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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Steve King has had a busy fall. He has been spearheading the effort to block any immigration reform bill from moving in the U.S House (despite little back up from his ever-shrinking anti-immigrant allies.) Now King and his band of fellow extremists, including Louie Gohmert and Michele Bachmann, have...
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Policy Victories in California and Powerful Rallies Across the Country Underscore Growing Strength of Immigration Movement With the federal government shut down and Washington characterized by dysfunction and policy stalemates, the immigration reform movement serves as a welcome contrast. Just this past weekend alone, the immigration movement achieved important...
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Following is a column by Maribel Hastings, Senior Advisor at America’s Voice, translated from Spanish to English. The article is available for reprint as long as the author is given proper credit. From coast to coast this past weekend, thousands of people turned out for 183 events in 40...
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In contrast to commentators who believe that there is little time left in the calendar this year for the House to take on immigration reform, a House Republican leader this weekend not only said that there is enough time–but that passing immigration reform is a “priority” this year. From...
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#TRUSTACT!!!! RT @JerryBrownGov: While Washington waffles on immigration, California’s forging ahead: http://t.co/IbxVq5j1qe — Chris Newman (@newman_chris) October 5, 2013 In response to Governor Jerry Brown signing the California TRUST Act (AB4) into law, NDLON Executive Director Pablo Alvarado released the following statement: “The tide is turning. California’s historic legislation...
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Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA) and Advocates Discuss H.R. 15 and Upcoming Actions Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA) and immigration reform advocates held a Google+ Hangout hosted by America’s Voice to discuss the latest developments on immigration in Washington, DC and throughout the nation. This week, 120...
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The Time Has Come For House GOP members Who Endorse Path to Citizenship to Become Cosponsors In the middle of the latest D.C. crisis, immigration reform continues its relentless move forward. And, while pundits scramble to tally Republican votes for a “clean CR,” we already know the votes exist...
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As we have noted repeatedly, there are enough votes in the U.S. House of Representatives to pass immigration reform with a path to citizenship. And yet the House has yet to take up immigration reform, thanks to Speaker John Boehner’s insistence on invoking the Hastert Rule, a.k.a the Hastert Excuse,...
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