Archive for May 1st, 2009

Austin voices rise for immigration reform

Written by on Friday, May 1st, 2009 in Latest News.

A man ran away from immigration authorities on the steps of the Texas Capitol on Friday as more than 500 people watched. The man and the authorities were actors, members of Cristo Rey Catholic Church, who were taking part in the March for Just and Humane Immigration Reform in Austin. President Barack Obama “said we’re going to have immigration reform,” said Antolin Aguirre, a member of the church. The play showed a man crossing illegally into the U.S. from Mexico and being joined later by his family, who were all placed in detention. “We don’t want leftovers. We want a honest and just immigration act. God considers us as one race and one family.”

Original post by AFP and software by Elliott Back

AP – Prosecutors called the beating death of an illegal immigrant from Mexico a despise crime, and they urged an all-white jury in Pennsylvania coal country to punish two white teenagers for their roles in the attack.

Original post by AFP and software by Elliott Back

Fiji suspended from regional forum: chairman (AFP)

Written by on Friday, May 1st, 2009 in 223572.

AFP – Fiji was suspended from the 16-nation Pacific Islands Forum and told there was no place for a regime which displays “such a total disregard for basic human rights.”

Original post by AFP and software by Elliott Back



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