Aug 1, 2011
Until this nation reforms its ineffective and inhumane immigration laws, federal law enforcement officers are stuck with the lousy job of enforcing them. But growing evidence suggests that the local U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office and U.S. Border Patrol are wasting time and money detaining hardworking immigrants.
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Jul 29, 2011
I am about to go on trial in Phoenix. One year ago, I was arrested during an act of nonviolent civil disobedience to speak out against anti-immigrant legislation in Arizona. Side by side with local activists and fellow Unitarian Universalists from across the nation, I was protesting Maricopa County...
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President Obama's recent appearance at the annual meeting of the National Council of La Raza showed how frustrated Latinos are because of the high number of deportations.But it also highlighted the reality of the limited options available in Washington's current political climate when it comes to discussing immigration.
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For some believers and church leaders, opposing Alabama's toughest-in-the-nation law against illegal immigration is a chance for Bible Belt redemption. During the civil rights movement of the 1950s and '60s, many state churches didn't join the fight to end Jim Crow laws and racial segregation.
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Americans are urging Congress and the Obama administration to confront the challenge of cutting unnecessary spending while creating jobs. Some in Congress aren't getting the message.
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New comments by the head of the Republican Party demonstrate that when it comes to appealing to Latino voters, the GOP still just doesn't get it. Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairperson Reince Priebus "dismissed the idea that the party's support among Latinos will be hurt over immigration," according to...
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New comments by the head of the Republican Party demonstrate that when it comes to appealing to Latino voters, the GOP still just doesn't get it. Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairperson Reince Priebus "dismissed the idea that the party's support among Latinos will be hurt over immigration," according to...
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Hope Karekezi is used to getting death threats. She's used to people stalking her home and living in fear. She came to America to breathe freely. But now, she could be deported to the country she desperately tried to escape.
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While the President is a master storyteller in his own right, NCLR did not wait for Obama's much-anticipated luncheon speech to focus on the power of narrative to illuminate fundamental, often complicated matters of immigration and citizenship.
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President Obama stepped up to the podium this week to address the largest and most powerful annual gathering of Chicano/Latinos and he was smiling. It was at the same NCLR annual conference that in 2008, then-candidate Barack Obama, made one of the most stirring rebukes of this nation's immigration...
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