It’s been an exciting day–this morning, United Farm Workers, United We DREAM, and America’s Voice took to the halls of the Capitol to deliver 224 cantaloupes to members of Congress who voted with Steve King on his recent amendment to deport DREAMers and others. Then over 40 key immigration leaders (including Frank Sharry, Executive Director...
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More than 30 immigrant rights, labor, faith and other leaders were arrested today on Capitol Hill protesting against the unjust immigration policies and the House GOP’s inability to pass a bill that contains a pathway to citizenship and keeps families together. In total, 41 people were arrested. The civil disobedience...
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More than 30 Leaders Arrested on Capitol Hill to Protest Unjust Immigration Policies & Send Message that Fight for Immigrant Families Has Been Escalated America’s Voice Founder and Executive Director Frank Sharry was one of more than 30 immigrant rights, labor, faith and other leaders who were arrested this...
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“Respect Our Families, Respect Our Work, and Give Us a Vote on Citizenship” View the photoblog here As Members of Congress head home for the August recess, United Farm Workers, United We Dream and America’s Voice sent all 224 of them off on today, with a sweet American-grown cantaloupe,...
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Immigrants, advocates, labor leaders, the faith community, and many others across the nation held rallies and events in favor of immigration reform with a path to citizenship last week, many of them this past weekend. Advocates demonstrated in Chicago, asking Rep. Peter Roskam (R-IL) to support immigration; in Colorado with Rep....
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The following is a press statement from the Alliance for Citizenship: Groups Come Together to Demonstrate the Power of the Latino, Asian and Immigrant Community with Over 80 Civic Engagement Events in 9 Key States This Week Leaders from civic engagement, voter registration, labor, and advocacy organizations are joining...
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This week, Rep. Steve King (R-IA) made headlines everywhere when he announced that he could spot undocumented immigrants because they all have “calves the size of cantaloupes because they’re hauling 75 pounds of marijuana across the desert.” Today, DREAMers, non-DREAMers, Latinos, immigrants, advocates, and Americans are taking to Twitter and showing off...
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August recess–a whole stretch of time from early August to early September when Congress is not in session–is coming up, and for immigration reform advocates that means one thing: mobilizing in Congressional districts across the nation to make it clear that we want immigration reform, now. Some local advocacy...
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