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Guest post: How our backwards immigration system tore our family apart
Posted: February 8, 2012 at 11:31 am By AllieToo often, it can feel like the reality of this country’s broken immigration system is something we face alone. It’s a system meant to isolate us, so that we do not join together to share our pain and organize to fight back.
Keep 5 million immigrant children out of poverty
Posted: February 1, 2012 at 11:38 am By AllieIn attempts to slash spending, Congress is ready to change the eligibility of families for the child tax credit, and block immigrant families from continuing to take part. Legislators would balance the budget on the backs on 5 million children.
Learn more about family unity waivers
Posted: January 6, 2012 at 11:03 am By AllieThis proposal would be a huge relief for mixed-status families — it’s the kind of common-sense reform that is desperately needed. Here are the key points on how the administration’s family unity waivers would change the implementation of the bars on returning home.
Your messages delivered in Alabama!
Posted: November 21, 2011 at 12:35 pm By AllieThis weekend, we joined with national and local immigration groups to deliver nearly 50,000 signatures in support of Alabama families on the steps of the state Capitol.
SB1070 Architect ousted in Arizona state recall election
Posted: November 9, 2011 at 4:20 pm By adminLast night, immigrant rights activists sent a major shockwave through our movement, our communities, and our cultures. We stood up and told politicians that we won’t be bullied, we won’t accept bigotry, and we have power.
Senator Russell Pearce (AZ-18), was soundly defeated by pro-immigrant challenger, Jerry Lewis, in a special election. Pearce authored the viciously [...]
Cost of E-Verify to small businesses
Posted: July 19, 2011 at 3:51 pm By MelvinEmploying nearly half of the U.S. workforce, and having generated 64 percent of net new jobs over the last 15 years, small businesses can be considered the backbone of the American economy. However, U.S Rep. Lamar Smith’s (R-TX) doesn’t want to listen to them.
Small business owners have expressed concerns with regards to Smith’s proposal in Congress to mandate the use of [...]
DREAM students graduate this morning
Posted: June 29, 2011 at 10:06 am By NicoleYesterday, hundreds of DREAM students gathered on the Capitol for the first-ever DREAM Act hearing despite being first introduced nearly 10 years ago.
Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, and others testified in support of the bill. Napolitano stated the act would promote Homeland Security’s current mission:
Without [...]
America’s Hope for Global Competitiveness
Posted: June 13, 2011 at 10:29 am By adminThe tech industry in the United States has benefited greatly from individuals who have been able to immigrate to this country. As we detailed over the last several weeks, U.S.-based companies such as Google, Intel, Yahoo!, and eBay were all founded by foreign-born immigrants.
However, the current immigration system is counter-productive to the creation of U.S.-based [...]
Immigration and Silicon Valley: Reaching out to the Tech Community
Posted: May 23, 2011 at 9:08 am By NicoleIn early May, President Obama spoke in the boarder town of El Paso, TX on the need to reform our current immigration system. These words are not new and, for thousands desperately waiting for real reform, it can not come soon enough.
But with the President’s renewed commitment to reform, we wanted to turn [...]
More immigrants, less crime
Posted: May 12, 2011 at 11:05 am By LloydWe’ve debunked time and time again the ridiculous assertions that the southwestern border of the United States is a lawless no-man’s land where random bystanders are beheaded, but it is worth mentioning again.
From The Agitator:
Did you know immigrants have lower rates of crime than native-born Americans? Non-citizens, illegal immigrants included, are much less likely to [...]
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