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Businesses and Unions Face Immigration Reform: The Guest-Worker Dilemma
Posted: December 10, 2009 at 5:26 pm By adminFrom Maribel Hastings. Part 7 in the series “Immigration Reform: Know the Players”
In April of this year a coalition of unions, headed by the AFL-CIO and Change to Win (CTW), announced with great fanfare what would have been impossible in 2007: a statement of support for comprehensive immigration reform.
Furthermore, their agreement included a controversial component: [...]
The Faith Movement
Posted: November 24, 2009 at 2:13 pm By adminPart 5 in the series “Immigration Reform: Know the Players” from Maribel Hastings.
This Thanksgiving week, as end-of-year celebrations commence, faith groups across the country stress the moral urgency of immigration reform. These groups have played an important role in the immigration debate, although the process has not been without controversy.
In the 1980s, Catholic priests led [...]
The Pro-Immigrant Movement: Fighting On, Despite All The Obstacles
Posted: November 17, 2009 at 12:54 pm By Rachel LaBruyereFrom Maribel Hastings’ blog.
Part 4 in the series “Immigration Reform: Know the Players”
The pro-immigrant movement is in touch with the current media landscape, utilizing social networking and technology in its effort to mobilize the public to exert the political pressure necessary to make comprehensive immigration reform a reality.
Tomorrow, Wednesday, November 18th, for example, instead of [...]
With Law Enforcement on Our Side
Posted: November 6, 2009 at 3:15 pm By Rachel LaBruyereThis is the first installment of a series of posts titled “Immigration Reform: Know the Players” by Maribel Hastings. Originally posted at MaribelHastings.com.
“Americans want a solution to our immigration dilemma, as do law enforcement officials across this nation. But the solution isn’t turning every local police department into an arm of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.”
That [...]
Immigration Reform: Know the Players
Posted: November 6, 2009 at 3:09 pm By Rachel LaBruyereThis is the introduction of a series about the players involved in the fight for comprehensive immigration reform, and what makes this time different from past attempts.
Be on the look out for regular installments!
By Maribel Hastings, America’s Voice www.maribelhastings.com
When people talk in the abstract about undocumented immigrants – or, as some call them disdainfully, [...]
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