Archive for the ‘Maryland’ Category
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 [...]
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 tourist visas [...]
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 of [...]
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? To [...]
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 from Nigeria. [...]
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 was announced [...]
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 Enforcement.”
That [...]
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 author, claiming [...]
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 the [...]
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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