Last week, the California state legislature passed a bill that will finally allow undocumented immigrants to drive legally; Governor Jerry Brown is expected to sign it. The bill is a big step forward in California, having failed in numerous legislative sessions in previous years. It will allow immigrants to...
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Last week’s civil disobedience action where more than 100 women were arrested protesting for immigration reform is apparently already producing results, with the announcement that Holman Acosta—husband to Latin American Coalition leader Leisha Acosta, one of the women arrested—will be released from an immigrant detention center in Georgia. He has...
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Associated Press: Advocates Turn to Obama for Action on Immigration By Erica Werner and Alicia Caldwell Washington Times: Obama: Senate immigration bill would pass House if it got a vote By Tom Howell Washington Post: Q&A with Julian Castro: Texas politics, the GOP and Hispanics, and a Biden-Clinton battle...
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The following is a blog post from America’s Voice Managing Director Patty Kupfer, one of the women arrested in yesterday’s civil disobedience with We Belong Together: There’s been a lot of buzz about the women’s action yesterday and I’m glad for it. Having had a day to reflect on...
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California–home to the largest number of Latinos, immigrants, and minorities in the nation–is taking a couple of significant steps forward for immigrants and immigration reform this week. And, as we’ve noted many, many times, California should serve as a wake-up call to the Republican Party. First, Governor Jerry Brown has indicated...
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“Qué Pasa” is our weekly roundup of news, opinion, and links from Spanish-Language online news publications: This week, Spanish-language media covered the growing support for the immigration reform movement, as well as the civil disobedience act on Capitol Hill where hundreds of women were arrested protesting for immigration reform. Univision: The...
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House Republicans’ “Safe to Profile Act” Would Take Arizona Anti-Immigration Law Nationwide On today’s immigration reform “Office Hours” press call, Rep. Tony Cardenas (D-CA) joined labor and immigration leaders from across the country to discuss the latest enforcement-only legislative proposals at the federal and state levels and their impact...
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It’s been an amazing summer for the immigration reform movement, one marked by thousands of pro-reform events across the nation and capped by 26 House Republicans coming out in support of a path to citizenship. It wouldn’t have been possible without organizations like We Belong Together, PICO, CHIRLA, Voces de...
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It’s been a couple months since the Senate passed its landmark immigration reform bill, a bipartisan vote on a path to citizenship that drew the support of 68 Senators, including every single Democrat and 14 Republicans. This week, Sens. Harry Reid (D-NV) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) are wondering just what is taking so long...
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We Belong Together, along with other groups, organized an amazing act of civil disobedience yesterday, where more than 100 women were arrested after sitting down in traffic to protest inaction on immigration reform. The event received tons of media coverage, including one great segment from Rachel Maddow at MSNBC....
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