According to a new poll from FOX News, "Latino voters favor President Barack Obama by six-to-one over any of the Republican presidential hopefuls." None of the GOP hopefuls garner more than 14% of the Latino vote against Obama.
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In 2008, our Executive Director, Frank Sharry, had an idea. 'There will be a new president in November,' he thought. 'With change will come another opportunity to pursue something this country desperately needs—comprehensive immigration reform.'
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The battle for the crucial Latino vote is escalating. Three of the largest Hispanic groups in the nation have launched countrywide voter registration and education drives, but they're facing a new set of powerful obstacles.
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At the Feb. 22 Republican presidential debate in downtown Mesa, Mitt Romney said an Arizona law offered "a model" for national illegal-immigration policy. But which state statute was the former Massachusetts governor talking about?
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Alabama's laws cracking down on illegal immigration have become a new focus for a nearly two-decade-old civil rights march. Organizers expect thousands to participate in the crossing of the Selma bridge for the 47th anniversary of the 1965 incident when peaceful demonstrators were attacked by police in what...
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Over the weekend, 18-year-old Daniela Pelaez continued her effort to fight a deportation order to her native Colombia from an immigration judge. On Sunday, Pelaez, the valedictorian of her North Miami Senior High class and her attorney Nera Shefer, appeared on Michael Putney's This Week in South Florida. Pelaez,...
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Georgia is working to become the third state to bar illegal immigrants from attending public colleges and universities. A Senate bill deals with verification of legal status for anyone receiving public benefits. It adds post-secondary education to the list of benefits, along with business licenses and Medicaid.
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In Atlanta, a three judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit has begun hearing arguments over HB 56 and HB 87.
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Alabama's unjust past will effectively be connected to its unjust present next week, when immigrant rights advocates in Alabama join forces with Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network and a slate of other national groups on the Selma to Montgomery commemoration march.
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