Report Back: Deportation Defense Training in Athens, Ohio
On Sunday, April 22, the COWC presented the deportation defense training in Athens, Ohio. This was an important step for us. So far we have presented in Cleveland, Cincinnati, and Ohio – all places with large, recognizable immigrant populations and established...
Deportation Defense Training on OSU Campus
In our attempt to expose as many people as possible to the deportation defense training, OSU social work major and COWC Board Member Jessica Camacho (pictured here) hosted a training on campus with the support of Patrick Cleary, an OSU geography major, a member of...
Human Rights Abuses of Immigrants in Ohio
Imagine fleeing the Congo with your 7-year old daughter out of fear of being killed for being Catholic. Then imagine that when you arrive in the United States, the ICE arrests you and sends you to facility in San Diego but keeps your daughter in a facility in Chicago....
Upcoming Events
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Immigration Courts Suffer Under Trump
The following online article takes a closer look at how the Trump administration is affecting the immigration courts. Special thanks to the University of Oxford Border Criminologies project for their work to advance awareness and research about immigrant issues. Read...
MLK, Jr. Would Have Been With Us
This article was originally written and published for MLK, Jr Day in 2018, and reposted from Medium. ... As CEOs and corporate politicians recite the accomplishments of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., it is especially important during this troubled time in our nation’s...