As anti-immigrant attitudes in the US intensify, Geri Mannion & Taryn Higashi, co-founders of the program, felt the need to honor fifteen people who would normally go unrecognized for the courage they've demonstrated in standing up for immigrants or refugees.
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The American people want leadership and solutions on the immigration issue, but what they've been getting from Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) is flip-flopping and hypocrisy. Instead of taking the lead towards solutions, Cornyn talks about supporting immigration reform in public, while undermining legislative efforts in Congress.
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As Arizona ramps up to finish off what little funds the state has left on another piece of hateful legislation aimed at revoking the citizenship of children born to undocumented immigrants, a few young voices took to the stand to tell the assembly what they really needs to...
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Move over, Jan Brewer, and make room for Kansas GOP Representative, Connie O'Brien. Unlike Brewer, who openly admitted she does not know what an undocumented person looks like (and still had the audacity to sign SB 1070 into law), Representative O'Brien thinks she knows.
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Last week, the latest ImpreMedia - Latino Decisions Tracking poll showed that immigration is a top issue for 47% of Latino voters. That's an impressive figure. However, it's also important to keep in mind that immigration reform has the support of a broad majority of voters, not just...
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Feb 15, 2011
America's Voice Education Fund released a report today breaking the GOP code on immigration. The PR-friendly phrase "attrition through enforcement" popularly used by the House Immigration Subcommittee is actually a euphemism for mass deportation.
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Finally, after nearly two years, a jury in Pima County, Arizona convicted Minuteman member Shawna Forde for her role in the murders of 9 year-old Brisenia Flores and her father, Raul. Elisa Foley from the Huffington Post reports: A jury convicted Forde of planning and executing the raid that...
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The immigrant bashing rhetoric from the nativist wing of the Republican Party was on full display this past weekend in the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). Showing no concerns about alienating the fastest growing voting demographic, the event showcased some of the worst of the worst, including Rep....
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John and Joan Nkata are like any other hard-working immigrant family. After arriving here legally from Malawi on an education visa in 1990 with their then-11 month old and 4 year old daughters, Dominique and Tapiwa, the Nkata's were finally issued permanent resident status in 2009. The Nkata's successfully...
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Governor Jan Brewer is relentless. Having squandered many of her State's resources on a pointless, racist immigration bill, she is now countersuing the federal government for their inaction on curbing illegal immigration in the State. Andrea Nill from Think Progress writes yesterday:
Today, Gov. Jan Brewer (R-AZ) announced that she...
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