RE: https://mastodon.social/@norightturnnz/116128713344106353
NZ is much closer structurally & culturally to having ICE than you might think. Police have been pulled up for dawn-raid tactics as recently as 2023, 2 years after Prime Minister Ardern made a formal apology.
"/Immigration officers will soon have the power to ask people suspected of overstaying their visa for proof of identification at their homes and/or workplaces./
Who's a "suspected overstayer"? . Well I guess that depends..."
Pacific advocates in Aotearoa say a proposed law change for out-of-hours immigration visits - like dawn raids - doesn't go far enough.
#OnThisDay in 1971, the Polynesian Panther Party was formed in Ponsonby, Auckland. In the 50s thousands of Pacific Islanders came to Aotearoa to meet a labour shortage. They faced racism, and in the 70s, notorious dawn raids by police. Watch the doco here: #PolynesianPanthers #DawnRaids #Pasifika #Indigenous #Aotearoa #NZ
Polynesian Panthers - In the 1950s thousands of Pacific Islanders came to Aotearoa to meet a labour shortage. They faced racism, and in the 1970s, notorious dawn raids by police. In 1971 a group of young gang members and students set up the Polynesian Panthers Party to stand up for the rights of the Pasifika community. They ran food co-ops, homework centres, and lobbied for support services. In this Dan Salmon-directed documentary, presenter Nevak Rogers explores the inspirations, events (Bastion Point, the Springbok Tour) and legacy of the movement co-founded by her uncle Will 'llolahia.
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