Summer 2019 National Immigrant Solidarity Network Monthly News Digest and News Alert!

Declaring a state of national emergency this February, the Trump administration has secured the budget for further militarizing the U.S.-Mexico border. Last month, we saw hundreds of companies at the Border Security Expo in San Antonio, TX compete to offer more military-grade surveillance and data systems to the Department of Homeland Security. Using larger and larger shared databases, the insatiable hunger for the surveillance and monitoring of immigrant communities now covers hundreds of millions of individuals inside and outside the U.S.

The border wall is already here. Since the 1990s, walls, fences, and other physical barriers have been constructed along hundreds of miles of the U.S.-Mexico border. They are complemented by natural barriers, such as rivers and mountains, and fortified by ever-increasing surveillance technologies, including drones, towers, balloons, and underground sensors. With the inflow of so much data, now government agencies are seeking artificial intelligence solutions to eliminate the more expensive, slow, and potentially intractable human element.

The criminalization of immigrants and the militarization of the border benefit some of the largest companies in the world. Any meaningful public debate about these issues needs to expose these stakeholders, which have become de-facto policymakers. Our new research maps the Borders industries, including companies involved in border construction and maintenance, border surveillanceand monitoring, and the surveillance and monitoring of immigrant communities inside the U.S.

Borders
Borders between the global north and south are fortified and militarized to secure the movement of wealth and goods while limiting the movement of poor immigrants and refugees. These borders can correspond to national borders, and they can also divide areas according to ethnic, racial, or religious lines. At times, these borders cut through ancestral lands, nature reserves, take over resources, isolate and strangle occupied peoples. The fortification of these borders is never ending, using ever-growing physical barriers, armed presence, and technological surveillance and monitoring. The border industry has been similarly growing, with the advent of private policing and the development of virtual border, surveillance and monitoring technologies.

This section focuses on the main companies involved in the militarization of borders and the policing of immigration, and it is organized in four parts with the following sub-sections.....

September-October, 2019 US Activist to China Delegation Shanghai, Nanjing, Beijing and Witness the 10/1 China’s National Day! (12 Days, 9/24-10/4, 2019)

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Useful Handouts and Know Your Immigrant Rights When Marches

Immigrant Marches / Marchas de los Inmigrantes

(By ACLU)

EN ESPAÑOL
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Immigrants and their supporters are participating in marches all over the country to protest proposed national legislation and to seek justice for immigrants. The materials available here provide important information about the rights and risks involved for anyone who is planning to participate in the ongoing marches.

If government agents question you, it is important to understand your rights. You should be careful in the way you speak when approached by the police, FBI, or INS. If you give answers, they can be used against you in a criminal, immigration, or civil case.

The ACLU's publications below provide effective and useful guidance in several languages for many situations. The brochures apprise you of your legal rights, recommend how to preserve those rights, and provide guidance on how to interact with officials.

IMMIGRATION
Know Your Rights When Encountering Law Enforcement
| Conozca Sus Derechos Frente A Los Agentes Del Orden Público

ACLU of Massachusetts - Your Rights And Responsibilities If You Are Contacted By The Authorities English | Spanish | Chinese

ACLU of Massachusetts - What to do if stopped and questioned about your immigration status on the street, the subway, or the bus
| Que hacer si Usted es interrogado en el tren o autobus acerca de su estatus inmigratorio

ACLU of South Carolina - How To Deal With A 287(g)
| Como Lidiar Con Una 287(g)

ACLU of Southern California - What to Do If Immigration Agents or Police Stop You While on Foot, in Your Car, or Come to Your Home
| Qué Hacer Si Agentes de Inmigración o la Policía lo Paran Mientras Va Caminando, lo Detienen en su Auto o Vienen a su Hogar

ACLU of Washington - Brochure for Iraqis: What to Do If the FBI or Police Contact You for Questioning English | Arabic

ACLU of Washington - Your Rights at Checkpoints at Ferry Terminals
| Sus Derechos en Puestos de Control en las Terminales de Transbordadores

LABOR / FREE SPEECH
Immigrant Protests - What Every Worker Should Know:
| Manifestaciones de los Inmigrantes - Lo Que Todo Trabajador Debe Saber

PROTESTERS
ACLU of Florida Brochure - The Rights of Protesters
| Los Derechos de los Manifestantes

STUDENTS
Washington State - Student Walkouts and Political Speech at School
| Huelgas Estudiantiles y Expresión Política en las Escuelas

California Students: Public School Walk-outs and Free Speech
| Estudiantes de California: Marchas o Huelgas y La Libertad de Expresión en las Escuelas Públicas

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September-October, 2019 US Activist to China Delegation
Shanghai, Nanjing, Beijing and Witness the 10/1 China’s National Day!
(12 Days, 9/24-10/4, 2019)

Projects of National Immigrant Solidarity Network (NISN) and Action LA Network, Fiscal sponsorships of Alliance for Global Justice

Please download our latest newsletter: http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/Newsletter/Summer2019.pdf

Immigrant justice videos from ActivistVideo.org

September-October, 2019 US Activist to China Delegation Shanghai, Nanjing, Beijing and Witness the 10/1 China’s National Day! (12 Days, 9/24-10/4, 2019)

Projects of National Immigrant Solidarity Network (NISN) and Action LA Network, Fiscal sponsorships of Alliance for Global Justice

Please download our latest newsletter: http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/Newsletter/Summer2019.pdf

September-October, 2019 US Activist to China Delegation
Shanghai, Nanjing, Beijing and Witness the 10/1 China’s National Day!
(12 Days, 9/24-10/4, 2019)