Deepa Iyer
Colorlines.com
Washington, DC, United States
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In 'Blinded By The Light,' A Brown Immigrant Finds Himself in the Music of the Boss
Deepa Iyer writes about her personal connection to the immigrant story at the center of the new Bruce Springsteen-loving film. → Read More
My Role in a Social Change Ecosystem: A Mid-Year Check-In
At the beginning of 2019, I shared a reflection about how to move off the seesaw of outrage and numbness that many of us find ourselves on these days. To my surprise, so many of you resonated with… → Read More
Immigrants in Trump’s USA can learn from Bhagat Singh Thind’s 95-year-old citizenship battle
Immigrants must come together to defeat a broken immigration system and laws that pit them against each other. → Read More
From Silos to Solidarity: Learning from 2017’s Resistance Movements
What can we learn about effective solidarity practice from 2017’s resistance movements? With the advent of an Administration bent on targeting and criminalizing communities of color, 2017 may have… → Read More
Airlines Are Policing the Bodies and Behavior of Women-of-Color Passengers
And they’re inadvertently revealing the racist and misogynistic assumptions and codes of behavior that are thrust upon us. → Read More
Standing Up to Islamophobia
Libraries address Islamophobia in a time of bans, raids, and walls. → Read More
Reckoning with Trauma 16 Years After – Deepa Iyer –
It was November of 2015 and I was in Atlanta, Georgia for a discussion with a group of South Asian lawyers and advocates about my book on post 9/11 America. As I read aloud passages about the 2012… → Read More
Federal Appeals Court Blocks Trump's 'Muslim Ban'
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit rules that the Muslim and refugee ban is less about national security and more about anti-Muslim bias. → Read More
New DOJ Memo Retreats From Administration's Original Position on Penalizing Sanctuary Cities
But the Trump Administration may find other ways to attack sanctuary cities—and the proposed 2018 fiscal year budget might be one of them. → Read More
The U.S. is About to Decide Whether It Will Open Up Thousands of Haitian Immigrants to Deportation
The Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security will decide by May 23 whether to extend temporary protected status for 58,000 Haitian immigrants in the United States. Without it, they could be deported to a country that continues to struggle with the impact of two earthquakes and a devastating cholera epidemic. → Read More
The U.S. is About to Decide Whether It Will Open Up Thousands of Haitian Immigrants to Deportation
The Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security will decide by May 23 whether to extend temporary protected status for 58,000 Haitian immigrants in the United States. Without it, they could be deported to a country that continues to struggle with the impact of two earthquakes and a devastating cholera epidemic. → Read More
President Trump Signs 'Religious Liberty' Executive Order
But does it preserve religious liberty—or provide a license to discriminate? → Read More
President Trump Signs 'Religious Liberty' Executive Order
But does it preserve religious liberty—or provide a license to discriminate? → Read More
What Two Reports Have to Say About Trump's Impact on Immigrants and Muslims
Reports from We Belong Together and the Brennan Center for Justice critique Trump's anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim policies and warn of future threats. → Read More
Federal Judge Delivers Another Blow to Trump's Immigration Policies
A federal judge in California has blocked the Trump Administration's efforts to withhold federal funding from self-designated sanctuary cities. → Read More
Federal Judge Delivers Another Blow to Trump's Immigration Policies
A federal judge in California has blocked the Trump Administration's efforts to withhold federal funding from self-designated sanctuary cities. → Read More
Juan Montes May Be the First DACA Recipient to Be Deported Under Trump
Juan Montes says he was deported by Customs and Border Patrol agents at the California-Mexico border despite his valid and unexpired DACA work permit. The Department of Homeland Security disputes his claim. Now he's suing to get the government records related to his case. → Read More
President Trump to Announce "Buy American, Hire American" Executive Order
The two-part order focuses on the H-1B visa program and the procurement of American products by federal agencies. → Read More
Surge of Somali Deportations Worries Communities Already Facing Marginalization
A reported 4,000 Somali nationals are in the pipeline for being deported to a homeland suffering a severe humanitarian crisis. → Read More
The Government May Change How It Collects and Crunches Race Data. Here's Why You Should Weigh In
For the first time in 20 years, federal agencies are reviewing how they collect and report race and ethnicity data. This could mean breaking people of North African and Middle Eastern descent out of the "White" category and reporting on Asians and Pacific Islanders with more accuracy. → Read More