Immigrant Rights

A group of 10 bilingual immigrants began offering emotional support this week to undocumented aliens in Colorado detention centers with a program that helps them get in touch with their families.
The program, known as Colorado AID, is a project of the Denver office of the American Friends Service Committee, a Quaker organization.

Most locals celebrated the 4th of July weekend with picnics and fireworks. But approximately fifty locals marked the holiday yesterday with a vigil at Aurora's GEO detention center.

Dozens protest deaths of immigrants at border crossings.

Miami's NPR station reports that calls for an Arizona-style law in Florida is raising fears. But AFSC's Herman Martinez vows action. Click here to hear more.

California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman is courting the immigrant vote with ads during the World Cup. But AFSC staffer Pedro Rios considers her a "political chameleon." Read more here.