Posts Tagged ‘comprehensive immigration reform’
Despite hundreds of calls, ICE deports Florida cousins
Posted: May 21, 2012 at 1:10 pm By AllieLast week, we launched an emergency SMS campaign to drive calls to stop the deportation of Adolfo Garcia Diaz and Julio Diaz Sales, immigrants who were attacked by ICE agents when their home was mistakenly raided.
Join a vigil for immigrant justice near you
Posted: April 19, 2012 at 4:34 pm By AllieWe are compiling a list of local events and rallies happening around the Supreme Court’s hearing on SB 1070. Find an event in your area, and join us in the streets to stand with families under attack from this anti-immigrant legislation.
US Supreme Court will hear Arizona’s SB 1070
Posted: April 3, 2012 at 10:48 am By DonnaI recently sent a message to our community members on the upcoming Supreme Court hearing on SC 1070. Please read my letter, and contact our team if you are planning any events in your area. We will be posting further updates as we get closer to the national week of action. You and I have [...]
Obama on Immigration at State of the Union
Posted: January 24, 2012 at 11:06 pm By NicoleIn his 3rd State of the Union tonight, the President gave immigration a lot more room in his speech and demanded Washington put aside the politics to pass immigration reform and the DREAM Act, despite applauding an enforcement-only immigration strategy.
Romney to DREAMer: I would veto the DREAM Act
Posted: January 18, 2012 at 11:07 am By AllieMitt Romney is not backing down from his previous statement that, if elected president, he would veto the DREAM Actif passed through Congress.
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.
Two recent studies push back on anti-immigrant narrative
Posted: December 7, 2011 at 1:58 pm By AllieHere’s the real story on immigration: most undocumented immigrants have been here over a decade, raising their children and caring for their families — and the majority of Americans want them to remain here.
Safer than ever.
Posted: August 9, 2011 at 12:28 pm By MelvinOpponents of comprehensive immigration reform (CIR) have often grabbed headlines that depict the southern border as a dangerous and violent place, but these claims do not reflect the reality. According to a new report from the Center for American Progress (CAP), the southwest border is now safer than ever, and cities of all sizes along the [...]
What are they waiting for?
Posted: May 9, 2011 at 2:35 pm By LloydPresident Obama promised comprehensive immigration reform in his first year in office. Obviously he has not delivered on that promise, but the President is scheduled to give a major immigration reform speech in Texas this week. Reports are that he will call on Congress to act on comprehensive reform, as border security has been ramped [...]
The “New” John McCain
Posted: January 4, 2011 at 12:24 pm By LloydIt is no secret that the John McCain of today has taken some positions at odds with the John McCain of the past decade. Whether its on immigration reform, the repeal of don’t ask, don’t tell, or campaign finance reform, McCain has shifted his positions decidedly to the right in the past few years. While [...]
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