Posts Tagged ‘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.
Urgent: Immigrant women need our support
Posted: May 4, 2012 at 3:15 pm By DonnaLast week, the Senate reauthorized the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). The bill, originally enacted in 1994, provides federal funding toward the prosecution of violent crimes against women and includes provisions for undocumented immigrant women. Now the reauthorization bill is before the House. But those vital protections for immigrant women are gone. In fact, the [...]
Two years later, the fight continues
Posted: April 23, 2012 at 11:16 am By AllieToday marks the two year anniversary since Arizona’s SB 1070 was signed into law — and on the eve of the Supreme Court’s hearing on this hateful law, we reflect on our struggle against it.
Today: Call with Congressman Grijalva on Supreme Court & AZ’s SB1070
Posted: April 13, 2012 at 9:47 am By AllieRI4A is hosting an important national State of Play call with AZ Congressman Raul Grijalva, who will talk about the Supreme Court case on AZ’s SB1070 from his unique perspective, as a Representative from AZ who has consitently been a champion of immigrant, civil, and human rights.
Join the Vigil for Justice and the American Dream
Posted: April 9, 2012 at 1:01 pm By DonnaThe tradition of holding candlelight vigils is close to our community: we gather together and light candles to remember, to protest, and to inspire. The light represents our faith and our dreams overcoming the darkness. Today, we are launching the Vigil for Justice and the American Dream, a virtual vigil to stand for equality under [...]
Indonesian community to New Jersey: Don’t send us back
Posted: March 21, 2012 at 10:34 am By MichaelSince the late 1990s, a community of approximately 2,000 Christian Indonesians has resided in the United States as refuges seeking asylum from religious persecution.
Top 5 things we ♥ about our community
Posted: February 14, 2012 at 11:35 am By AllieOn this Valentines Day, we want to do something that we never get the chance to do enough: to thank you all for being active members of this online community.
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.
Victory: East Haven Chief of Police is out
Posted: January 30, 2012 at 12:03 pm By AllieBreaking news this morning – Connecticut’s Joe Arpaio is now out of a job. Thanks to more than 15,000 signatures on our petition calling on East Haven, CT Mayor Maturo to fire Chief Gallo, it was announced that Chief Gallo will be stepping down.
Self-deportation: A real tactic to dehumanize immigrants
Posted: January 24, 2012 at 6:11 pm By AllieSelf-deportation isn’t a Romney-ism – it’s an actual process that is meant to make life so unbearable for undocumented immigrants that they are forced to leave.
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