TSF on the NC immigration fight, 9/10

Immigration and immigrant rights are becoming burning
questions in NC this year.  Alamance, Durham, Wake,
and other counties have joined the Federal 287g
program to give police immigration law enforcement
powers with the result that people are being deported
without committing any offense other than being
undocumented.  In one case the police might have found
out someone's status illegally.  Orange County is not
in the program, but people are being sent to Alamance
where they are deported.  Undocumented immigrant
students have been banned from the community colleges
(with the support of Bev Perdue, Kay Hagan, and
Republicans), even though allowing them to enroll is
perfectly legal.

The non-partisan Triangle Socialist Forum is
discussing what is going on, why, especially the
economic forces behind immigration and the reaction,
and some progressive responses Wednesday, September
10th at the Chapel Hill Public Library at 7pm.