Monthly Archives: December 2008

Erik Camayd-Freixas wins Inttranet Linguist of the Year Award

December 30, 2008 – 1:05 pm

Erik Camayd-Freixas, one of the translators for the undocumented workers arrested at a Pottsville, Iowa meatpacking plant (see my blog “Immirgant Workers in Iowa Denied Interpreter Rights” from July 24, 2008 above), has been elected Inttranet Linguist of the Year for 2008 for his courage in testifying at the trial.
An Associate Professor of Spanish and [...]

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ACLU Report on immigrant detention in Massachusetts

December 26, 2008 – 1:37 pm

On December 10, 2008, the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts released a report titled “Detention and Deportation in the age of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).” The report is quite damning. Although never having committed a crime, over 800 immigrants and asylum-seekers are held in jails or detention facilities throughout Massachusetts, never knowing when [...]

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