Sep 12, 2008
For immigrant and Latino voters, there is one issue that rises above the circus of election coverage focused on lipstick and pigs: immigration. A new poll released just this week by NDN reveals that there is a high price to pay for disparaging broad swaths of legal immigrants: they...
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Sep 10, 2008
America’s Voice released a new video ad bringing to light the truth about the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR). The ad is a response to the recent press release sent out by FAIR promoting their hateful rhetoric as “rational.” View the video ad here: www.americasvoiceonline.org/fightfair
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In the aftermath of the May 2008 raid in Postville, IA, labor organizations, immigration reform advocates, and Congressional leaders feared that the fast-track deportation of immigrant witnesses ensnared in the raid would make it impossible to bring appropriate charges against Agriprocessors, an egregious violator of a series of...
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A diverse group of national faith leaders announced the "Tour of the Faithful" today. The tour will consist of a national month of action, featuring 17 events from coast to coast, which will call for reform of our broken immigration system. Religious leaders and advocates are rallying their communities...
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Sep 2, 2008
One-time immigration reformer Senator John McCain, who championed comprehensive immigration reform in response to a national outcry for leadership, has surrendered to the wishes of his own party platform that serves up the same anti-immigrant mush to America.
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Despite a "massive crisis in detainee medical care" according to internal government documents, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff does not seem to grasp the gravity of Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) failure to uphold basic standards in the treatment of detainees. The New York Times quoted...
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Aug 15, 2008
A series of recent news accounts have demonstrated that our immigration system is broken and in need of common sense reform. The Bush Administration's recent approaches to immigration policy - including worksite raids and self-deportation programs - have been colossal failures.
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A New York Times op-ed from Mesa, AZ Police Chief George Gascon (below) provides a sensible blueprint to guide state and local police attempting to do their jobs in the shadow of a "bankrupt federal immigration policy."
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