Members of Congress like Rep. Jeff Denham (R-CA) and Majority Leader Eric Cantor have said multiple times now that House leadership intends to bring immigration up for a vote sometime before the end of the year. What remains unclear is when such a vote will be, and on what type...
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Today, more than 50 immigration reform advocates–including children and DREAMers–arrived on Capitol Hill from Phoenix, Arizona to pray for Speaker Boehner and push him to have the courage to move forward on immigration reform. Though the advocates stood, prayed, and waited outside Boehner’s office all day, the only word...
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On Saturday, the Iowa Minute-men held their “eighth annual illegal immigration forum and rally” in Des Moines, where barely a dozen people showed up to protest. Watch the video from a local NBC affiliate below: Problems with low turnout have plagued opponents of immigration reform all year, thanks to disinterest and...
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The nationwide March for Immigrant Dignity and Respect was technically last week, but immigration reform advocates and allies this weekend continued to push for reform. Thousands of people showed up for rallies in Chicago and Omaha, Nebraska this last weekend, while activists in Tucson, Arizona engaged in an act of civil...
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Immigration reform advocates have enjoyed a fantastic few days displaying the power of our movement. Last Saturday, tens of thousands of activists joined at more than 180 events in 40 states around the nation to demand action on immigration reform. On Tuesday, we brought it back to Washington, DC,...
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House Republican Supporters of Reform Need to Ratchet Up Pressure on GOP Leadership by Sponsoring HR15 or Producing Their Own Proposal on the 11 Million Yesterday’s pro-immigration reform rally on the National Mall drew over 10,000 people and was concluded by the arrest of over 200 activists and eight...
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Pro-Reform Movement Pledges Oct 5-8 Actions Are Only the Beginning of More Hard-Hitting Activities to Come to Get Congress to Pass Immigration Reform This Year Today, Latinos, immigrants, faith leaders, union activists, and other allies marched to the U.S. Capitol where nearly two hundred attendees blocked traffic and were...
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America’s Voice Founder and Executive Director Frank Sharry was one of 200 individuals arrested today as part of an immigration-related civil disobedience at the U.S. Capitol. The arrests, which followed a major rally on the National Mall and march to the Capitol featuring tens of thousands of participants, included...
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Watch livestream of the civil disobedience: Video streaming by Ustream Non-Violent Direct Action to Occur at Base of the Capitol Update at 3:17 PM: We bumped this post to show livestream of civil disobedience. Today, October 8, tens of thousands of people from across the country will gather in...
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Today’s March for Immigration Reform on the National Mall in front of the U.S. Capitol began at noon ET. Here are some of photos as the event began.
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