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The political case for immigration reform
Posted: April 12, 2010 at 5:01 pm By LloydIn today’s Washington Post op-ed pages, Ezra Klein makes the political argument for Democrats to hurry up and bring comprehensive immigration reform to the floor: Actually, [the immigration reform debate] did worse than that: It drove Latino voters toward the Democrats. Obama won 67 percent of Hispanics in 2008 — a much better showing than [...]
Round 3 of March For America All-Star Speaker Line-up
Posted: March 19, 2010 at 5:30 pm By ErinWe’re getting even more excited for the March For America on Sunday. Here are more of the speakers that are scheduled to speak. Congresswoman Yvette Clark (D-11th NY) Representative Clark has been a vocal advocate in bringing Caribbean and African immigrants to the immigration debate. She is Whip of the Congressional Black Caucus and put [...]
Why I’m Marching: Natella Bazirashvili
Posted: March 18, 2010 at 8:09 pm By AdrianaI was fortunate to talk with Natella in depth about the tragic social unrest she and her family experienced, in their native Uzbekistan during the collapse of the Soviet Union. She now lives in East Hampton, New York and she’ll be at the March For America. Here is her story: It was my dream to [...]
Congress, It’s Go Time on Immigration Reform
Posted: March 11, 2010 at 5:40 pm By Rachel LaBruyereToday Ali Noorani, Executive Director of the National Immigration Forum and Chair of the Reform Immigration for America Campaign met with President Obama and was joined by other immigrant rights leaders from grassroots, labor, and faith organizations for a meeting at the White House on next steps for comprehensive immigration reform legislation. Statement from Ali [...]
Obama to Meet With Schumer, Graham Amidst Calls for Concrete Action on Immigration
Posted: March 8, 2010 at 1:45 pm By Rachel LaBruyereBy Jackie Mahendra, originally posted on the America’s Voice blog. Over the weekend, news broke that the President intends to meet with Senators Schumer and Graham this evening at the White House: WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama plans to focus attention on immigration next week by meeting at the White House with two senators crafting [...]
Why I’m Marching: Osman Canales
Posted: March 4, 2010 at 5:05 pm By AdrianaTo have a better understanding of why immigration reform and the March For America are important, we are talking with people all across the U.S. about their experience. I had the chance to talk with Osman Canales about his involvement with the March For America. Here is a photo from him and what he said: [...]
Raging Grannies sing for Immigration Reform
Posted: February 18, 2010 at 11:34 am By Rachel LaBruyereFrom the NY Road Trip for Our Future blog: In Pittsford NY yesterday a strong and hearty contingent of the Raging Grannies joined us in the snow to lift our spirits with a tune they penned themselves in support of immigration reform. Their tune is followed by words from Gary Pudup director of NYCLU’s Gennesee [...]
New York State: Road Trippin’ for Change
Posted: February 17, 2010 at 11:25 am By Rachel LaBruyereOriginally posted on Standing FIRM. On Monday, 10 riders in New York State launched “the NY Road trip for our future“. The riders have come together because their future is at stake and they are fighting to fix the broken immigration system. From the NYImmigrationReform site: Today we fight to reunite our families, protect our [...]
February recess is no time for a break!
Posted: February 16, 2010 at 1:25 pm By LloydJust because Congress takes a break in February doesn’t mean the fight for comprehensive immigration reform is slowing down! All over the country people like you are organizing, rallying, protesting, meeting with their elected officials and working in different ways to win this fight. In New York our allies are road tripping around the state [...]
‘Qué Pasa’ in Immigration: ‘No More Empty Words’; Caravan for Reform; Arpaio will be Sanctioned
Posted: February 16, 2010 at 12:35 pm By adminOriginally posted at the America’s Voice blog: Two editorials in La Opinión in the last few days have discussed immigration reform: “No more empty words” (“No más palabras vacías”) and “The moment for reform” (“El momento para la reforma”). “Campaign promises have attracted supporters and raised hopes. The votes cast for candidates committed to immigration [...]
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