To her family and friends, Lakeview wife and mother Madonna “Donna” Kashanian is a kind and caring neighbor always ready to cook a meal. To U.S. immigration authorities, Kashanian is a criminal, perhaps even a terrorist. Currently locked up in Basile, Louisiana’s ICE Processing Center, Kashanian is caught in the crosshairs of America’s war with […]
On Saturday, June 14, more than 1,500 New Orleanians are expected to fill the streets of the Marigny in a bold and satirical display of protest against Donald Trump’s $100 million military birthday parade taking place in Washington, D.C. The local demonstration, known as the NO KINGS Day Protest Parade, is part of a massive, […]
A coalition of local activist groups is escalating its weekly demonstrations outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Field Office in downtown New Orleans, protesting what they describe as the agency’s role in human rights abuses and political repression both locally and abroad. The rallies, organized by the Nola 4 Palestine coalition, will continue […]
Louisiana law enforcement agencies may soon be carrying out duties usually reserved for federal U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforement (ICE) agents. On Thursday, Louisiana Republican Governor Jeff Landry issued an executive order launching “Operation GEAUX,” directing state law enforcement agencies to “explore, and where appropriate, enter into” agreements with the Department of Homeland Security under […]
Although Louisiana, the incarceration capital of the world, has made some progress in recent years in regard to criminal justice reform, the state has also taken some notable huge steps backward with a massive expansion of immigrant detention. Through the last decade, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) contracted with local officials, as well as for-profit […]
The New Orleans Workers Group in solidarity with Reproductive Justice Action Collective, Women With A Vision, the New Orleans Abortion Fund, Familias Unidas in Accion, New Orleans People’s Assembly and Louisiana Movement for Workers Councils calls on all people of conscience to demand an end to the medical experimentation and forced sterilization of women, folks […]
This article was originally published in ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Less than two weeks ago, the Trump administration urged Americans to avoid nonessential travel to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Major airlines slashed their routes. All the while, Sirous Asgari took nine different flights around the country. None of […]
2,200 people have been quarantined after being exposed to the mumps virus at two immigration detention facilities.
Friday- Immigrants rights group Congreso de Journaleros (Congress of Day Laborers) held a vigil in Kenner to demand an end to wage theft and police racial profiling. The meeting was attended by over 150 people, and was a mix of people from the immigrant community, and allies. There were anarchists, faith leaders and people proudly […]
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