MEXICO CITY, Apr 29 (IPS) - "The fifth time I tried to get to the United States I left Guatemala, crossed the border into Mexico, and on a bus I was assaulted by five police officers," Guatemalan migrant José Donis said Wednesday.

PHOENIX, Arizona, Apr 28 (IPS) - Critics of Arizona's new immigration law, which requires police to question people they suspect to be undocumented immigrants, say "reasonable suspicion" boils down to having brown skin and looking Latino.

NEW YORK, Apr 28 (IPS) - Three civil rights organisations are suing the U.S. government to obtain records related to a little-known programme known as "Secure Communities" that further involves local and state police in federal immigration enforcement.