Yesterday, on Human Rights Day, 70 activists with the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor joined members of the Bakersfield Hispanic Chamber of Commerce outside GOP Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-CA)’s Bakersfield office, to once again demand that their Representative help move immigration reform forward. As expected, McCarthy’s office was...
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Eight advocates braved an icy New Jersey morning yesterday to protest immigrant deportations in front of the Elizabeth Detention Center in New Jersey. The eight laid down in the snow, chained together, for an hour before they were cut out and arrested for their act of civil disobedience, as...
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Check out this new video from the Jews United for Justice–one of the many groups working to push immigration reform forward this year. The video is from Jesse, who grew up attending the BBYO Jewish youth group with Eric Cantor’s kids. Rep. Cantor (R-VA) wrote his college recommendation letter,...
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Republican Leaders Can Lock Their Doors But They Cannot Hide from the People Pressing for Action on Immigration After the Obama Administration announced plans to cancel White House tours due to sequestration cuts earlier this year, Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) responded by saying, “I’d like to...
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Today, a delegation of youth from Florida, North Carolina, California and Texas converged on Capitol Hill to deliver to Congress the holiday wishes of children across America: for the House to take up and pass immigration legislation that will keep their families together. The press conference this morning included...
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Yesterday, we wrote about the children who were threatened by Capitol Police with arrest for singing carols outside Speaker Boehner’s office. Univision’s evening broadcast last night played the most offensive parts of the clip, and interviewed several of the children to ask them how they felt. Watch the clip:...
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When it comes to having decent interactions with immigrants and advocates, House GOP leaders are not having a great week. They’ve already locked visitors out of their (public) offices and cut off a 9-year-old girl who tried to ask Eric Cantor if he could help with her dad’s deportation (“I can’t...
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Speaker Boehner and GOP Whip Kevin McCarthy are locking their doors to immigration reform supporters, and now Majority Leader Eric Cantor is dismissing advocate kids. Yesterday, nine-year-old Liz Marquez–whose father is facing deportation–tried to ask Rep. Cantor to help her dad, but he blew past her and said: “I can’t...
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The consistent daily pressure and moral commitment of the immigration reform movement stands in stark contrast to the inaction and avoidance of Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and other Republican leaders in the House. Not only are House leaders refusing to allow a vote on the bipartisan HR 15 bill—despite the...
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The following is a press release from the Fair Immigration Reform Movement: At Capitol Christmas Tree Lighting, Kids Tell Boehner: All We Want for Christmas is Our Families A group of immigrant children and their families sang to Speaker John Boehner – calling out his inaction on immigration reform...
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