Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles

According to this article in the Houston Chronicle in Washington both sides of the immigration struggle are adjusting their strategies to the fact that CIR is off the table for this session of congress:

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/mason/5189638.html

The City of Irving, Texas has authorized its police to act as Border Patrol agents. Deportations are increasing and large protests are putting pressure on the city council to reverse its stance.

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/101007dnmetirvrally.2b192db.html

Opponents of the councils actions outnumbered supporters 6 to 1 according to this Dallas Morning News story:

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/tv/stories/DN-irvrally_14met.ART0.West.Edition1.424c12f.html

Some families in Irving are taking their children out of school because of the deportation fears according to this NYT article:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/05/us/05brfs-school.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

Student leaders from across the state rallied in Sacramento on Monday,urging Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to sign a bill that would allow undocumented students who grew up here to apply for some grants and community-college tuition waivers. You can read this story in its entirety on the web at:

http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/409624.html

A blog that keeps very current on the struggle for immigrants rights is: http://latinalista.net/

Marisa Trevino the creator is a syndicated journalist and local public radio commentator. She has been writing about family, education and other social justice
issues for over a decade.

Immigration quote of the week:
"Ethnocentrism is the logical corollary of egocentrism."
Jonathan Mercer, Anarchy and Identity, 1995