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The corporation that runs the federal immigration detention center on Tacoma’s Tideflats plans to expand the facility’s capacity by 50 percent.

When completed, the Northwest Detention Center should be able to hold up to 1,500 immigrants in federal custody.

Mexico-born Jose J. Cervantes-Corona was 42 when he died at the Northwest Detention Center 21 months ago. We never heard about it, but his death at the Tacoma tideflats facility is now suspected of having been preventable.

Cervantes-Corona is named in recently released and published documents showing how many "detainees" have died in U.S. immigration prisons: The New York Times last week reported that 66 names are listed in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) data from 2004 to 2007, while the Washington Post this week reported 83 have died between 2003 and 2008.

April 24 4 pm. Media Teach-In on Immigration Facility.

Join Tacoma Smash ICE with a media teach-in on Tacoma's own I.C.E. (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) facility located on the tide flats and the upcoming rally and march. On April 26th, at People's Park (9th and MLK Way), there will be a rally from 12 - 1 pm. Following this will be a march against the Northwest Detention Center and I.C.E.

Tacoma Smash ICE

http://www.ufppc.org

Jane Guskin, Co-author of The Politics of Immigration: Questions and Answers will be in Tacoma on Tuesday, April 22, 7 pm at King’s Books, 218 St. Helens Street. The new book by Jane Guskin and David L. Wilson on Monthly Review Press, lays out a practical approach to immigration, tackling common questions with hard facts and rational arguments. See the website: http://thepoliticsofimmigration.org. This event is sponsored by United for Peace of Pierce County.

A group of Latino workers, at the Twin Cities-based D’Amico’s & Sons restaurant chain have organized and taken direct action to resist being fired for receiving “No-Match” letters from the Social Security Administration. The workers ­ many who have well over a decade of service for the company ­ have been joined by family members, some co-workers, the Workers Interfaith Network (WIN), Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and the Twin Cities General Membership Branch of the Industrial Workers of the World (I.W.W.) and others.

"Find An Illegal Immigrant Tag" on UW-Seattle campus, Tuesday Apr. 15, 2008 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. COUNTER PROTESTERS REQUESTED.

The event is called "Find an Illegal Immigrant Tag" and will be held on the HUB lawn. The UW College Republicans will be tabling from 10:00am to 2:00pm and the game itself will be held at 12:20.

According to a message from the CR president, the event is intended to
send a a "clear statement that we need to get serious and crack down on illegal immigration and secure our borders.

A counter-protest is being organized by the Chicano group MeCHA, and others.

Workers' Assembly On Immigration

Date: Fri & Sat, April 11th and 12th, 2008
(4:30 pm to 8:00 pm Friday, 9:30 am to 5:00 pm Saturday)

Location:
the Evergreen State College Tacoma Campus
1210 Sixth Avenue
Tacoma, Washington

*Childcare and Transportation will be available*

The Assembly is for workers to talk to one another about immigration, how it affects working families in all of our communities, and what we can do to stop exploitation on the job and in the streets.

How can immigrant communities and their supporters respond to ICE raids?

Tacoma Smash ICE is a collection of individuals concerned that not
only do the I.C.E (Immigrations and Customs Enforcement) centers
exist, but there is one on the tide flats in Tacoma, Washington.
We intend to educate those in our community about upcoming events
in april regarding the Tacoma Detention center and promoting
self-organized action and protest against detention centers and
borders of all kinds. April 21st through the 26th will be a week
of teach-ins that lead to a demonstration against I.C.E, against

Writer and photojournalist David Bacon will speak at King’s Books, 218 St. Helens Avenue, Tacoma at 7pm on Monday, March 10th. Based in Oakland and Berkeley, California, he is an associate editor at Pacific News Service, and writes for TruthOut, The Nation, The American Prospect, The Progressive, and the San Francisco Chronicle, among other publications. He has been a reporter and documentary photographer for 18 years, shooting for many national publications. He has has exhibited his work nationally, and in Mexico, the UK and Germany.