Unbound Philanthropy, The Opportunity Agenda, America's Voice, and a number of other organizations are sponsoring Immigration: Arts, Culture and Media 2010 – A Timely Conversation with Artists and Advocates.
The forum will be hosted at Florence Gould Hall, from 7 to 9 p.m. on 55 E. 59th Street, New York,...
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Immigrant advocates in Washington and Miami today strongly urged the Obama Administration to improve practices and performance by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the federal agency charged with apprehending, detaining, and deporting unauthorized immigrants. According to reports today and Tuesday in the New York Times and this week...
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The Supreme Court, in a vote of 7-2, has ruled that a lawyer for an immigrant charged with a crime has an obligation, constitutionally, to tell the client that a guilty plea carries a risk that he will be deported.
In Padilla v. Kentucky, the Kentucky Supreme Court ruled that...
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New polling of Latino voters reveals that 1) this group is among the least energized heading into the 2010 elections; and 2) progress on comprehensive immigration reform is key to re-energizing these voters. Latino Decisions researcher and Stanford University professor Dr. Gary Segura highlighted and analyzed the findings: "Among...
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On the heels of two new exposes about the inner workings of the Obama Administration's Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency, America's Voice is issuing a sharp warning to ICE Assistant Secretary John Morton, as well as to his boss, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano: rein...
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Tonight at 8 PM ET, How Democracy Works will be premiering the first part of it's twelve part program on HBO2. The series, which documents the course immigration reform has taken over the past 8 or so years is described vividly by the filmmakers: "...that's what we believe this...
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Building on important developments in immigration last week—with Senators Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) outlining their forthcoming bipartisan immigration proposal; the White House and Senators Reid, Leahy, and Durbin expressing support for action this year; and hundreds of thousands of people rallying on the national mall—America's Voice...
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A new survey released today by Public Religion Research Institute shows broad support for comprehensive immigration reform by voters of all major religious traditions. On the heels of the yearlong healthcare debate, political leaders are keenly aware of the real political power that a united religious community could have...
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Mar 22, 2010
By all accounts, yesterday was a huge day. Over 200,000 people rallied on the mall for comprehensive immigration reform, in a patriotic display of democracy in action, while the U.S. House passed historic health care reform legislation.
At the March for America: Change Takes Courage, hundreds of thousands of...
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A new poll of 1,010 Latino voters in 12 key states conducted by Bendixen & Amandi for America's Voice in December 2009 finds that immigration continues to be a key and personal issue for Latinos. The poll also finds that Latinos, the vast majority of whom support comprehensive...
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