Immigration
arc_res-immigration.jpg Who is an American?  ARC believes that the the answer should not be an "accident of birth" but a reflection reality.  Millions of immigrants make this country their home, contribute to it's wellbeing-- it's political, social and civic fabric.  However, our policies work to criminalize and demonize immigrant communities, separate families and exploit labor.  To build a United States that values all Americans, we need immigration laws that protect people rather than attack them.
The New Culture War
In the ongoing battle over immigration, conservative rhetoric continues to escalate. It's racist, and it gets results.  Here, then, are the six racist myths driving the immigration debate, dispelled.  
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The Price of the Ticket

There is little question that the current immigration debate, though coded and contrived otherwise, is entirely about race.

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The Slippery Slope of Racial Profiling
By Nicole Davis. "Before September 11 we had almost succeeded in eliminating racial profiling, After September 11, it’s a whole new world," says Michel Shehadeh of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC).  Full article available on ColorLines here.
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U.S. No Longer a Refuge for Poor, Huddled Masses
By Tram Nguyen, Executive Editor, ColorLines magazine. It's a terrible time to be a refugee. Nearly 30 years ago, refugee policy provided a political weapon in the war against communism, as it does now in the war against terrorism. The difference is that today's government assumes that refugees are themselves the terrorists.
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Uncertain Future
Deportation Uproots a Filipino Family from Kentucky, by Gordon Hurd on RaceWire. Full article available on ColorLines here.
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Under Homeland Security
2001-2004: A timeline of major events and policies affecting immigrants and civil liberties. Full article available on ColorLines here.
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We Are All Suspects Now
We Are All Suspects Now reveals the human cost of the domestic war on terror and examines the impact of post 9/11 policies on those targeted because of immigration status, nationality, and religion. Learn more about the book here. 
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What Can Foreign Embassies Do for Immigrants?
By Francis Calpotura. In the wake of the domestic crackdown on their communities, immigrants have begun to turn to their home-country governments for support. Full article available on ColorLines here.
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When the Power’s Out, Knowledge is Power
New York’s Immigrant Communities Respond to Outage, by Gabrielle Banks. Thursday’s power outage was no big deal for Ruby Rodriguez. Twenty-five years ago, Rodriguez went into labor during an energy rationing campaign in Armenia, Colombia, and gave birth to her son in the hospital by candlelight. Full article available on ColorLines here.
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