The first workplace raid under Obama:
28 employees were arrested when over 70 ICE agents forcibly raided Yamato Engine Specialists in Bellingham, Washington.
Racewire's Hatty Lee quotes the President:
“Well, I don’t know about you, but I think it’s time for a president who won’t walk away from comprehensive immigration reform when it becomes politically unpopular.” President Obama's words from Sept. 2008. Maybe he needs to be reminded of these words.
What we can do:
• The Fair Immigration Reform Movement (FIRM) asks the president to stop raids
• The Campaign for Community Change asks us to call President Obama
In other not particularly uplifting news:
The NYT reports that:
Across the country, children are providing care for sick parents or grandparents — lifting frail bodies off beds or toilets, managing medication, washing, feeding, dressing, talking with doctors. Schools, social service agencies and health providers are often unaware of those responsibilities because families members may be too embarrassed, or stoic.
Reuters also wrote yesterday:
Prison inmates infected with the AIDS virus often stop taking life-saving drugs after being released, raising health risks for them and their communities, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
The researchers said the U.S. prison system has become an important front in efforts to curb the spread of the human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV.
WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN?! The implications are too overwhelming for me to think about right now
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