There’s been an enormous amount of activism in California this month — with much more to come. Yesterday, in Orange Country, the birthplace of California’s notorious Prop 187,  immigration advocates shouted “Yes We Can!” in Korean and Spanish at a rally in front of the office of Congressman Ed Royce. Among... Continue »
In an article titled, “Immigration Overhaul Advocates Make Big August Push,” Holly Yeager of the  Washington Post writes: “An unusual alliance of advocates — including Internet moguls and evangelicals, representatives of big business and labor unions — is working across the country during the August congressional recess in an all-out... Continue »
Pedro Hernandez-Ramirez and his wife Seleste live in Ohio with their four children (ages 24, 21, 16, and 5).  While Pedro is not the biological father of the three eldest, he considers them to be his children and they call him Dad.  The couple’s oldest son, Juan, has cerebral... Continue »
Download PDF here Tomorrow is the Caravan 4 Citizenship to Bakersfield–a massive grassroots action that will see hundreds of cars and thousands of advocates converge on Bakersfield, California in order to make their voices heard on immigration reform with a pathway to citizenship.  Bakersfield is the home of Rep.... Continue »
New Orleans–heretofore famous in the immigration reform world for the deportation proceedings of the Southern 32–this week is making immigration headlines in a much more positive way by announcing that it will effectively suspend Secure Communities. Among other things, Secure Communities requests that police send the fingerprints of those... Continue »
Steve King held what was supposed to be a major rally against immigration reform yesterday in Richmond, Virginia.  Nobody came, but that didn’t stop him from spouting more of his usual anti-immigrant babble. In particular, he attacked immigrants from Latin America and claimed that populations get more violent the... Continue »
Huffington Post (Blog): How Steve King Became an Ally of Immigration Reform By Frank Sharry Washington Post: New flashpoint: Push to legalize children of illegal immigrants By David Nakamura ThinkProgress: Congressman Says Giving DREAMers A Path To Citizenship But Deporting Their Parents Is A ‘Compassionate Solution’ By Esther Yu-His... Continue »
It’s Monday, which means that another weekend has just gone by in which immigration reform advocates all over the country turned out to make their voices heard in favor of immigration reform.  We’re square into August recess now–the time of year when legislators go home to meet with constituents,... Continue »
The demographics in two southern states that have been safe bastions for the GOP are changing. And those changes will impact elections and the immigration reform. Virginia is considered a purple state at the presidential level. In 2012, President Obama carried the state and former Governor Tim Kaine was... Continue »