Redwood Curtain CopWatch, based in the north coast of California, is part of a larger movement of self organized CopWatch groups throughout the US. Our local efforts seek to intervene in the drastic rise of the presence, militarization, and violence of the police, and build support networks based on self-determination, caring, and concrete needs.
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JOIN THE DIGNITY CAMPAIGN for Real Immigration Reform
Friends,
Most immigration reform bills before Congress have an built-in bias and nativist prejudice toward immigrants, both documented and undocumented. These immigrants are presumed guilty until proved innocent.
Many of us believe that a new approach toward immigration reform is urgently needed. Thats why we are joining the Dignity Campaign. Hopefully, more individuals and groups will join in with this campaign.
Hasta La Victoria!
Mark Day
San Diego Day Laborers Association
Rushed From Haiti, Then JAILED in U.S. for Lacking Visas
Submitted by copwatch on Fri, 04/02/2010 - 4:05pmMarch 31, 2010
By Nina Bernstein, NY Times
More than two months after the earthquake that devastated Haiti, at least 30 survivors who were waved onto planes by Marines in the chaotic aftermath are prisoners of the United States immigration system, locked up since their arrival in detention centers in Florida.
In Haiti, some were pulled from the rubble, their legal advocates say. Some lost parents, siblings or children. Many were seeking food, safety or medical care at the Port-au-Prince airport when terrifying aftershocks prompted hasty evacuations by military transports, with no time for immigration processing. None have criminal histories.
