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Where will you be on April 10th?
Posted: April 5, 2010 at 10:30 am By Rachel LaBruyereOn Saturday April 10th people across the country will be Rallying for America. Will you be there? In Seattle, Washington: The Washington Immigration Reform Coalition (WIRC) For America, an alliance of over 50 organizations, faith groups, community groups and labor unions, is organizing around one purpose – to achieve comprehensive immigration reform – and has [...]
Rally FOR America in Las Vegas on April 10th
Posted: April 1, 2010 at 2:22 pm By Rachel LaBruyereAfter more than 200,000 people marched on Washington, DC grassroots actions are springing up across the country with a renewed push for immigration reform in our sights. On April 10th, thousands will gather in Las Vegas to Rally for America. The time is now to pass smart immigration solutions that: Raise wages and living standards [...]
Why I’m Marching: Lucia Muñoz
Posted: March 11, 2010 at 1:08 am By Adriana19-year old Lucia Muñoz has great outreach and follow-up skills. I had the opportunity to talk to her about her organizing a rally in Reno, Nevada on the 21st for immigration reform. Here is her story: I’m actually doing this for my mom. In 1989, border-crossing coyotes took my older sister, then age three, away [...]
Report Roundup: Critical Latino Vote ‘Could Hinge on Immigration Reform Efforts’
Posted: February 12, 2010 at 11:53 am By Jackie MahendraOriginally posted at the America’s Voice blog. Our latest report, “The Power of the Latino Vote in America: They Tipped Elections in 2008; Where Will they be in 2010?” spotlights Latino voting trends. It identifies 40 battleground races in 11 states (Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia) where [...]
Spanish language ads debut in Nevada this week
Posted: February 10, 2010 at 12:49 pm By Rachel LaBruyereThis week we are debuting a major Spanish-language ad campaign in Nevada. The ad, featured above, calls on viewers and listeners to join the fight for comprehensive immigration reform. The television spot will be accompanied by a radio spot in the same media markets in Nevada. With the growing importance of Latino voters in shaping [...]
Nevada Needs Volunteers!
Posted: September 25, 2009 at 4:25 pm By adminWe need your help. America deserves an immigration policy that is tough, smart, and fair. And to win it, we need the help of Nevadans with those same attributes. Please step up to the plat and take action to reform America’s broken immigration system. Click here to volunteer!
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 [...]
Extra! Extra! From Coast to Coast, Campaign Sparks Movement for Immigration Reform
Posted: June 5, 2009 at 1:49 pm By adminJune 4, 2009 Hundreds of grassroots advocates from coast to coast are gathering together in Washington, D.C. this week to unite forces and launch the Reform Immigration FOR America Campaign. The Campaign calls for an American solution to an American problem by reforming our immigration system to a system that upholds our values, restores [...]
Obama and Immigration Reform: Will He Or Won’t He?
Posted: April 20, 2009 at 12:30 pm By National Immigration ForumFebruary 20, 2009 The conventional wisdom among many in the media is that the President of the United States won’t touch the controversial issue of comprehensive immigration reform anytime soon. The economy is in deep trouble, opportunity for immigrant and non-immigrant families is drying up, immigration traffic on the border has slowed, and we have [...]
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