MediaMouse.org was a leftist blog and news website covering Grand Rapids, Michigan that existed in varying capacities from 1999 to 2009. We stopped publishing in June of 2009, you can read more about why here. This site now archives all of our content so that hopefully folks can learn and/or be inspired by the past several years of activism in Grand Rapids.

The Realities of Immigrant Detention

Posted: May 8th, 2008 | Author: edcutlip |

The Midwest Coalition for Human Rights–a network of forty-four organization in the Midwest–has produced a new video that looks at immigrant detention and the realities of the United States government effort to criminalize undocumented immigrants. Not surprisingly, the reality is dramatically different than the lies perpetuated by the rightwing media and racist opponents of immigration:

The Midwest Coalition for Human Rights also has information about the enforcement of immigration law in the Midwest and the deaths of 71 immigrants in government custody.

  • Share/Bookmark

Related Posts:

  1. Ehlers and Hoekstra Vote for Additional Anti-Immigrant Legislation
  2. Un dia sin Immigrante / A Day without An Immigrant: May 1
  3. March Planned as Part of Local Effort to Fight Anti-immigrant Legislation
  4. Michigan Legislature Passes another Anti-Immigrant Measure
  5. Celebrating the Immigrant Rights Movement: Midwest Social Forum Plenary

Tags: , , ,

Comments are closed.