~ Ethnic Media in Chicago

~ Resources and Contacts in Chicago

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~ Blogs About Immigration

[The blogs listed below reflects the diversity of opinions expressed in the blogosphere. The selection is meant to provide our visitor with an idea of this diversity, not to reflect our personal views on the subject. ]

- Immigration Reform http://immigration-reformissue.blogspot.com/ : The best way to solve this issue is to find a medium between the two. Both Americans and Mexican immigrants have benefited. A compromise must be reached to find the best solution possible.

- Immigration Agitation: The K-1 adventures of Hoopla and Xavier http://immigration-agitation.blogspot.com/ : The tedious misadventures of Hoopla, Xavier and the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services

- Australia Immigration, is it for you? http://blog.oz-migration.com.au/ : People, jobs and lifestyle advice to be able to consider living, working and moving to Australia, from someone who moved in 2002 from the UK, with his wife and four children. I have since set up an online 24/7 one-stop centre, to help assist anyone wishing to do the same.

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~ Blogs About Diasporas

- Black Diaspora http://blackdiaspora.blogspot.com/index.html

A blog offering commentary on news and information relating to or of concern to people of African descent.

- Life in the Armenian Diaspora http://www.cilicia.com/armo_spiurk-log.html

- The Voice of Somaliland Diaspora - Ottawa http://waridaad.blogspot.com/

~ In-depth news stories
- World on the move - A special BBC News series on migration around the world '
- A Home for Brissa - Lincoln Journal Star
- Immigration Newspaper Archive
- Rocky Mountain News (Colorado), June 2006, "The Border Within"
- Chicago Tribune, December 2005, "Crossing Borders"
- News 21: Carnegie-Knight Initiative on the Future of Journalism Education - "Immigration in Post 9/11 America"
- Journal News (Ohio)
- Investigative Reporters & Editors (IRE) Immigration Data Service
- The Economist's Country Briefing
The News Observer (North Carolina)

~ Research centers, think-tanks and institutions
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- Migration Policy Institute
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- - International Organization for Migration (IOM) - Geneva, Switzerland
- European Council on Refugees and Exiles
- IMISCOE (International Migration, Integration and Social Cohesion)
- INED (Institut National d'Etudes Demographiques), Section of International Migration and Minorities
- OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) - Trends in International Migration and Migration Policies
- REMI (Revue Europeenne des Migrations Internationales (European Review of International Migrations)
- ERAN (European Regeneration Areas Network) - Quartiers en Crise
- Centre for studies on Ethnicity and Migrations, Belgium.
- Centro de Estudos Geograficos, Lisbon, Portugal
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~ Immigration scholars & experts
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- David ABRAHAM (Univ of Miami, dabraham@law.miami.edu)
- Amon AMEKA (USC, emeka@usc.edu)

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- Cicero ARAUJO (Brazil, fflchflp@edu.usp.br)
- Rodolfo Valentin BERTONCELLO (Argentina, bertoncello@cenep.org.ar)
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~ Ethnic community groups
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- Arab-American Institute
- Asian American Justice Center
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~ Immigrant support groups
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- American Immigration Lawyer's Association
-California Immigrant Welfare Collaborative
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- Asian Migrant Center
- Center for Indonesian Migrant Workers
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~ Reviews and Journals
- Migration Letters

~ Immigration blogs
- Blog from three immigration law professors from UC Davis

National Sites

American Civil Liberties Union
Includes extensive information on ACLU Immigrant Rights Project programs and lawsuits.

American Friends Service Committee
Offers a broad overview of AFSC's many projects addressing a variety of issues in movements for social justice. Includes information about AFSC projects across the country focused on immigrant rights.

American Immigration Lawyer's Association
National Association of Immigration Attorneys. Includes information about lawyer referral service.

Arab-American Institute
Represents the policy and community interests of Arab Americans throughout the United States and strives to promote Arab American participation in the U.S. electoral system

Asian American Justice Center
AJC works to advance the human and civil rights of Asian Americans . In accomplishing its mission, AAJC focuses its work to Promote Civic Engagement, to Forge Strong and Safe Communities, and to Create an Inclusive Society in communities on a local, regional, and national level.

Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum
Site for only national advocacy organization dedicated to the health concerns of Asian Pacific Islanders, including immigrants and refugees.

California Immigrant Welfare Collective
The California Immigrant Welfare Collaborative (CIWC) is a statewide partnership of the Asian Pacific American Legal Center of Southern California (APALC), Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA), National Immigration Law Center (NILC), and Services, Immigrant Rights and Education Network (SIREN)

Church World Service Immigrant and Refugee Program
Includes information on CWS programs to address conditions for immigrants and refugees. Includes FAQs about refugees.

Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking
Provides information about trafficking, as well as links to related articles, organizations, and research sources.

Equal Rights Advocates
Dedicated to ensuring equal rights for all women. Highlights include sections on "affirmative action and you" and "immigrant women and work."

www.farmworkers.org
Bilingual website includes info on farmworker organizing, history of Bracero Program, and efforts to educate the public on the plight of agricultural workers.

International Center for Migration, Ethnicity and Citizenship (ICMEC) A scholarly-based research center operated out of the New School University. Provides information on academic research around migration.

LatinoLink
Informal and oriented to Latino culture. Features top news stories, and offers chat and conference options. Includes some immigration related information.

Lawyers Committee for Human Rights
Focuses on protecting the human rights of all people, including immigrant and refugees, on both national and international levels through the creation of legal policies and institutions.

Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services
Home of the Detention Watch Network and information about LIRS' asylum projects.

Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund
MALDEF is a national nonprofit organization whose mission is to protect and promote the civil rights of the more than 29 million Latinos living in the United States. Site features action alerts and policy updates.

Micasa-Sucasa
Allows individuals to share their immigration experiences through an online open forum, particularly focusing on the impact of recent immigration laws.

Migration Dialogue
Coordinated through UC Davis, offers links to a number of forums on migration issues. Features the online newsletter Migration News detailing the preceding month's immigration developments around the world.

National Council of La Raza
A nonprofit organization established in 1968 to reduce poverty and discrimination, and improve life opportunities for Latinos. Site features information on immigration program.

National Immigration Forum
Provides information on activities of national advocacy organization for immigrant and refugee issues based in Washington, D.C.

National Immigration Law Center
Focuses on policy advocacy, impact litigation, and providing publications, technical assistance, and training.

Sweatshop Watch
Provides links to sweatshop campaigns around the U.S. and the world, and offers extensive reports and articles.

United Methodist Committee on Relief
Assists churches in direct ministry to persons in need in the areas of emergency response, hunger and poverty, and refugees and immigration.

International Sites

Asian Migrant Center
Hong-Kong based organization anchors regional network for issues facing migrant workers in Asia. Comprehensive website features links to migrant organizations in Japan, Indonesia, Nepal, Korea, Thailand, and more!

December 18
Online Network for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Migrant Workers, designed around December 18, the international day for solidarity with migrant workers.

Directory of European Ethnic Minority and Migrant Organizations
Provides a unique listing of more that 10,000 organizations.

Global Campaign for Ratification of the Convention on Rights of Migrants
Site of the International Steering Committee of the Global Campaign for Ratification of the Convention on Rights of Migrants. Includes history and current updates around campaign.

International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Website Includes comprehensive links list to migrant rights' organizations around the world.

Migrants Rights International
Migrants Rights International is the independent global monitoring body focusing on human rights of migrants. Site features information on 1990 International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families, migrant NGOs, and index of international organizations.

National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns
United Kingdom-based coalition campaigning for the rights of immigrants, in particular those facing deportation.

Sin Fronteras
A Mexico City-based organization working for the human rights of migrants and to provide immigrants with social and legal assistance. Bilingual in English and Spanish!

Southern Africa Migration Project
Resource listing, research updates, and migration news alerts for Southern Africa. Focused on regional migration.

Third World Network
An independent non-profit international networks of organization and individuals involved in issues relating to development, the Third World, and North-South issues.

Anti-Immigrant Groups

Californians for Population Stabilization (CAPS)
California-based organization founds its anti-immigrant arguments on fears of over-population and concerns about environmental quality.

Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR)
National organization argues that immigrants negatively impact "education, health care, government budgets, employment, the environment [and] crime" in the U.S. Features useful news updates on immigration issues.

Negative Population Growth
Washington D.C.-based organization links environmental degradation, decreased "quality of life," and immigration.

Voices of Citizens Together
California-based group blatantly attacks immigrant rights and social justice activists, focusing in particular on Latino/a organizations. Jam-packed site is possibly the most directly negative and anti-immigrant site of all listed.

IN-DEPTH NEWS SERIES
Immigration Newspaper Archive

Rocky Mountain News (Colorado), June 2006, "The Border Within"
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has failed to deport criminal immigrants who have gone on to commit worse crimes in Colorado, a yearlong Rocky Mountain News investigation found. But half the immigrants deported by ICE, locally and nationally, have no criminal record.

Chicago Tribune, December 2005, "Crossing Borders"
Never before have so many women moved across borders, traversing cultures to seek lives in foreign lands.

Investigative Reporters & Editors (IRE) Immigration Data Service

THINK TANKS
- Center for Immigration Studies
- Migration Policy Institute

UNIVERSITY-BASED RESEARCH CENTERS
- UC Davis - Migration Dialogue
- University of Florida - Center for Latin American Studies
- UC San Diego - Center for US-Mexican Studies
- New School University - International Center for Migration, Ethnicity and Citizenship
- Georgetown University - Institute for the Study of International Migrations
- Princeton University - Center for Migration and Development
- University of Pennsylvania - Mexican Migration Project