Ex-agents get prison in immigrant's death
2/2/2004. Houston Chronicle
In rulings hailed as the first of their kind, a Houston federal judge sentenced three former immigration agents to prison Monday for denying medical care to a paralyzed immigrant who later died of his injuries. ...

The Border Angels and Their Unconditional Humanitarianism
2/1/2004. Pacifica News Service
In the face of the Bush Administration�s immigration proposal which would make undocumented immigrant workers legally exploitable for intervals of three years, thirty Border Angel volunteers, led by Enrique Morones, founder of the non-profit organization, caravanned from downtown San Diego to East County�s rocky desert hills to set up stations of water, food, and clothing. ...

Immigration, Bush proposal divides Republican Senate candidates
2/1/2004. The Mercury News
It's not often that a Republican Senate candidate runs ads criticizing a popular Republican president, but that's what Jim Oberweis is doing when it comes to immigration....

Forum to look at reality of immigration (February 15)
1/29/2004. Workday Minnesota
A look at the reality of immigrants in Minnesota and at proposals for just immigration reform will take place Feb. 15 in a forum called �Strangers Becoming Friends.� Maria Elena Durazo, an international vice president with the Hotel and Restaurant Employees Union and the national leader of last year�s Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride, will be featured speaker....

Immigration Committee Given Full Status in New York City Council
1/29/2004. The Black World Today
This move is applauded by immigrant advocates because it means the committee will receive more resources, financial and otherwise, that will empower it to play a much more pivotal role in this city in which over 40% of the residents are foreign-born....

Wal-Mart vs. America's Middle Class
1/26/2004. Common Dreams
One way to look at President Bush's amnesty plan for illegal immigrants is through the lens of Southern California's grocery shutdown. Employers such as Wal-Mart, already under investigation for hiring illegal immigrants and other malpractices, will use amnestied workers to drive wages and benefits down still further. ...

Supermarket Picketers Return To Ralphs
1/25/2004. NBC4 TV
...Union officials also said the company may have coerced some workers, especially immigrant workers, with threats that they might not get jobs unless they agreed to cross the picket lines....

Senators introduce new immigration-reform bill
1/22/2004. The Business Journal Phoenix
Arizona defense and security contractors could get a boost if a new bill introduced by two U.S. senators gains traction on Capitol Hill. ...

Immigrant-Labor Economics
1/22/2004. The New York Times
President Bush's recent proposal to grant temporary legal status to illegal immigrants is not yet fleshed out enough to judge how effective it will be. Six million to eight million illegal workers would qualify, as would future immigrants hired by companies that could show that Americans were not willing to take the jobs. ...

Democrats on the issues: Immigration
1/22/2004. The Desert Sun
The presidential candidates weigh in on how they would govern. IMMIGRATION: Should it become easier for undocumented foreign workers in the United States to gain legal immigration status?...