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Hear how your neighbors are showing up to defend immigrants' rights and resist the mass deportation campaign

We asked Spartanburg County Sheriff candidates whether they would stay in a 287(g) agreement

Here’s how to use the ICE Locator to find information about detained family and friends

The number of 287(g) ICE agreements has quintupled this year in South Carolina. Find out if your community is affected.

President Donald Trump's use of the military domestically is dangerous and deeply misguided

December 23, 2014. Island Packet, Hilton Heads. By Victoria Middleton. At a recent public event on immigration reform, U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford made disappointing comments, suggesting that a guest worker program might provide legal redress for undocumented workers. The ACLU opposes merely expanding the existing guest worker program, which is riddled with civil liberties abuses. We call on our members of Congress to craft a broad path to citizenship that creates a level playing field for all eligible immigrants. Potential concerns with the "work-visa only" approach would be inadequate worker protections; the inability of guest workers to come with their family members; and the lack of promise of an eventual path to citizenship.

August 23, 2014. Charleston. Post & Courier. By Victoria Middleton, Executive Director. This long, hot summer has not brought out the best in our elected officials.

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press March 3, 2014

By Victoria Middleton — Special to The Herald