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We Are America: Jackie and Jaime: Fighting for their (Maryland) Dream
Posted: March 9, 2011 at 11:46 am By LloydThe latest story from We Are America is up: Jackie and Jaime are two high school seniors in Maryland who hope to start four-year college next fall. Both are accomplished students with high GPAs; both are also undocumented and therefore must pay out-of-state tuition and can’t receive scholarships. Having worked for the federal DREAM Act [...]
A We Are America success story!
Posted: August 31, 2010 at 12:19 pm By LloydFor the past few weeks, we’ve been highlighting stories from the We Are America site, and we are happy to report on a success story. We shared the story of Yves Gomes, a DC-area teenager who was facing deportation. Two weeks ago, he was granted a reprieve. From the Post: Robin and Cecilia Gomes had [...]
Arizona’s copycats
Posted: June 1, 2010 at 4:02 pm By LloydDespite the threats of boycotts ranging from corporations to Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game to the state itself, several states are considering copycatting Arizona’s racial profiling law. Minnesota is considering a law that is reported as requiring law enforcement to enforce federal immigration laws; establishing eligibility criteria for federal and state public benefits; requiring possession [...]
Second-grader to Michelle Obama: what about my mom?
Posted: May 19, 2010 at 3:11 pm By adminEarlier today, First Lady Michelle Obama visited an elementary school in Maryland and took questions from students. One girl asked about her own family’s situation: “My mom … she says that Barack Obama is taking everybody away that doesn’t have papers.” Mrs. Obama replied: “Yeah, well that’s something that we have to work on, right? [...]
Why I’m Marching: Moses Akanbi
Posted: March 16, 2010 at 5:33 pm By AdrianaMoses, who lives in Maryland, was one of the first people I talked with for the “Why I’m Marching” series. Here is his story. The Rev. Moses Akanbi holds up photographs of his wife, who lost her leg, at a rally for immigration reform. (Erica Miller/The Saratogian)” My name is Moses Akanbi and I am [...]
Anti-immigrant “Forces” in Maryland Hold Major Rally… Of One
Posted: December 8, 2009 at 2:30 pm By Rachel LaBruyereOriginally posted at the America’s Voice blog. By Tania Del Angel, Communications Specialist at Casa de Maryland. Last week, a conglomeration of anti-immigrant groups, led by “Help Save Maryland” and FAIR (recognized a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center), organized a rally against my organization, CASA de Maryland. The heavily promoted rally, which [...]
With Law Enforcement on Our Side
Posted: November 6, 2009 at 3:15 pm By Rachel LaBruyereThis is the first installment of a series of posts titled “Immigration Reform: Know the Players” by Maribel Hastings. Originally posted at MaribelHastings.com. “Americans want a solution to our immigration dilemma, as do law enforcement officials across this nation. But the solution isn’t turning every local police department into an arm of Immigration and Customs [...]
Speaking for God and for America’s Top Cops – the Center for Immigration Studies
Posted: November 2, 2009 at 2:16 pm By Rachel LaBruyereBy Adam Luna. Originally posted at America’s Voice blog. America’s top religious and law enforcement leaders are taking a strong stance in favor of sensible immigration reform and it’s made the anti-immigrant crowd very nervous. In response, the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), the anti-immigrant lobby’s “think tank,” released two reports, written by the same [...]
You asked Secretary Napolitano the tough questions
Posted: August 20, 2009 at 5:30 pm By adminIn an effort to truly represent the country’s concerns at today’s meeting with DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano, we asked YOU to submit questions you wanted Napolitano to address. The response: you sent in more than 4,000 questions in less than 24 hours. Many of your questions were about the timing of immigration reform and expressed [...]
City of Baltimore Passes Unanimous Resolution to Support Immigration Reform
Posted: August 18, 2009 at 12:46 pm By adminLast Monday, the same day that the President announced that America would have to wait until the fall to see draft legislation on immigration reform, and until spring to see a vote on the bill in Congress, the City of Baltimore, just a few miles from the nation’s capital, did not wait to pass its [...]
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