December 15, 2011 - National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (NNIRR)

December 16, 2011 - Voces de la Frontera

December 12, 2011 - COLORLINES

The fight that both sides of the immigration debate have been itching for has finally arrived. The Supreme Court has decided to examine Arizona’s SB 1070, CBS reported.

October 28, 2011 - Twin Cities Daily Planet

October 4, 2011 - Minnesota Public Radio News

Minneapolis — A new report from the Minneapolis Foundation shows disparities between racial and ethnic groups in Minneapolis are pervasive.

The report, called One Minneapolis, is a compilation of data gathered in two dozen categories researchers say are key indicators of well-being - including education and employment.

July 14, 2011 - Voces de la Frontera

June, 2011 - American Civil Liberties Union

The ACLU is fighting a wave of outrageous racial profiling laws in the states, but we need the Obama administration to do its part to stop the anti-immigrant activists from putting these laws on the books. Tell Attorney General Holder: There is no place in our country for "show me your papers" laws.

July 5, 2011 - The Center for American Progress

June 7, 2011 - The Chicago Tribune

The Illinois chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union filed a complaint today asking the federal Department of Justice to investigate the Illinois State Police’s use of consent searches, arguing officers unfairly target minority drivers for search during traffic stops. 

May 25, 2011 - Amna Akbar, guest blogger for Rights Working Group

There are visible and less visible ways the government has targeted Muslims, Arabs, and South Asians since September 11, 2001. With the death of Osama bin Laden, however, mainstream pundits, commentators, and lawmakers have attempted to push us to forget the damage and the grief this “war on terror” has brought to our communities—and to immigrant communities and communities of color more broadly.