car plate light. I was dressed in drag, wearing jeans, high heels, a wig, and a cute shirt. I was also wearing contacts, which made my eyes irritated, and the police officer asked me if I had been drinking. He gave me a sobriety test, which I passed, with heels on and everything. But I had been drinking a little that night, although he was going to let me go, a second officer pulled up, and they decided to take me in.

    I was thrown into the jail, in drag. The people who were detained were playful, whistled, and even friendly (I even knew some of them), but the harshest looks I got were from the police officers.

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  • Travis County sheriff's immigration checks protested

    August 04, 2012 by Claire Osborn, American Statesman

    More than 50 people protested outside the Travis County sheriff's office on Friday, calling on Sheriff Greg Hamilton to stop participating in a program that detains and deports illegal immigrants.

    The protesters were aligned with a group of Austin-bound undocumented immigrants who are riding across parts of the nation in a bus to protest deportations.
     

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  • YO NO TENGO MIEDO

    August 04, 2012 by Ezzie Love

    SIN PAPELES Y SIN MIEDO
    YO LE ESCRIBO A MI NACION
    PARA QUE LA GENTE MIRE
    CUAL ES MI AFLICCION.
    NO LE TEMO A LA MIGRA
    MUCHO MENOS AL GOBIERNO
    PORQUE SE CON RESPETO
    LES DEMUESTRO LO QUE SIENTO.
    LLEGE AQUI DESDE CHIQUITA
    Y NO CONOSCO OTRO PAIS
    ESTUDIE PA' SUPERARME
    Y ALGUN DIA SER FELIZ...

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  • De Arizona a Denver: la primera parada

    August 04, 2012 by Administrator

    En Denver conocimos al Centro Humanitario, Padres y Jovenes Unidos, AFSC, Trabajos con Justicia, y otros para aprender el efecto de SB90 y compartir lo que ha pasado en Arizona y otros estados desde la perspectiva de jornalero/as, trabajadoras de casa, y otros de la comunidad indocumentada.
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    In Denver we met with Centro Humanitario, Padres y Jovenes Unidos, AFSC, and Jobs with Justice to learn the impact of SB90 and to share what's happened in Arizona and other states from the perspective of day laborers, domestic workers, and other members of the undocumented community.

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  • El "UndocuBus" hace parada en Texas

    August 04, 2012 by Notimex

    Después de una semana en Phoenix, con actos de desobediencia civil, una marcha a las oficinas del Servicio de Inmigración y Aduanas (ICE), así como eventos artísticos y pláticas con la comunidad, los viajeros siguieron su camino, tras visitar Colorado y Nuevo México.

    "Hemos tenido una buena respuesta de la gente en los lugares a los que llegamos, y nuestro objetivo central en la convención es que el presidente (Barack) Obama asuma una postura acerca de la reforma migratoria antes de solicitar el voto de los hispanos", expresó vía telefónica Tania Unzueta, líder juvenil de los soñadores de Chicago.

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  • Sin miedo a la 'migra' - HOY

    August 03, 2012 by Francisco Castro, HOY

    El autobús va pintado de verde, el color de la esperanza, y lleva imágenes de mariposas monarca, en símbolo de la inmigración.

    José Mangandi nunca se ha sentido cómodo hablando sobre su estatus migratorio de indocumentado.

    Pero ahora lo hace abiertamente como parte de la travesía de un autobús que partió de Phoenix hacia Carolina del Norte para estar presente en la Convención Demócrata en septiembre.

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  • Photos: Visiting the Sheriff in Austin

    August 03, 2012 by Rocio VIllalobos

     

     

     

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  • Chela: It's time

    August 03, 2012 by Barni Qaasim

     

     

     

    Watch this profile on No Papers No Fear Rider, Isela Meraz, for the who and why people are getting on the bus.
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    Un perfil de Isela Meraz que explica porque y quien está subiendo a la jornada por justicia sin papeles y sin miedo.

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  • Indigenous Roots in Albuquerque

    August 03, 2012 by Fernando Lopez

    Today the No Papers No Fear caravan arrived to Albuquerque, New Mexico, a state where  indigenous communities are prevalent, just as in my state of Arizona.

    As migrants, we believed that it is important to create a connection between our experience, and the experience of other indigenous people in the United States.

    We had the chance to talk to 2 young people living in the Santa Clara and Santo Domingo pueblos, and share our experience as migrants, as they shared theirs with ours.

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  • UndocuBus Comes to Austin: No Papers, No Fear – Ride for Justice

    August 02, 2012 by Alexandra Landeros, Latino Metro

    “This summer, we are coming out of the shadows and getting on the bus. Our rights and our families are under attack and we’ve come too far to go back now.”

    On July 29, 2012, a special kind of bus tour across the American Southwest departed from Phoenix, Arizona. The passengers aren’t going to be relaxing in luxury resort spas or sightseeing majestic landmarks in the desert. There are no rock stars on board, at least, not in the way we’re used to thinking.

    The people riding on this bus have embarked on a precarious mission to show Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, along with the United States federal government, that they will no longer live in the shadows. They want to let them know that they are no longer afraid, and that they have begun organizing to take a public stand for the rights of undocumented people in the U.S.

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