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The successful campaign to stop the ICE deportation of Ann Arbor’s Jose Luis Sanchez-Ronquillo

By Mark | February 7, 2014

A few days ago, I met up with fellow Ypsilantian Martha Valadez, to discuss the case of Jose Luis Sanchez-Ronquillo, an undocumented 16-year resident of Ann Arbor who had been ordered by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to report to the Mexican border for deportation. Since that meeting, ICE has granted Sanchez-Ronquillo a one-year […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Uncategorized | Also tagged #stopjosesdeportation, AFL-CIO, Alliance for Immigrants Rights, Anaheim, Bach Elementary, DACA, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, deportation, Disneyland, DREAM Act, El Hielo, ethnic studies, executive orders, green card, ICE, immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, immigration reform, INS, Jan Brewer, Joe Arpaio, Jose Franco, Jose Luis, Jose Luis Sanchez-Ronquillo, La Santa Cecilia, Martha Valadez, Mexico, Michigan United, Obama, One Michigan, prosecutorial discretion, racial profiling, racism, talk to the hand, undocumented workers, Washtenaw Interfaith Coalition for Immigrant Rights, WICIR, Ypsi immigration interview, z-snap | 16 Comments

Ypsi Immigration Interview: Sarah Zawacki

By Mark | December 1, 2013

Thanks to my network of well-compensated spies, I was just recently tipped off to the existence of today’s interview subject, Sarah Zawacki. Sadly, our interview had already concluded when it was brought to my attention that she shared her home with a domesticated hedgehog by the name of Mabel (seen below), so I didn’t get […]

Posted in History, Local Business, Michigan, Special Projects, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Ann Arbor - Detroit rail, Carole Lombard, Clara Bow, Congdon's Ace Hardware, conspiracy theories, Deja Vu, Depot Town, farmers market, hedgehogs, IT, It Happened One Night, Lillian Gish, living where you work, Martha Washington Theater, My Man Godfrey, Myrna Loy, passenger rail, public libraries, public safety officer, Sarah Zawacki, The Night of the Hunter, The Thin Man, Thompson Block, unusual pets, walkability, water, Ypsi Food Co-op, Ypsi immigration interview, Ypsilanti District Library, Ypsilanti Downtown Library, Ypsilanti's Mineral Water Sanitariums | 13 Comments

Ypsi Immigration Interview: Rob Noonan

By Mark | September 6, 2013

I was contacted a few days ago by a recent immigrant to Ypsilanti by the name of Rob Noonan. Rob and his wife, Rose, just moved here from Australia to open a traditional Chinese medicine clinic… Here’s Rob’s official immigration interview. MARK: Why Ypsi of all places? We don’t get a lot of immigrants from […]

Posted in Ypsilanti | Also tagged acupuncture, alternative health, alternative medicine, Australia, Chinese food, Chinese medicine, Colin Hay, Crocodile Dundee II, Doug Skinner, drinking songs, flip flops, INXS, Ireland, Irish, Jackson, knives, local business, Mad Max, making friends on the internet, Mel Gibson, Men at Work, metaphysics, Michael Hutchence, Neighbours, Nick Cave, prawns, prison colonies, Rose Noonan, sausages, Shabooh Shoobah, Shadow Art Fair, shrimp, snags, taxes, the outback, thongs, vegemite, Victoria University, visas, Ypsi immigration interview | 11 Comments

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The successful campaign to stop the ICE deportation of Ann Arbor’s Jose Luis Sanchez-Ronquillo

Ypsi Immigration Interview: Sarah Zawacki

Ypsi Immigration Interview: Rob Noonan

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