Numerous press reports indicate that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will renew its 287(g) agreement with controversial Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, AZ today allowing Arpaio's deputies to continue to exercise immigration enforcement authority inside county jails. For years, Arpaio has terrorized Latino neighborhoods with outrageous...
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Today CNN announced their refusal to broadcast an ad produced by America's Voice and Media Matters for America calling on CNN to drop Lou Dobbs. The ad, which can be seen here, was to be aired during the network's upcoming 4 hour special – Latino in America...
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Today America's Voice, in partnership with Media Matters for America, announced its intention to run an ad calling for CNN to drop Lou Dobbs during the network's upcoming broadcast of Latino in America. America's Voice and Media Matters for America raised nearly $16,000 from grassroots supporters to air the...
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Oct 9, 2009
Last night, some of my colleagues at America's Voice went to the Washington premier of CNN's upcoming special, Latino in America. We've been waiting to see how this highly publicized series would handle one of the biggest menaces facing Latinos in America: CNN's Lou Dobbs.
But, last night we...
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When it comes to repairing our nation's broken immigration system, the Obama Administration has made two commitments to the American people: 1) to re-orient our nation's immigration enforcement priorities to target the "worst of the worst" – in the words of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Undersecretary John Morton; and...
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Oct 6, 2009
Controversial Sheriff Joe Arpaio, of Maricopa County, AZ, has told various local media outlets that he has signed a new agreement with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and will continue participating in what is known as the 287(g) program. If this claim is true – Arpaio...
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In the latest attempt to derail health care reform by blaming immigrants, Rep. Steve King (R-IA) is up to the same old tricks – only this time, King wants to restrict access to the free market by individuals willing to pay for their own healthcare.
What set King off were...
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Sunday, House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) appeared for the very first time on Univision's Al Punto – the Spanish language equivalent of a high-profile appearance on Meet the Press. His interview followed that of President Obama. What did Boehner say?
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Sep 17, 2009
During an event today with the National Korean American Service & Education Consortium (NAKASEC) and the Fair Immigration Reform Movement (FIRM), U.S. Representative Luis V. Gutierrez (D-IL) was asked by advocates for immigrant communities to introduce comprehensive immigration reform legislation and begin the legislative phase of the reform debate....
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Washington, DC - After a huge push to drive up turnout, and after organizers promised to storm Congress with anti-immigrant citizen lobbyists, just fifty people showed up for the Federation for American Immigration Reform's (FAIR) annual "Hold their Feet to the Fire" event in Washington, DC yesterday.
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