This morning I met an amazing family who is going through a senseless tragedy at the hands of our government. They live on a sunny street in Elyria, Ohio, but their home is dark inside because Pedro Hernandez-Ramirez is not there. Instead of being home or working, their husband...
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The following is a press release from United We DREAM: Today marks the one-year anniversary of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA), which protects many DREAMers from deportation and provides them the opportunity to work and fulfill their dreams. DACA is the most significant victory for immigrant...
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Below is the seventh article in the series, “Immigration Reform Summer,” by Gebe Martinez, Advisor to America’s Voice Education Fund. This article is available for reprint as long as the author is given proper attribution. View other posts in the series here. Through the canyons of California and to...
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MSNBC (Maddow Blog): Rubio hopes to leverage right’s Obama hatred on immigration By Steve Benen Salon: Marco Rubio’s scary Obama strategy By Joan Walsh Christian Post: Steve King: Latino Immigrants From ‘Violent Civilization’ By Napp Nazworth Politico: Immigration reform’s whipping boy: Kevin McCarthy By Jake Sherman Los Angeles Times:...
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The following is a press release from the Alliance 4 Citizenship: Reform activists from 40 cities and towns descend in Bakersfield after leading largest statewide caravan ever View photos of the event here Today, 1,900 immigrants, Latinos, Asians, and immigration reform supporters paid a visit to Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s...
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Hundreds of cars and thousands of advocates will converge for immigration reform and a path to citizenship in Bakersfield, California–GOP Whip Kevin McCarthy’s home district. Watch livestream of the rally below. Also follow us on Twitter #TimeIsNow and #Caravan4Citizenship. Video streaming by Ustream Follow on Twitter: Tweets about “#timeisnow” View past livestreams...
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In an article titled, “Immigration Overhaul Advocates Make Big August Push,” Holly Yeager of the Washington Post writes: “An unusual alliance of advocates — including Internet moguls and evangelicals, representatives of big business and labor unions — is working across the country during the August congressional recess in an...
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Download PDF here Tomorrow is the Caravan 4 Citizenship to Bakersfield–a massive grassroots action that will see hundreds of cars and thousands of advocates converge on Bakersfield, California in order to make their voices heard on immigration reform with a pathway to citizenship. Bakersfield is the home of Rep....
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New Orleans–heretofore famous in the immigration reform world for the deportation proceedings of the Southern 32–this week is making immigration headlines in a much more positive way by announcing that it will effectively suspend Secure Communities. Among other things, Secure Communities requests that police send the fingerprints of those...
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