DREAM Act Solidarity

As we get closer and closer to a vote on the DREAM Act, supporters are banding together and ramping up activity to make sure key Senators hear from pro-DREAM voices.
In Salinas, California, local students have teamed up with the United Food Workers to set up a phone bank mobilizing Latino voters to call Senators on [...]

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Free of electoral constraints, will they do the right thing?

With the 2010 midterm elections over and Congress entering the lame duck session, Senator Reid and Speaker Pelosi are talking about bringing the DREAM Act back to the floor for a vote. With Speaker Pelosi getting some bipartisan support in the House, eyes are on the Senate to see if any Republicans will cross the [...]

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Mormon Church, Business Leaders Endorse Utah Compact for Immigration Reform

Originally posted on the Immigration Impact blog.
Utah state Rep. Stephen Sandstrom’s argument that there is “popular support for Arizona’s controversial legislation [SB 1070]” just got a little thinner. A number of state and local governments, corporations, businesses, community and faith groups recently signed the Utah Compact—a declaration of five principles created “to guide Utah’s immigration discussion.” [...]

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Over 45 Local Resolutions passed to oppose Arizona’s “papers please” law

The immigration debate is taking center stage in federal courts.  The Obama Administration is making the case to stop Arizona’s racial profiling law, which is to take effect on July 29.
There are twenty two copycats waiting to see which way the wind blows on states’ ability to preempt federal immigration law.  Those copycats have not [...]

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Utah update: two state workers allegedly helped create The List

(photo credit: Steve Griffin, The Salt Lake Tribune)
Last week, we learned that an anonymous group in Utah had compiled a list of people they were calling undocumented immigrants. The list included names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and the due dates of pregnant women. Over the weekend, we learned that at least two of the people [...]

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Utah group’s watchlist: the new, anonymous McCarthyism

A group of individuals in Utah have taken McCarthyism to a new level.
This anonymous group has sent a letter (PDF) to ICE and federal and state law enforcement agencies. The letter is attached to a list of over 1300 names, who the group claims are undocumented immigrants:
The names on the list are mostly of Hispanic [...]

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From Utah and California: Karla Pensamiento’s story

Hometown: Logan, Utah
Birthplace: Torrance, California
Year of birth: 1992
Profession: Senior at Logan high school
Hobbies: Soccer, softball, debate, service, and spending time with the family
Tell us your story and about what’s happened in your family.

My parents names are Rene and Guadalupe Pensamiento. They both come from Central America — my dad from Guatemala and my mother from [...]

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Massachusetts rejects Arizona-style copycat legislation, resolutions opposed to Arizona grow in numbers

While media attention has focused on the 20 or so states where anti-immigrant legislators have said they plan to introduce bills similar to SB1070 in Arizona, there is a growing story nation-wide about the avalanche of opposition against the Arizona law reflected through dozens of resolutions passed at the municipal and state level. State, [...]

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Arizona’s copycats

Despite 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 [...]

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Speaking for God and for America’s Top Cops – the Center for Immigration Studies

By 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 [...]

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