Immigrant and Latino advocacy organizations joined with progressive advocates and bloggers today to call on Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig to move the 2011 All-Star Game from Phoenix, AZ. In addition, the groups are urging that teams re-locate spring training games from locations within the state. A...
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Prominent organizations fighting against the discriminatory and damaging Arizona anti-immigration law will send a letter tomorrow to Major League Baseball (MLB) Commissioner Bud Selig urging him to remove the 2011 All-Star Game from its scheduled location in Phoenix, AZ and to pressure teams to re-locate spring training games from...
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As the Tea Party movement increasingly acts as a Party Whip for Republicans, new developments show that this source of pressure is already having consequences for ongoing GOP outreach to Latinos and the prospects for bipartisan immigration reform. As TIME magazine noted, the halls of Congress could feature...
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Arizona's controversial new immigration law has sparked unprecedented criticism and activism from leaders in the National Basketball Association, especially in Arizona. As an important social institution in American life, they have decided to stand up for American values and speak up against intolerance. This stands in sharp...
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At a White House reception celebrating Cinco De Mayo last night, President Barack Obama deflated momentum on the prospects of immigration reform in the near future, stating only that he wants to "begin work this year" on reform and warning the audience that securing the legislation will be difficult.
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New analysis of the role Latino voters will play in contested races this November and new independent polling by the New York Times and CBS News point to the fact that moving forward on immigration reform would be both good politics for Democrats and broadly supported by the public.
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Senate Democratic leaders yesterday released a centrist and serious immigration reform proposal. Much of the proposal draws on bipartisan negotiations that had been underway between Senators Schumer and Graham. They made a sincere invitation to Senate Republicans to join with them to get a comprehensive bill done...
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Apr 29, 2010
A new framework for legislation by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Robert Menendez (D-NJ) represents an important step forward in the immigration debate. As the controversy over the Draconian, anti-immigrant law in Arizona continues to build, the initiative by Senate Democratic...
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Apr 26, 2010
Senator Lindsey Graham has been truly courageous in working with Democrats on both comprehensive immigration reform and climate change legislation. He has seemed deeply committed to both. But now he is threatening to derail climate change because he's angry that Democrats are promising to move immigration reform, too. Yesterday...
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America's Voice is disappointed and outraged by Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer's decision to sign into law a highly punitive bill that puts a target on the backs of all Latinos in Arizona and does nothing to solve the state's, and the nation's, pressing immigration problem. It will breed chaos...
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