News & Events From RWG Members: June/July 2010

NEWS ABOUT RWG MEMBERS

Report: Deportation By Default Released

Human Rights Watch and the ACLU recently released a report, Deportation By Default.  The report highlights the lack of protections for immigrants with mental disabilities during arrests, detention and deportation proceedings.  The report also contains stories and cases illustrating the challenges and recommendations.

Illinois Members Succeed in Urging Local City Council to Boycott Arizona

Congratulations to the Korean American Resource & Cultural Center, Illinois Coalition for Immigrant & Refugee Rights and their partners for their educational and advocacy efforts with the Chicago City Council to pass a local resolution on June 9 denouncing the Arizona legislature for passing SB 1070.

TIRRC Fights Against Anti-Immigrant Law

In late June, Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen signed state Senate Bill 1141/House Bill 670 into law, in opposition to the Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition and other immigrants’ and civil and human rights groups. The law requires that every jailer in the state inspect the immigration documents of every person detained, absent specialized training, funding, oversight, or access to federal immigration databases. Moreover, the law requires jailers to determine whether someone is in compliance with complex, federal immigration laws. Advocacy groups warn of the potential for racial profiling, as under Arizona’s recently passed anti-immigrant bill.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

August 15 - 17: 2010 Southeast Asian Leadership & Advocay Training sponsored by Southeast Asia Resource Action Center in Long Beach, CA.

September 14: Webinar: "Immigration Detainers: What They Are and How to Challenge Them" sponsored by CLINIC, the National Immigration Project of the NLG, the ACLU of Northern California and the ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project.

September 16: JACL Gala Awards Dinner hosted by Japanese American Citizens League in Washington, DC.

September 26 - October 2: Face the Truth Week of Actions.

October 2: Be the Change sponsored by South Asian Americans Leading Together.

October 7: 14th Annual American Courage Awards hosted by Asian American Justice Center in Washington, DC.

October 22: Let's Break Through Together hosted by Breakthrough in New York City.