The following is a press release from this morning’s civil disobedience, when more than 100 women were arrested on Capitol Hill protesting for immigration reform: Hundreds more women and children called on the House to pass fair immigration reform that values women and keeps families together More than 100...
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In a blistering column, Univisión’s Jorge Ramos makes it clear that he and other leaders in Spanish-language media are going to continue to shine their spotlight on Congress until the House schedules a vote on a path to citizenship for 11 million aspiring Americans this year. In today’s La...
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Watch video of the civil disobedience here. Read a blog from our Managing Director, Patty Kupfer: “For Me, Something Changed Yesterday” View a statement from our Managing Director, Patty Kupfer, on her civil disobedience arrest View press statement: “104 Women, Including More Than 20 Undocumented Immigrants, Arrested for Protesting...
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“This Fight is Not About Congressional Procedures, It’s About Real People” The following is a statement from Patty Kupfer, Managing Director of America’s Voice, responding to her civil disobedience arrest at the Capitol today, alongside 104 other women. “Today, more than 100 women from across the country, many of...
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International Business Times: 2013 Immigration Reform Makes Cantor’s Legislative Agenda, But Uncertainty Remains Over Undocumented By Laura Matthews Latin Times: Immigration Reform 2013: Immigrant Advocates, High-Tech Lobby Say They Won’t Accept Syria ‘Crisis Excuse’ By David Iaconangelo Politico: John Boehner, Eric Cantor struggle to lead House By Jake Sherman...
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Commentators this week have been worrying that between Syria, the debt ceiling, budget negotiations, and other issues this fall, immigration reform–which Congress and the Republican Party desperately need to pass–has fallen by the wayside. This week, more than 100 businesses–among them some of the nation’s largest companies–have sent a...
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Yesterday, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) appeared on the Washington, DC NPR affiliate’s“Kojo Nnamdi Show.” And once again, he made it painfully clear why he should not be entrusted with driving the House immigration agenda forward. According to MSNBC’s Benjy Sarlin’s assessment of yesterday’s radio appearance, “Goodlatte...
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In today’s Washington Post, former DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff trots out the typical Republican complaints about President Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program: “I understand when the decision was made not to deport the so-called ‘Dreamers’ it was seen as very humane. But for people skeptical and...
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Ahora resulta que el debate legislativo sobre Siria sería el motivo para que la Cámara de Representantes no decida este año la reforma de inmigración. Es cierto que la discusión sobre la respuesta estadounidense ante el uso de armas químicas consume un tiempo valioso.
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