Immigrant rights advocates gathered today outside of the Buffalo Federal Detention Facility at Batavia in support of undocumented women facing deportation. More than 50 people, including many from New York City — and one sporting an oversize Donald Trump head, orange skin and all, holding a “Deport Me” sign — stood close together to listen […]
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Local immigration rights advocates call on Greyhound to stop bus raids
The American Civil Liberties Union yesterday issued an open letter to the president and CEO of Greyhound, calling for them to refuse Customs and Border Protection permission to conduct bus raids without a warrant. The letter cited instances in Washington, California, Vermont, Michigan, Florida, Arizona, and here in Western New York of border patrol agents […]
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Yates County farmworker facing deportation
Gilberto Reyes-Herrera came to the US from Mexico about 25 years ago to escape poverty. Now 51, he has a wife and three children, and according to numerous people, he’s an upstanding part of the Yates County farmworker community. But he is undocumented, and now faces deportation. Last June, Reyes-Herrera was a passenger in a […]
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Immigration plan’s winners and losers
People come to the US to escape extreme poverty and violence, said one Upstate New York immigrant farmworker after hearing President Obama’s immigration speech last week. “We’re here to do the right thing and provide food for everyone,” he said. “I didn’t come to this country to produce weapons or smuggle drugs. I produce food.” […]
