Jun 27, 2012
June 2012 Latino Decisions and America’s Voice Examine Role of Immigration Reform in Presidential, House, and Senate Contests in AZ, CO, FL, NV, VA Today, Latino Decisions and America’s Voice released the latest installment of their Latino voter poll in five battleground states (AZ, CO, FL, NV, VA). In...
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June 2012 The Supreme Court’s Decision The U.S. Supreme Court handed down a mixed ruling on June 25, 2012, in the U.S. government’s challenge to Arizona’s notorious racial profiling law, SB 1070. In a 5-3 decision, with Justice Kagan recusing herself, the court struck down three of the four...
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Si no tiene papeles de estadía legal y es arrestado durante una redada de inmigración, tiene derecho a guardar silencio y pedir un abogado.
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“Esperamos que no se aplique el perfil racial, pero nuestra experiencia en Arizona, particularmente en el condado Maricopa y con el alguacil (Arpaio), es que se ha practicado el perfil racial”…
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Cuando se habla de los Soñadores, jóvenes que luchan por la reforma migratoria, típicamente se habla de su confianza, energía y de su extraordinaria capacidad para seguir sus sueños. Pero casi nunca se habla de los procesos psicológicos internos que muchas veces se esconden tras sus gritos de protesta...
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Jun 26, 2012
El viernes 22 de junio de 2012 fui a la presentación del libro Undocumented and Unafraid, el segundo libro del UCLA Center for Labor Research and Education, que cuenta las historias de los Soñadores en sus propias voces. Kent Wong, el director del UCLA Downtown Labor Center, habló de...
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We’ve been publishing a series of posts from the DREAMers of the Campaign for an American DREAM. Last month, they set off from San Francisco to begin a 3,000-mile, 8-month+ walk to Washington, DC to call attention to the DREAM Act and the need for immigration reform. Today’s post is from Nicolas Gonzalez,...
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Many have been surprised these past few weeks. Not only has immigration dominated the headlines, but President Obama has dominated his opponent Mitt Romney on the issue. Why? Because Obama understands the new politics of immigration, while Romney is stuck in the past. As America’s Voice has highlighted, the...
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The Department of Justice has set up an email address and hotline in response to the Supreme Court ruling on Arizona SB 1070’s “show me your papers” provision, a law which would allow law enforcement officers to check the immigration status of detained individuals based on “reasonable suspicion.” This...
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