Portland Central America Solidarity Committee
Portland Central America Solidarity Committee
September 29, 2014 Francisco Aguirre is a valued member of our community who has worked for many years in support of immigrants’ rights and worker empowerment. Sadly, he is now being targeted by the unjust US immigration system. The Portland Central America Solidarity Committee is steadfast in standing with Francisco and fighting immigration …
Over the course of the last week, over 150 mothers, fathers, children and students have attempted to cross into the US at the border port of entry in California as part of the National Immigrant Youth Alliance’s #BringThemHome project. They have presented themselves at the border and asked to be reunited with their families and their communities. Among them, are …
The Obama Administration is barreling toward a milestone, one it probably would like kept in the shadows. Sometime in the next few weeks, the number of people without documentation deported since President Obama took office in 2009 will exceed 2 million. It’s an astounding number–far more than the Bush Administration deported–and it is puzzling considering …
Immigrants Enduring Brutal Path to Citizenship; Determined to Prevail by Pete Shaw Read More »
Amnesty International on Oct. 1 called on the Mexican authorities to free Alberto Patishtán, a Tzotzil Indigenous man and bilingual teacher from the state of Chiapas in order to end 13 years of unjust imprisonment.
Guatemalan nationals exit a plane and head for the Migration Office in Guatemala City’s La Aurora Airport after having been deported from the United States. Each week, fourteen flights arrive at La Aurora Airport from the U.S. carrying approximately 135 deportees per airplane
As they prepared to enter into Texas, the group of about 35 crossers, surrounded by friends, family and supporters began shouting louder and louder chants in English and Spanish, including, “Undocumented! Unafraid!”
Download the Strike The Prisons newsletter from Pelican Bay In June 2011 groups in the Bay Area supported a hunger strike by some California prisoners protesting conditions in the Security Housing Unit (SHU) at Pelican Bay. The first hunger strike kicked off on July 1st and was followed by the second one in October of …
Join PCASC for our 4th Annual Brunch on Sunday, June 23rd.
Private, for-profit correctional institutions rely on a steady stream of immigrants to keep their wallets fat with taxpayer money
PCASC is proud to release our Spring 2013 issue of La Lucha Solidaria!