By Julianne Ong Hing, Jorge Rivas and Seth Wessler
ColorLines investigates the effects of deportation on families of color.
October 22, 2009Harsh immigration policy, compounded by systemic inequities built into the criminal justice system, might not be thwarting terrorists or making our country a whole lot safer. But the laws are doing a great job of breaking up another entity: families of color. STORIESIntroduction: Torn Apart From New York to Jamaica, families struggle to stay together.Double Punishment Families of color are punished twice by immigration and criminal justice systems that don’t provide equal justice. Home in Name Only Deportees struggle to survive in an unfamiliar and unwelcoming place: the country of their birth. MULTIMEDIA by Jorge Rivas
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Always Saying Goodbye
A family's long-distance life, in photos.
Video: Bullets in the HoodNov/Dec 2007 Excerpt from 2004 documentary produced by ProTV and the Downtown Community Television Center
Turning to TasersNov/Dec 2007 Phoenix police became the first in the country to use Tasers, but will that decrease shootings?
Black, Latino Suburbs Have Most ShootingsNov/Dec 2007 In Chicago suburbs, more police shootings have occurred in communities with large black or Latino populations.
